In the third article of our issue on Rhetoric and Political Theology, guest editor Chris Doude van Troostwijk invites us to consider the hyphen in "theo-political." Read it here: buff.ly/3HXHGD9

What is the power of religious speech? This question is central to Emanuel Rutten's contribution to our special issue on Rhetoric and Political Theology. Read it here: buff.ly/3uxSQvb

The final contribution to Rhetoric and Political Theology considers "confession by the deed": "a form of life," Marius van Hoogstraten writes, "that is never guaranteed, but must be lived, interminably to be restaged and reasserted." Read it here: buff.ly/3HZHFyB

New NTT: on Christine Hayes's The Literature of the Sages: A Re-Visioning. Edited by Albertina Oegema and Eric Ottenheijm, with contributions by Peter Tomson, Lutz Doering, Monika Amsler, Yair Furstenberg, Ottenheijm, and Hayes. See: buff.ly/3XBKU6C

First article in the special issue on Christine Hayes's The Literature of the Sages: Peter Tomson's discussion of previous publications and the editorial policy of Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum. Read it here: buff.ly/4dmlm3u

Today, we feature the second article in our special issue on the edited volume The Literature of the Sages, which is written by the editor of that very volume: Christine Hayes. Read "Rabbinic Literature: To See and See Again" here: buff.ly/3zzgSs7

Next up: Lutz Doering, with an elaborate review of Christine Hayes's The Literature of the Sages. See: buff.ly/3ZyiwoC

In the fourth contribution to the special issue on Christine Hayes's edited volume The Literature of the Sages, Monika Amsler focuses on intertextuality. Read it here: buff.ly/4d9L0YR

In the fifth article of our special issue on Hayes's The Literature of the Sages, Yair Furstenberg looks at and builds on the volume's attention to halakhah and aggadah. Read it here: buff.ly/3Zrh1bP

In the sixth and final article of our special issue on Christine Hayes's The Literature of the Sages, Eric Ottenheijm--one of the editors of the special issue--identifies a new trend in handbooks in rabbinic literature. See: buff.ly/4ed4s8w

Our new issue is out! A special issue on Mobility and Identity Formation in Ancient Judaism (Open Access). Edited by Eelco Glas and Rosanne Liebermann, with contributions by C.L. Crouch, Rosanne Liebermann, Jonathan Stökl, and Eelco Glas. Read it here: buff.ly/jsfKoNG

First article in the special issue on Mobility and Identity Formation in Ancient Judaism (OA): C.L. Crouch examines how Israelite and Judahite identities were affected by mass displacements and how different migrant groups explained Judah’s destruction: buff.ly/1WOKlVk

Today, we feature the second article in our special issue on Mobility and Identity Formation in Ancient Judaism: Rosanne Liebermann investigates the unexplained pain experienced by the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Read it here (OA): buff.ly/uzRx3F2

Next up: Jonathan Stökl explores the religious identity and practices of the Jewish community in Elephantine during the Achaemenid period. Importantly, Stökl focuses on the archaeological and textual evidence from the site itself! See: buff.ly/Zx71t2C

In the final article of this special issue, Eelco Glas examines the portrayal of forced displacement in Greek-language Jewish prose texts by analysing the role of non-hegemonic social groups such as women, children, and the elderly. Read it here (OA): buff.ly/zUGp25n

New special issue: 'The Changing Shape of Christianity: Themes from the Work of Arie Molendijk'. Edited by Christoph Jedan and Rick Benjamins, with contributions by Arie Molendijk, Benjamins, Klaas van Berkel, Niko Strobach, Monja Reinhart, and Jedan. buff.ly/HsLTI0k

First article in the special issue on 'The Changing Shape of Christianity': Arie Molendijk discusses the transformation of theology and religious studies in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2024. Read it here: buff.ly/prBO07Y

Today, we feature the second article in our special issue on The Changing Shape of Christianity: Themes from the Work of Arie Molendijk. Rick Benjamins discusses and questions the ideal Molendijk envisions for the study of religion and theology. Read here: buff.ly/DOr3woC

Today, we feature the third article in our special issue on Themes from the Work of Arie Molendijk: Klaas van Berkel draws inspiration from John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University (1852) to rethink the modern university. Read here: buff.ly/hQFZTMY

Next up: Niko Strobach provides a first survey of the traces that religious music left in the writings of Heinrich Scholz. See: buff.ly/SfXHVt1