Posted 21 September 2018 Book launch - Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls Professor Charlotte Hempel is launch her new co-edited book (with George J. Brooke), the 'T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls' on Monday 1 October, 5-6pm. The companion comprises over 70 articles exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls.
Posted 19 September 2018 Collective enthusiasm and the cautious scholar: The case of the discovery of the "Birmingham Qur'ān" Dr Abla Fedeli, former PhD student and member of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing's Codex Zacynthius project, writes about her discovery of fragments of the Qur'an in the University of Birmingham's archives in 2015, and the resulting media coverage and reporting.
Posted 19 September 2018 Was the Council of Nicaea church just found under a lake? Professor Candida Moss reports for The Daily Beast on the discovery of ancient Roman ruins in Turkey, which are believed to be the long-sought remains of the church which hosted one of the most important events in Christianity.
Elephants, pomegranates, and the attributes of God: The Quranic worlds of Ignazio Lomellini and Lodovico Marracci 20Nov
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