Nathan P. Gibson

I've been doing a little teaching project of video shorts for my classes (www.youtube.com/@tinyhistoryof). Here's one on the "first religion" according to the 19th cent. anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor: youtube.com/shorts/P-tHM...

We were generously welcomed in the papal residence and enjoyed so much the wonderful atmosphere in Wādī al-Naṭrūn. Spending some time with high quality images of manuscripts is certainly a plus!

From Aug 3–7, Bucharest hosted the 14th World Congress of Syriac Studies & 12th International Conference on Christian Arab Studies. 🌍🇷🇴 Over 400 scholars presented 300+ papers. V. Zaki, H. Ibrahim & F. Frigo contributed to the programme, as well as N.Gibson who presented the Biblia Arabica project.

#CfA The VW Momentum Fellowship “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies” is now open for applications for the academic year 2027/28. Application deadline: 2 November 2026. www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/volskwagen-m...

"You can go over the entire Genizah, but you can only do it once." ~ Gideon Bohak today in a workshop on Jewish magic in the #Genizah at @goetheuni.bsky.social. When you start going through so many thousand fragments, you have to know at the start what you're looking for! @camdiglib.bsky.social

KURZFRISTIG: Master-Stipendien an der @goetheuni.bsky.social 🎓 Die Hertie-Stiftung vergibt ab Okt. 2026 bis zu 3 Masterstipendien im Kolleg für interreligiöse Verständigung. 🗓 Frist: 15. September 2026 🔗 Details: www.fb06.uni-frankfurt.de/188238866/Co... #religionswissenschaft #religiousstudies

Our new academies project "Biblia Arabica" @biblia-arabica.com is now on Bluesky! Leave a follow and stay up to date with our research on Jewish and Christian Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. bsky.app/profile/bibl...

Biblia Arabica is a 21-year project to find & publish historic Jewish & Christian translations of the Tanakh/OT in #Arabic =~8K #manuscripts & fragments around the 🌍 Teams @goetheuni.bsky.social @jacculturelmu.bsky.social @lmu.de Funded @adwmainz.bsky.social BAdW @akademienunion.bsky.social