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Congratulations to Matthew Walsh (PhD 2016) on being appointed to the Payzant Chair of Biblical Studies at Acadia Divinity College!
Dr. Matthew Walsh Appointed to the Payzant Chair of Biblical Studies - Acadia Divinity College Acadia Divinity College is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Matthew Walsh to the Payzant Chair of Biblical Studies.
08/19/2026
Check out Michael Gabizon’s (PhD 2022) recent article, “Stay Together for the Kids: Paul on Mixed Unions and Their Children in 1 Cor 7:12–16” in A Hebrew of Hebrews: Exploring Pauline Theology Within and Beyond Judaism .
https://wipfandstock.com/9798385223930/a-hebrew-of-hebrews/
08/17/2026
Marc Lagace (PhD 2025) recently published a profile for the World Religions and Spirituality Project on the Science of Identity Foundation:
https://wrldrels.org/2026/08/09/science-of-identity-foundation/
Congratulations to Fady Mekhael (PhD 2024) on being appointed research fellow at McMaster Divinity College for the 2026–2027 academic year!
https://mcmasterdivinity.ca/news/four-scholars-join-the-research-fellowship-program/?fbclid=IwVERDUAToWw1wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjA9aKq-ueOjE0LYyHsNHfMfELFhH7Hl2f0NzsVP0EaW6ppwxbnNhVTeIm85_aem_q1bOf2fiW2-eP0q-_5rqpQ
Four scholars join the Research Fellowship program | McMaster Divinity College MDC is delighted to welcome four new research fellows for the 2026–2027 academic year. Beginning in September, these fellows will
08/12/2026
Congratulations to James Benn on being awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant over six years for his project entitled “Locating Chinese Religions in the Verse of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE)”!
08/10/2026
Congratulations to Adele Reinhartz (PhD 1983) on being elected president of the Society for New Testament Studies. Her presidential address, which she delivered at the annual meeting, was entitled “Old Wine into New Wineskins? The New Testament and/within Jewish Studies.”
Michael Johnson (PhD 2019), together with Noam Mizrahi, co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Ancient Judaism dedicated to Susanna and the Elders today. Check it out here:
Journal of Ancient Judaism Volume 17 Issue 2: Special Issue: Susanna and the Elders in Text, Tradition, and Interpretation, edited by Michael B. Johnson and Noam Mizrahi (2026) "Volume 17 (2026): Issue 2 (Jul 2026): Special Issue: Susanna and the Elders in Text, Tradition, and Interpretation, edited by Michael B. Johnson and Noam Mizrahi" published on 21 Jul 2026 by Brill | Schöningh.
08/06/2026
Congratulations to Anne Crosby, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Spirit Writing and Technological Innovation at Taiwan’s Beigang Wude Gong,” yesterday.
Congratulations, *Dr.* Crosby!
08/05/2026
Matthew Trafford (MA 2023) reviews John Gray’s The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism for the Philosophical Inquiry in Education.
https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/pie/2026-v33-n1-pie010920/1126356ar/
08/03/2026
Congratulations to Andrew Perrin (PhD 2013) on being awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant for a new five-year research project, "Daniel in Ancient Jewish Scribal Imagination"! The project will re-examine the formation, development, and shape of the Daniel tradition in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls discoveries at Qumran.
