Canadian Society of Biblical Studies

Congratulations to Rebecca G.S. Idestrom (Tyndale University) on winning the 2025 Book of Excellence award from The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship for her book, Show Me Your Glory: The Glory of God in the Old Testament (Pickwick, 2023)!

It is very moving to receive this award. The book was finished at the hospital, next to my dying wife. Life is precious. We put in so much time in our scholarly endeavors that it’s such a great feeling to know they make a difference.

Congratulations to Kenneth Ristau (McEwan University) on winning the 2025 Falconer Award to support his research on 2 Chronicles!

Congratulations to Courtney Friesen (University of Arizona) on winning the 2025 Beare Award for his book, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era (Routledge, 2024)!

Congratulations to Sébastien Doane (Université Laval) on winning the 2025 Scott Award for his book, Reading the Bible amid the Environmental Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics (Lexington, 2024)!

Congratulations to Kevin Wing-Chiu Wong (Regis-St. Michael’s College) on winning the 2025 Jeremias Prize for the best student paper related to the New Testament! His paper was entitled “Hope in Circulation: The Affective Process and Socio-Cultural Signs in Romans 8:18–25.”

Congratulations to Jasmine Wiens (Knox College, Toronto School of Theology) on winning the 2025 Founders Prize for the best student paper related to the Hebrew Bible! Her paper was entitled “Learning from the Land: The Violence against Mountains and People in Ezekiel 6.”

CSBS President, Professor Erin Runions (@pomonacollege) delivers the 2025 Presidential Address entitled "The Carceral Afterlives of Isaiah 66:24 and the Question of the Human."

@csps_patristics presents *Pedagogy and Patristics in Canada and Beyond* Time: June 2, 2025, 1-4.30pm Location: Emmanuel College of Victoria University, at the University of Toronto and online via Zoom. For more information and to register, see attached files!

Saint Paul University in Ottawa invites applications for a full-time tenure-track teaching position in Biblical Theology. For more information and to apply, click the following link: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

It is with great sadness that we share that Albert Pietersma, Professor Emeritus of LXX and Hellenistic Greek in Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, passed away on March 25. Click here for his full obituary: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/84/

Congratulations to Gregory Fewster (@gpfewster) on the publication of *The Authentic Paul: Critical Scholarship and the Making of a Christian Book*! @McGillQueensUP mqup.ca/authentic-paul…

Register for the CSBS annual meeting before March 20th to get the early-bird registration discount!

Congratulations to fellow Canadian Tyler Horton (@toosmallathing1) on the successful defense of his dissertation, "Pneuma in the Septuagint"! @Cambridge_Uni

Folks, Registration is open for Congress 2025 @ George Brown College in Toronto! Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour le Congrès 2025 au Collège George Brown à Toronto! Register for the annual meeting of the CSBS today. fhss.swoogo.com/registration-2…

It is with great sadness that we share that G. Peter Richardson passed away on January 6, 2025. He was an active member in the CSBS and served on the executive and as President (1984-85). He was renowned scholar and an important influence on our society. religion.utoronto.ca/news/in-memori…

The CfP deadline for the CSBS annual meeting (June 3–5, 2025) in Toronto is January 15, 2025! Be sure to get your abstracts in, to nominate worthy books for the Beare and Scott Awards, and to submit papers for the student awards! Details here: csbs-sceb.ca/annual-meeting/

Horizon College & Seminary invites applications for a full-time faculty member who will serve as the Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies Coordinator and as professor of biblical studies (open rank). For more information, see the following: horizon.edu/were-hiring-ma…

The Religious Studies Graduate Society of McGill University’s School of Religious Studies invites you to submit your paper proposal to our 2025 bilingual conference: (Disputed) Origins in the Study of Religions. @mcgillu For more details: relcfp.com/2025/01/06/dis…