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Follow major new discoveries, archaeological research, manuscript studies, Hebrew and Semitic scholarship, and developments directly connected with scholars participating in the European Hebrew Journal International Scholarly Online Zoom Conference — "New Discoveries and New Directions in Biblical, Hebrew, and Theological Studies", 6–10 November 2026 · Live Online via Zoom.
EHJ Conference News connects current scholarly discoveries with the researchers who study them and with the presentations in which conference participants will discuss their implications.
Rev. Dr. Chris Goswami, Rabbi Dr. Harris Bor and Dr. Yaqub Chaudhary join a major EHJ 2026 interfaith panel examining AI, religion, ethics and spiritual authority.
Read Full Story →Herodian lamps, more than 150 coins, Jewish stone vessels, fishing weights and new Roman-period evidence are among the latest results from Season 10 at El-Araj.
Read Full Story →Ancient Ethiopic manuscripts, biblical tradition, digitization and artificial intelligence converge in new research presented at EHJ 2026.
Read Full Story →A new 564-page Bloomsbury commentary brings archaeology, geography, history and literary analysis together in a major study of Chronicles.
Read Full Story →A new Cambridge Archaeological Journal study uses Tel ʿEton to reconstruct the social world of elderly men and women in Iron Age Israel.
Read Full Story →New scholarly attention to Prof. Eckart Otto's work on Deuteronomy, biblical law, legal history and constitutional thought ahead of his EHJ 2026 presentation.
Read Full Story →Adam Howell's Daily Dose of Hebrew uses short-form video and live reading courses to teach Biblical Hebrew in the digital age, addressing language retention at EHJ 2026.
Read Full Story →Janice F. Baca's peer-reviewed 2026 article examines Cochin Hebrew New Testament manuscripts at Cambridge as a complex layered textual transmission.
Read Full Story →The Enoch Seminar celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2026 while founder Gabriele Boccaccini examines connections between Enochic Judaism and early Christianity.
Read Full Story →Benjamin Kilchör's 2026 publications on the Book of Numbers and Iron Age writing culture examine biblical composition and ancient Hebrew literacy.
Read Full Story →Tsehay Ademe Belay's research examines how Gəʿəz biblical manuscripts relate to Septuagint and Hebrew Masoretic traditions in his EHJ 2026 presentation.
Read Full Story →Joshua Seth Houston's peer-reviewed 2026 article in the European Hebrew Journal examines Egyptian cultural patterns and Israelite identity transformation.
Read Full Story →Aaron Koller became Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge in 2026 while examining Abraham Ibn Ezra's Hebrew poetry across medieval Europe.
Read Full Story →Shmuel Bolozky's 2026 lexicographic publication examines the unique challenges of creating Hebrew dictionaries across Biblical, Medieval and Modern Hebrew.
Read Full Story →Cyrill von Büttner's research examines how plene and defective spelling of Hebrew plural endings affect readings in the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ).
Read Full Story →Prof. Volker Henning Drecoll directs a major digital critical edition project of the Isaiah commentary attributed to Basil of Caesarea.
Read Full Story →Multiple EHJ speakers bring ongoing excavation findings from biblical Shiloh directly to the conference, connecting field archaeology with scholarly discussion.
Read Full Story →A Late Bronze Age jar inscription reveals important evidence for Canaanite language, scribal practice, and alphabet development.
Read Full Story →New scientific dating places a massive water-management structure at 805–795 BCE. Dr. Filip Vukosavović was one of the excavation directors.
Read Full Story →Peer-reviewed research by Dr. Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Prof. Eckart Frahm reveals three previously unknown Assyrian rulers and reshapes Neo-Assyrian chronology.
Read Full Story →This page highlights selected scholarly developments and external announcements connected with speakers at the European Hebrew Journal International Scholarly Online Conference 2026. EHJ Conference News reports verified research in: