The Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) is the oldest humanities academic society in Canada for all aspects of the academic study of the Bible.
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McMaster University invites applications for a one-year, full-time Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor in the Department Religious Studies.
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Congratulations to W. Derek Suderman (Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo) on the publication of his new book, _The Social Audience of Prayer: A Rhetorical and Canonical Study of Individual Lament Psalms_ (Eisenbrauns, 2026)!
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Rhiannon Graybill gives the 2026 Craigie Lecture, “This Is Not My Beautiful Body: Weird Female Bodies in the Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Fiction.”
ALT Rhiannon Graybill stands at a lectern beside her powerpoint title slide at the start of her 2026 Craigie Lecture.
The CSBS President, Alicia Batten (Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo) presents her presidential address, "Textile Topography: Dress, Bodies, and Ancient Christ Followers."
ALT A picture of Alicia Batten standing behind a lectern at the beginning of her CSBS presidential address.
Three awards were announced at the CSBS general meeting, including the Norman E. Wagner Award and two book awards: the R.B.Y. Scott Award (Hebrew Bible and/or Ancient Near East) and the Frank W. Beare Award (Christian Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism and/or Graeco-Roman Religions).
Congratulations to Gregory Fewster for winning the Beare Award for his book _The Authentic Paul: Critical Scholarship and the Making of the Christian Book_ (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025)!
Two student essay prizes were given at the CSBS annual meeting for essays related to the field of biblical studies. Please join the Society in congratulating Isaiah C. Padgett and Kathrine Breimayer!
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Congratulations to Isaiah C. Padgett (McMaster Divinity College) for receiving the Founders Prize for his essay, "Putting a Name to Diasporic Desire: A Socio-Onomastic Exploration into the Judeans of Āl-Yāhūdu"!
ALT A picture of Isaiah C. Padgett projected on screen to a room full of CSBS members, giving his prize-winning paper from a distance (due to illness).
We're excited to welcome conference attendees as they arrive for the CSBS annual meeting, hosted at Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB)!
Please make sure to check in and receive your name tag and tote bag on the ground floor at Windsor Hall. See you soon!
The programme for the CSBS annual meeting can found on our website.
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A campus map of Mount Allison University can be found by following the link below.
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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)!
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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)!
