MLD Biblical Studies Symposium (14th edition): Iași, Romania, 5^th-7^th June 2025

Romanian Association of Philology and Biblical Hermeneutics (AFHBR) and Centre for Biblical and Philological Studies “Monumenta linguae Dacoromanorum” (ICI-DSU, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi) are pleased to invite you to the “Investigations into Romanian and European Biblical Traditions” International Symposium (14^th Edition), Iaşi, Romania, 5–7 June 2025.

Started in 2010, this annual symposium aims to encourage multi- and interdisciplinary debates on the issues raised by the publication, translation, interpretation, dissemination and reception of sacred texts into Romanian and other ancient and modern languages. Over the years, our special guests have included Emanuel Tov, Sebastian Brock, Michael Metzeltin, Natalio Fernández Marcos, Claudio García Turza, Martin Meiser, Jose Krasovec, to name but a few.

Main sections:

1. Philological Challenges

2. Translation Challenges

3. Biblical Hermeneutics

4. Sacred Texts’ Historical Reception

Presentations should be 30 minutes in length (including 5-10 minutes for questions and discussion). After a peer-review process, the selected papers will be published in Reception of the Holy Scriptures: at the crossroads between philology, hermeneutics and translation studies (“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University Press, Iaşi).

Please send paper proposals to: simpozionmld@gmail.com by 15 February 2025. Proposals should include a title, an abstract (150-200 words) and bibliography. Please also mention your institutional affiliation and academic degree.

Important dates:

February 15th, 2025 – abstract submission

March 1st, 2025 – notification of acceptance

March 20th, 2025 – fee payment (40 EUR; for AFHBR members: 20 EUR)

June 5th – 7th, 2025 – conference days

July 30th, 2025 – full paper submision for the proceedings of the conference

For details see:  https://mld.uaic.ro/simpozionMLD_en.html/