Category Archives: Publications

New book — Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Medieval Mediterranean, ed. Jessalyn L. Bird and Rita George-Tvrtković

Brill, December 2025

This volume will introduce advanced students and non-specialists to various historical interactions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims within the frame of the “sea at the centre”. Its chronological range is the long central Middle Ages (1000 to 1600 CE), and includes most Mediterranean regions: Iberia, North Africa, the Levant, Asia Minor, the Balkans, Italy, Provence, and the sea itself.

New book — From Prophet to Miracle-Working Saint: Dynamic Approaches to Elijah in Ancient and Medieval Cultures

Edited by Vlad Bedros, Barbara Crostini, Andrei Dumitrescu, and Chana Shacham-Rosby

Brill, 2026

From the publisher: The versatile figure of Elijah as Jewish prophet, Christian saint and Muslim “green man” plays at once a controversial and a unifying role across cultures. This collection of essays delves into the rich Elijah traditions that connect late-antique Mesopotamia to modern Europe. It emphasizes how Elijah’s many-sided character cannot be explained by his sparse mentions in the Bible. His enormous popularity rather depends on a network of artistic and performative interpretations that developed in different traditions and were divulged through cultic practices and feasts in which Elijah was the protagonist.

CfP for a Special Issue in the journal ‘Religions’ on “Polemics and Conversion: Setting and Crossing Boundaries in Medieval Jewish-Christian Relations”

PD Dr Eveline Brugger (Institute for Jewish History in Austria) will edit a special issue entitled “Polemics and Conversion: Setting and Crossing Boundaries in Medieval Jewish–Christian Relations” for the journal Religion. The issue invites contributions examining the significance of polemics, conversion, or their interplay in shaping medieval Jewish–Christian relations from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.”

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 28.02.2026

Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 15 November 2026

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