Excited to be giving this - slightly controversial! 😜 - paper at @bntsoc.bsky.social in incredibly rainy Manchester this week! #BNTS2025

ANCIENT JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY, chaired by Yael Fisch & Nathanael Vette will run two sessions plus a joint session with Later Epistles.

Another fantastic job opening in Religious Studies, this one a tenure-track assistant professor in Early Christianity in the Department of Religion at Princeton University!

Well (just as in 2024) the 2025 biblical studies job market opens up with a bang(er): Princeton Theological Seminary seeks a scholar of the New Testament at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor! @ptseminaryiym.bsky.social @sblsite.bsky.social ptsem.edu/wp-content/u...

My book is out online! It won’t feel real until the print book comes out in September, but I’m excited to see it out in the world at last.

"And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal." (Joshua 3–4:20) This week's exhibition is called 'Crossing the Jordan', and we first look at an extraordinary set of stones that were erected around 2900 BCE on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

🔈 JOB ALERT! 🚨 The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London is seeking to appoint Lecturer in Islamic Studies! Deadline: 31st July 2025 For more information check the 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/jobs/119465-le…

Now that I'm blogging again, I decided to mention my new book: ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...

Exciting news! We're pleased to announce that Dr Renasha Khan @renasha.bsky.social has been appointed Lecturer in Religion, Politics and Ethics. Renasha takes up the post in Sept 2025, continuing her work on religion, race, gender, digital media, and politics. #KingsTRS #religion #politics #ethics

Thrilled to share that I’ll be staying on at @kcltrs.bsky.social as Lecturer in Religion, Politics and Ethics. I’m deeply grateful to my colleagues and friends in the department for their support and encouragement- it means the world. Excited to continue working in this brilliant team!

Exciting news! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Nathanael Vette @nathanaelvette.bsky.social has been appointed permanent Lecturer in New Testament, Gender, and Arts at our department! 📚✨

Delighted to share that I'll be staying at King's as the (tenured!) Lecturer in New Testament, Gender and the Arts. I'm beyond grateful to all those who generously offered their support and encouragement along the way. So excited to get to work with my wonderful colleagues at @kcltrs.bsky.social

Had a blast chatting with @KingsCareers on their Careers in Your Ears podcast! 🎙️ From documentary filmmaking to academia — the twists, turns, and lessons learned. If your career path’s a bit unconventional, this one’s for you. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5b3F... #lifeatkings

my jsnt article comparing paul's claims about christ as an image of god with other ancient evidence about images of gods (literary, artistic, epigraphical, etc.) is now really truly published in the latest issue of the journal! does this mean it's really real?? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A schedule and list of preliminary participants for Part I (June 10-12) of the online Enoch Seminar conference on "Reading the New Testamanet within Judaism?" is now available: enochseminar.org/reading-the-...

Delighted to see my bonkers article 'The Son of Man and the Sea' out today in the latest issue of JSNT! And what an honour to appear alongside so many great pieces by @alexichantz.bsky.social, @hagerman.bsky.social and more (feel free to tag!). Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Booking now open for the 2025 Ethel M. Wood Lecture! Prof Judith Buchanan (Oxford) will speak on ‘Courting and thwarting the “ill word”: the figure of Judith in film, art and literature’ 📍 Anatomy lecture theatre
🗓️ Mon 19 May, 5:30pm
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... #EthelMWoodlecture

I'll be speaking at the PEF (@palexfund.bsky.social) this Thursday on some intriguing connections between the Gospel of John and Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem c.a. 130 CE). Do come along if you're in London!

𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 has a cover and a website! Conceived as a companion to PwJ (Fortress, 2015), this is the first go-to introductory resource on PwP (Fortress, 2025). The publication date is set for 4 Nov 2025, just in time for SBL. www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

There’s still time to book for the FD Maurice Lectures 2025 on 6, 7, and 8 May, from 6-7pm, featuring Professor Sarojini Nadar. Register here: tickettailor.com/events/kingsco…   We look forward to seeing you there!    📍6-8 May 2025, Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand, KCL

Looking forward to sharing some current research in London on Thursday! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/docum...

Boy Jesus features in the New York Post. nypost.com/2025/04/19/l...

Can't wait to present two papers at @sblsite.bsky.social in Boston: 'John and Bar Kokhba: A Hadrianic Date for the Fourth Gospel' in the Connecting John unit; and 'Macho Markan Man: Jesus as the "Strong Man" in Mark 3:27' in Rhetoric and Early Christianity. Should be fun, if a little controversial!

Excited about this event tonight! There’s still time to sign up and attend!

📢 Proposals for papers are invited for the British New Testament Society Meeting 2025 to be hosted by the University of Manchester from Monday 1 September to Wednesday 3 September 2025. 📅 CfP Closes 21 April 2025 🔗 bnts.org.uk/bnts-call-fo...

This terms Theology Seminar series returns this week with Dr Laliv Clenman, Leo Baeck College discussing ‘We do not interpret: Hermeneutic approaches to mixed-marriage in early rabbinic midrashim’ 📍 25th February, 11.30am, Virginia Woolf Building 3.01 See you there!

The Biblical Studies Seminar continues next week with Michelle Fletcher, King's College London speaking about 'Making Sheep Impact on the Apocalypse. All are welcome! 📍February 12th, 5 pm to 6.30 pm, Virginia Woolf Building, VWB 3.01.

Why tell a story about a Messiah who travels to Jerusalem only to be killed? If you're in London, come along to my lecture at @kcltrs.bsky.social this Wednesday on how the early Gospels - beginning with Mark - anachronistically explain the fall of Jerusalem by narrating Jesus' death in the city.

Excited to start my new role as Lecturer in Bible, Gender and the Arts at @kcltrs.bsky.social! I'll be giving my debut lecture this week in the biblical studies seminar on 'Why Jerusalem Fell in 70 CE according to Josephus, the Apocalypses, the Rabbis and the Gospels'. www.kcl.ac.uk/people/natha...

kicking off 2025 with a bang by publishing my JSNT article online today (open access)! check it out to see how paul’s iconic christ might be understood, in comparative perspective, as an ancient mediterranean cult image.

Great to talk with Dave and Helen in the Biblical Time Machine podcast about my new book BOY JESUS. More info soon. www.biblicaltimemachine.com/listen-to-ep...

I’m hosting a very lovely festive tour of the National with the wonderful St Martin’s Voices from St Martin-in-the-Fields tonight!You’re very welcome to join us for this free talk/sing and tour, and other seasonal joys at the final Friday Late of the year. www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/frida...

So excited for #sblaar2024! There are too many good papers happening on Sunday afternoon but if you want to hear a new take on the risen saints in Matt 27 - and find out how many terrible zombie puns I can fit in a 25 min paper - then come to Jesus Traditions, Gospels & the Roman World @ the Hilton!

I had lots of fun chatting with Dave and Helen at Biblical Time Machine about what Jesus & the Gospels have to do with the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE. We also talked about whether pigs can swim! (They can.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

I'm using my first post on here to do some shameless self-promotion: my article on the omens at Jesus' death and Jewish traditions about the destruction of the temple is out now with JBL (replete with embarrassing section headings). Read it here: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/jbl...