Now published! Sarah F. Porter (@portersf.bsky.social), “Writing to Paul: Using Interactive Fiction to Explore Early Christian Worlds.” tinyurl.com/PorterWritin...

I have an article out with @jibs-journal.bsky.social! A little insight into some of my PhD research, thank you so much to JIBS for their guidance and accepting my article, I am over the moon☺️

Frescoes in Pompeii Reveal the Secret World of Dionysiac Rituals mymodernmet.com/casa-tiaso-f...

We are pleased to announce the publication of our first article of 2025! Go check out @WordsFromAStone.bsky.social's latest, "Oh Poor Jephthah: Jephthah, Jephthah's Daughter, and Himpathy," now available on our website. jibs.hcommons.org/volume-6-iss...

New JIBS issue! Big thanks to guest editors on this one, @isaacsoon.bsky.social Eleanor Vivian and @tdbiii.bsky.social

So excited that this special issue is now out and for the opportunity to get on my soapbox about nondisabled interpretations of John 5.

We are very pleased to announce the publication of a special JIBS issue on Disability and the Bible. jibs.hcommons.org/archive/volu...

🚨✨Now published✨🚨: "Naming as Human Agency in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens" by Clair J. Hutchings-Budd. jibs.hcommons.org/archive/volu...

So grateful to the JIBS team for helping me share these thoughts with the world!

Now published: Eric C. Smith's "There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons: A Parable of Futurity, Reproductivity, Utopia, and Social Death." Don't miss it!

New Article Day!🤩 Hot off the virtual presses, it's Jane Sancinito's "Requiring Apologia? Merchants and Artisans in Acts of the Apostles." jibs.hcommons.org/archive/volu...

Folx. This is really good. Totally loved it. Everyone should read it.

Just published: @brownsmith.bsky.social's "Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther," the latest article in our Special Issue: Seminal Issues in Biblical Genitalia. Read it here: jibs.hcommons.org/volume-5-iss...

We are pleased to announce that Dr Rebekah Welton (University of Exeter) has joined our editorial team! 👏👏 Submit your article at jibs.hcommons.org

Hooray! Another article published in our latest issue of JIBS! This one really puts the "semen" in Seminal Issues in Biblical Genitalia. Check out Michael Pope’s "What Exactly Did Mary “Conceive” in Her Womb?", available now. jibs.hcommons.org/volume-5-iss...

The second article from our special edition, Seminal Issues in Biblical Genitalia, is now published. Head to our website to check out Michael Peppard's "Bearing a “Jewish Weight”: A New Interpretation of a Greek Comedic Papyrus About Athletics (CPJ 3.519)." jibs.hcommons.org/volume-5-iss...

Just published, the first article from our special edition, Seminal Issues in Biblical Genitalia: Sara Parks PhD, "The Greek Hat: 2 Maccabees 4:12 as a Euphemism for Reverse Circumcision." jibs.hcommons.org/volume-5-iss... The other articles are coming soon!

Just published in @aabner.bsky.social -- an article by Leah Stanley examining JIBS's citational ethics policy. Read it here: aabner.org/ojs/index.ph...

Reminder about our CFP for our Special Issue on genitalia. We've got a great foundation for the issue & we are still welcoming additional submissions, to publish on a rolling basis throughout 2024. So if you miss this deadline, please still send us your articles. jibs.hcommons.org/calls-for-su...

Today! See you there!

Our next online research seminar is on 13 November at 2pm UK time, featuring Dr Valerie Hobbs (Sheffield). Please email Dr Meredith J C Warren for the link to join.

Please stop by!

Are you thinking about where to publish your next article or shorter note? JIBS editors will be at SBL/AAR in San Antonio & we’d love to hear your ideas. Drop by & chat from 3-4pm on Saturday, at the Grand Hyatt bar.

Hey everyone! The Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies is now on Bluesky! @jibs-journal.bsky.social

Now available Open Access at the Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies (JIBS): Ellen De Doncker, “Incestual Duplication by Female Sex Offenders: Lot’s Daughters (Genesis 19:30–38) as Challenge to Typologies and Violent Family-Systems.” https://jibs.hcommons.org/archive/volume-5/volume-5-issue-1/

We are so happy to be here! Check out our archive for previous issues, and be sure to send us submissions for our ✨special issue✨ on genitalia. More info on our website: http://jibs.hcommons.org