Velociraptors had feathers

Call for Papers: Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXXV: Translating the Scriptures, July 15 - 18, 2026, Leuven. Abstracts due March 31, 2026. theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...

Where is the Sappho Brothers Poem papyrus? We only know that it is LOST. Again. #Sappho #classics #papyrology facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/t...

Ps 60,7 according to an ancient and a modern scribe. #PAM41582 www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-...

As a philosopher and legal scholar, now professor emeritus, with over 35 years as academic, it is both sickening and wholly unsurprising that these high-powered men of the academy had no problem consorting with a known pedophile and trafficker of children for prostitution.

Teaching archaic Rome at the moment and refamiliarizing myself with the evidence for the Capitoline temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Jaw-dropping to me that they managed a structure of this size (at this location!) in the late 6th c. BCE. By far the largest in central Italy at the time. 1/2

Founded in the 7th or 6th c. BCE, Skylletion was a Greek colony. It became part of Rome's empire in the 2nd c. BCE when a group of Roman colonists settled there, and for a period it was called Minervium. It was the birthplace of the 6th c. author, politician, and monastic entrepreneur Cassiodorus.

I always liked this one.

Greek and Latin inscriptions from the #Roman era used for the pavement of the atrium of the so-called "double church" at #Ephesus, known as the Church of Mary, which dates to the 5th c. It may have been the site of 431 Council of Ephesus. 📷🇹🇷 flic.kr/p/qtm1Br #photography #archaeology #spolia

‘Many bands were started by factory owners in the belief that music would give their workers purpose, strengthen social bonds and discourage violence and disorder.’ Rachel Armitage on the competitive brass band scene. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.

My review of Étienne Nodet's *A Gate to Heaven: Essenes, Qumran: Origins and Heirs* is now live on @readingreligion.bsky.social. Check it out and let me know what think! readingreligion.org/978056770971...

I went to see one of my research environments.

The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae project (125-year-long complete Latin language dictionary effort) is advertising to hire a full-stack developer in Munich (Django/React): job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...

Walter Brueggemann (1933-2025) claudemariottini.com/2026/01/06/w...

Apply to be the 2026-7 Munby Fellow in bibliography and history of the book @theul.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...

Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social) asked people to film themselves reading Rousseau’s Confessions: ‘The idea of lots of people repeating the same claim to singularity seemed interesting.’ Read and watch a clip on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

The “Early Christian Letters” chapter arrived in the mail.

The newest episode of the pod dives into how scientists are learning to decode the calls of the endangered Hawaiian monk seals

www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur... Too bad. I liked this shop and they had blue bottle coffee when it was roasted in Oakland and not over priced

Possibly the most sublime Roman fresco of a temple. The architectural detail of the spiky-topped wooden barrier, the painted relief in the pediment, & the offerings burning on the altar; it’s a symphony of observations. Archaeological Museum of Capri (no provenance) #FrescoFriday

My NAPS proposal on clothing in Augustine’s Confessions was accepted.

i’m definitely using this one.

Noah and his longship ark BL Cotton MS Claudius B IV; Old English Hexateuch; f.14r

OMG look what was on my doorstep! i haven’t seen the print version yet, but it’s prettier than i expected!!

New issue of Phoenix Vol. 79, No. 1 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55982 @phoenixjournal.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social @cacscec.bsky.social

I have survived the atmospheric river thus far.

New Article Dropping Soon I’m happy to report that my article “The Spirit Purifies All Foods: Baptism as Bodily Purification in the Jewish Matrix of Mark 7.1-23” has been accepted for publication with New Testament Studies (NTS) @cambridgeuniversitypress with minor revisions. Abstract below.

The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study. theconversation.com/the-roman-em...

We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000. Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026. More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...

‘Flaubert had the highest conception of Art and the lowest conception of Business. “I do not see the connection,” he wrote, “between a five-franc piece and an idea.”’ Julian Barnes on Flaubert and his difficult relationship with his publisher. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

'The author’s wartime generation was more impressed than we are by the king’s combination of the martial and the pious.' Michael Wood on Alfred’s overambitious grandson

Announcing the launch of the open-access Journal of Christian Apocryphal Literature (JCAL). Sign up if you are interested in being a contributor or reviewer! journals.aperio.press/jcal/submiss...

It is exhausting reading fiction that has only one or two line paragraphs.

38 new #Manuscripts this week from the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025... Includes an oration by Ubaldi, a part of an Atlantic Bible, some crazy heraldry, Cassian on Monks, Ethiopic, Classics and more #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Come learn Coptic! In partnership with the Religion Department, I developed a two-part introduction to Coptic via close study of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas. Come learn about ancient languages and sayings of Jesus! Part 1: Starts Oct. 27 | Part 2: Jan. 5 www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Excited to announce that my article “Monks at Lake Mareotis? Philo’s De vita contemplativa and the Displacement of Jewish Identity in Christian Monastic Literature” has been accepted for publication in the Studies in Late antiquity journal!

In the Boston area? Check out Jessica's talk. She is one of the leading experts on Jews and archaeology in Rome. Her new book "A Jewish Archaeology: The Christian Discovery of Jewish Catacombs in Rome" (Brill, 2025) is out now!

Join us if you are in the #Boston area! t.co/4tlXs5o1mH

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...

Job Openings! Columbia Theological Seminary invites applications for *two* full-time tenure-track faculty appointments in Old Testament. More info here: www.ctsnet.edu/careers/

Coptic OT Trainee Position

When #YomKippur comes around on the calendar I am always reminded of a conversation I had with a rabbi friend about Catholic and Jewish fasting. It ended with him telling me, "Yeah, that's not fasting." 🤣 tzom kal to all observing.

Job opening: An academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts, UCLouvain jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

What are the chances asking for a physical copy of my review book from OUP results in a tariff notice?

Ma figghia, running from window to window watching the guys taking off our old roof: "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!"

Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/

"As is the case in neighbouring Sweden, the dominance of English across the internet, social media, film and TV also means it is seen as aspirational for young people to be seen to speak and read in English." Good article on literary translation, boktok, and more www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...