Check out David Miller’s (McMaster PhD 2005) newest article, “Josephus and Jewish Ethnonyms: Restoration Eschatology or Jewish Antiquity?” in the Journal for the Study of Judaism! brill.com/view/journal...

Graduation ceremonies this year

that the 40 y.o. guy who bragged to me about not having read a book since junior high is now knee deep in right wing conspiracy theories is the least surprising story line of my larger friend group.

There is a special place in hell for people who put music on while camping. There is an even specialer place in hell for people who put dance music on while camping.

First camping trip of 2026! Tranquility indeed!

Wait, am I becoming a bit of a John scholar? Nope. But I am a @hugomendez.bsky.social fan!

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Folks, the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies will take place from May 26–28 at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto. The meeting is fully hybrid and inexpensive ($25 for students and for online). cspsacep.ca/reunion-meet...

After a miserable 210-day hiatus (not that anyone's counting), I finally get to go camping again!

Oof.

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading and learning from @goodacre.bsky.social's The Fourth Synoptic Gospel! But I tried anyways and you can read my attempt here. @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social

Congratulations to Andrew Knight-Messenger (McMaster PhD 2022) on the publication of his monograph, The Place of the ‘Court Tales’ in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature: Form, Development, and Function! Bloomsbury Publishing UK www.bloomsbury.com/us/place-of-...

Well look what arrived in the mail!

Never in my life did I think I would get a mention in the freaking *GIFFORD LECTURES*! (OK, for over half of my life I didn't know what the Giffords were, but still...)

I know Harry Potter is passé, but I can't get over the whole host of christological issues raised by the existence of Christmas, and therefore Jesus, within the Potterverse.

I see your Sleepy Joe and raise you a Blinky Don.

Donald Trump has unveiled a golden statue of himself at his Florida golf club, raising concerns about Obama's tan suit.

QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr.

My metabolism

Jesus Christ, famous for, among other things, punching the other cheek…

Brian's book is as important as it is heartbreaking. And it's absolutely heartbreaking. Deeply deserving of the Pulitzer! Buy it. Read it.

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Johnson (McMaster PhD 2019) on the publication of his coedited volume, (Con)textual Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Orion Symposium. Published in Honor of Esther G. Chazon. brill.com/display/titl...

Two massive stories of sexual abuse, one in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical denomination, the other at Wheaton College, the evangelical ‘Harvard,’ just dropped, but most of evangelical social media is fixated on condemning some evangelical pastor who happens to be gay.

My wife's head hits the pillow and she is asleep within 30 seconds. Every freakin' night. Oh to be so pure and innocent.

We have never been less convenient to the powers that be, both inside and outside the university.

Does everyone else want to reply to those FB marketplace posts that state "Will not respond to 'Is this still available?'" with "Is this still available?' or do I just have oppositional defiant disorder?

PREACH!

Recently, Adel Hashemi (McMaster PhD 2018) launched Folio PDF Reader & Editor, a totally free, modern PDF app available for both macOS and Windows. Check it out here: For Mac: apps.apple.com/us/app/folio... For Word: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pjrx...

why you doing cocaine dirty like this?

The most effective anti-smoking campaign ever just dropped.

Happy Star Trek Day to all who celebrate. May the 4th be with you!

15 best movies; don't think about it too hard! (not in order) E.T. Karate Kid Back to the Future The Terminator Bloodsport The Goonies Heathers Top Gun The Princess Bride Adventures in Babysitting Cocktail Gremlins Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Predator Ferris Bueller's Day Off

My favorite thing about visiting my parents is my 84 y.o. dad asking me if I want to wash our vehicle and if I don’t do it soon enough I will catch him washing it.

Congratulations to Dr. Adele Reinhartz (McMaster PhD 1983), Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at U. Ottawa, on the publication of her latest book, Theories, Models, and Metaphors in the Historiography of Christian Origins! bit.ly/4eKQdL9

Dear Peter, Jesus speaks the words immediately preceding the verse you allude to and he does so *to his disciples*: "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get."

Recently, Dr. Matthew Thiessen's book, *A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles*, was translated into both Korean and Portuguese!

It's not hard to imagine how Franklin Graham would have interpreted the numerous failed assassination attempts against Hitler had he lived in 1940s Germany.

Whenever I read John 11 and Jesus's excruciatingly slow response to the news that Lazarus is ill, I can't help but think of the Seinfeld episode when Elaine, hearing that her boyfriend was hit by a car, decides to buy Jujyfruits first before going to see him in the hospital.

We now have two teenagers.

New pitch for Religious Studies just dropped.

As someone who likes booze I hate that these guys are sullying the good name of liquor.

Announcing a shift in my research to the interconnected fields of religion, business Ethics, and the economic order.

A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Time for one of the highlights of my year: a three-day long volleyball tournament for 13 year olds spread over 50+ courts. Also, I'm super proud of how clean the family minivan is. Behold my metamorphosis into Volleyball Dad.

Coolest salt and pepper shakers ever!

Make it. Make it now!

Almost half of their expenses ($3.53M) went to "Other Salaries and Wages." But not a dime to writers. Wrote for them once. Won't do it again. @theconversation.com

Look, I like booze as much as the next person (OK, fine, I like it more than the next person), but the Premier of Ontario is singularly obsessed with allowing us to buy and drink booze anywhere and everywhere. This is his sole purpose as premier. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...