And “Reading Joshua 24 in Modern Contexts of Religious Pluralism” in The Book of Joshua: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, edited by Lissa M. Wray Beal, Craig A. Evans, and D. Allen Hutchison (FIOTL 11; VTS 203): brill.com/display/titl...

‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

I helped make a thing! 😀 Available electronically now. Available in hardback next month. Realistically, find it at your favorite academic library later this summer. brill.com/display/titl...

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This whole thread is 🔥.

For those who have published their dissertations, how long after finishing your PhD program did you publish it? #phdtalk #phd #academicwriting #dissertation

My doktorvater sent me an email in Nov 2021 asking if I would be interested in co-editing an upcoming volume on the book of Joshua. I said yes. 4.5 years later, I submitted the final proofs to the publisher last night. 25 authors, 3 editors. Learned so much. And so grateful to be done. :)

Calling all Professors of Religion! Do you teach an intro to the study of religion course? If so, would you be willing to share your syllabus? Collecting for research purposes.

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Back from a week in the mountains. It's going to be a multi-cup of coffee day. After closing freelance projects for a month, I'm about to re-open spots for the year. Let's see those #books, #dissertations, #articles! (Copyediting, language correction, proofreading, typesetting, indexing available)

This is Aly. She just learned about capitalism. Certainly not a perfect system, but if that is what it takes to put chippies on the table, she understands. 13/10 (IG: alythebichon)

One of the greatest video games ever made keeps going: www.youtube.com/watch?v=geiT... #StardewValley

Proofs day! The Book of Joshua: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Edited by Lissa M. Wray Beal, Craig A. Evans, and D. Allen Hutchison. Slated for May 2026.

Indexing question: if a verse gets cited in the text only as "In v. 4, ....", should that be included in the Scripture index? From the context, you can tell what chapter it comes from, but it's not listed in the text as 1:4. The SBL Handbook does not address this very niche question.

Love a good story about a music company doing a good thing youtube.com/post/Ugkx5LB... Cc: @isaactsoon.bsky.social

My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources. Please share and give feedback! xeirographa.com

did anyone make a roundup of book discount codes for this year's #aarsbl25 #sblaar25 ?

Just finished reading Nobody's Mother by @sandraglahn.bsky.social. What a compelling argument steeped in primary sources! It grounds Paul's letter to Timothy in their reality and helps me understand mine.

Professor of New Testament, Wycliffe College, Toronto, Canada. FT. Deadline: December 12, 2025. nt4ox.link/wycliffeTO26

Always exciting to start the day with kind of email!

The eternal PSA: #biblicalgreek

Finished The Siren's Call by @chrislhayes.bsky.social today. What a helpful and insightful book! Well researched with approachable writing. I appreciated his analysis of how our attention (and lack thereof) impacts our world today, and the hopeful way he ended the book.

The Department of Religion at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of the Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Context. apply.interfolio.com/176012

"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God." Leviticus 19:33-34 @kaitlynschiess 🎙️Holy Post 655

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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/

As a fellow alum of Multnomah who also had the brief privilege of teaching at Multnomah, this article by @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social resonates with me. I now work IT for a government agency and teach at my church as often as they'll let me. And I wouldn't trade my Bible education for anything.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Fix This Sign xkcd.com/3113/

Fascinating...

when the worship leader goes back to the bridge again when you thought the song was done:

Eye-opening analysis of WNBA players’ pay relative to the NBA, adjusting for the leagues’ relative sizes and season lengths, by Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...

FRODO: Where were you Gandalf? GANDALF: I was...delayed. FRODO:

St. Basil the Great (4th century), in a sermon on debt and lending: "Tell me, do you really seek riches and financial gain from the destitute? If this person had the resources to make you even wealthier, why did he come begging to your door? He came seeking an ally, but found an enemy."

“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous.… When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever screams at us the loudest.” -Sen Mon Mothma (Star Wars)

Teaching a How to Read Your Bible class at church. Monday's session is on the importance of context. What passages' meaning is clearly impacted by context? Thinking like Phil 4:13 and 2 Chr 7:14. What else?

Very helpful teaching process described clearly with valuable nuggets all throughout.

So excited about what @holypostmedia.bsky.social is doing these days. Love this vision and these people: youtu.be/WCh2Q1jiK5I?...

Today's PSA:

Super interesting perspective. Especially for someone like me who loves to teach.

An interesting biblical theme to notice and a dad joke? I'm in.

On Holy Wednesday, Judas agrees to betray Jesus. Judas had been with Jesus for three years as one of his 12 disciples. It’s a painful, tragic event containing so many lessons. Here’s one of them: Being around Jesus doesn’t automatically mean we are being formed by Jesus.

"But Jesus never sought to replace Caesar with a Christian Caesar. He came to dismantle the very logic of Caesar: the belief that might makes right, peace comes through violence and politics is best wielded through fear, coercion and control."

Pretty much sums up Torah and the Prophets...

We watched The Wild Robot tonight. I can't remember laughing that hard *and* crying that hard in such a short span of time. What a brilliant film.

If you are in church tomorrow, keep an eye out for the widows and widowers. Give them some extra care. 🤍

Africa is the only continent in all four hemispheres.

Timeline cleanse

This is a fantastic article. I'm glad I read it.