My conversation with @josephscales.bsky.social will be available 13 April for $5 a month on Patreon.

Hi, I am trying to access a manuscript held at the (Greek Orthodox) Jerusalem Patriarchal library. I wrote and received no response. Does anyone have experience with this library or know someone I can contact, please?

Calling all Early Career Academics, on Weds 11 Feb at 10am we will be hosting an online Researcher Training: Applying for Postdoctoral and Early-Career Fellowships and Funding ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Please share these postdoc opportunities in Bergen, Norway 👇 Deadline March 6

Book manuscript submitted. More to come soon but happy to have got this far with my pre-battle speech project. I’ve been walking up in the mountains and have now come down.

Check out “Responsibility for Murder: The Background of Judith’s Legal Argumentation” by Joseph Scales in #JBL144.4. Access the article online using your SBL username and password. tinyurl.com/a6cbyh55.

We have a PhD position open (four years, full funding): www.umu.se/en/work-with...

My latest (published) article “Responsibility for Murder: The Background of Judith’s Legal Argumentation” Journal of Biblical Literature 144.4 is now available. I spoke about the argument with the folk at MF Norwegian School of Theology (recorded and available in the link): youtu.be/tN_6LwMqOVs?...

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.

Does anyone have access to the American Journal of Archaeology? My ICS membership doesn't give me online access to the more recent volumes, and I really don't want to have to spend a day/£20 getting a train into London to see their physical copy of 129.2. I miss institutional access...

Fancy a free drama workshop? apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/p... On 22nd Jan 2-4.30pm @uniofstandrews.bsky.social we are running an interactive drama workshop with theatre-makers NMT Automatics to explore the power of peace storytelling on stage. Email [email protected] to sign up!

Since 1938, we published 500 titles in the Mnemosyne Supplementa series. Let us know which volume of all 500 you like best, and win the volume! The same for Trends in Classics and its current 200 volumes. If you are at the AiA-SCS, come get a chocolate bar..

Registration to attend our inaugural Ancient Peace Studies Network conference closes on 9th January - last chance to sign up! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/

Day one at @unibergen.bsky.social and I’ve set up my book shelves. There seems to be so many more when they’re boxed up and need lifting.

Last trip of what has turned out to be an astonishingly difficult move up to Bergen. But the weather is fine and things seem to be getting brighter.

This arrived, just in time to be packed up for moving. My chapter on the Apocryphon of Ezekiel argues that it was not a single composition in antiquity, and it mostly made up of independent short sayings. Thanks to the editor Marieke Dhont and @tandtclark.bsky.social for publishing. Happy new year

Come and become my new colleague: Two fully funded PhD positions (3yrs, start 9/2026) advertised at the Faculty of Theology (all disciplines) at #UniversityofCopenhagen, deadline: 16 March 2026 employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...

“Cambridge Amplify Grant to support under-represented early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations as they work toward the publication of their first book.”

Calling all drama professionals, drama students, and peace storytellers! We are teaming up with theatre company NMT Automatics to deliver a FREE interactive workshop on Jan 22nd @uniofstandrews.bsky.social on dramatising peace! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/p...

Over at @ics.bsky.social we are on the hunt for a Lecturer in Classical Studies (Research, Training and Partnerships). This is an open-ended, open-field T&R lectureship. Please pass on the word - and consider applying if you would like to come and work with us! www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Folks, I need ideas on how to promote a free English platform on ancient Judaism & NT from Germany to the English-speaking Biblical & ancient language scholars & PhD students. My thoughts: conferences, AGADE & Liverpool mailing lists, some articles on our field in JBL or EC, what else? 1/2

@josephscales.bsky.social – brings both brilliance and Norwegian fashion to the forefront! www.nrk.no/sorlandet/fa...

Two fully paid PhD positions at Lund University! One in Hebrew Bible and the other in Jewish studies, focus late antiquity. Gorgeous location and gorgeous colleagues. Don't sleep on this! (Set filter to HT to access these two in particular.) lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies

The second is earmarked for research on ancient Christian ascetic and monastic literature from its emergence to the 6th century CE. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Come work in Bergen!

Some news: www.uia.no/forskning/fo... The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.

Some news: www.uia.no/forskning/fo... The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.

Lund's Centre for Theology and Religious Studies is advertising PhD positions in Jewish Studies, Hebrew Bible, Philosophy of Religion, and Practical Theology. Come work with us!

Happening this Friday! Anyone in the Nottingham area is welcome to join in person. Email the address at the bottom if you would like to join online.

Looking forward to participating in this

Bringing ancient and modern peace studies into dialogue... To launch the Ancient Peace Studies Network, we are hosting an inaugural workshop @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social 20-22 January 2026. More info here: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/

Join us on Wednesday for the first in a series of three online workshops on Teaching Ancient War and Peace: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/visualising-...

The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8

Just published: Marieke Dhont, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek (T&T Clark: 2025) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-...

Join us in London in July! CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE #BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/03/c...

Every Halloween, I share my spookiest article: works.hcommons.org/records/fayf...

Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away

Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social

Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.

@tbsailors.bsky.social I’ve had a bounce-back email for the address I had for you, do you have an updated email?

I have just accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Ancient Studies (with the Ancient World research group) at @unibergen.bsky.social. I'm hugely excited and looking forward to moving up there and getting started in the new year. More details on the project to follow next year

I have just accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Ancient Studies (with the Ancient World research group) at @unibergen.bsky.social. I'm hugely excited and looking forward to moving up there and getting started in the new year. More details on the project to follow next year

I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might

For some (glorious) reason this is now open access. Please enjoy the content as well as the title

A temporary solution to try and limit academia[dot]edu taking my work for AI development and other commercial uses. I think I saw someone suggest this yesterday but have forgotten who.

A lot of the terms also specify use of materials for AI generation. I think I’ll remove what’s on there this week although perhaps the data has already been plundered

Anyone have any suggestions for scholarship on Philo’s discussion of slavery in Every Good Person Is Free?

I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?

I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?