i've an anonymous question box in my early christianity class since students range so widely in background. this week's most interesting Q was: "did ancient Jewish people believe that Adam & Eve were historical figures?" i'd say no but wanna help me answer? paging @andytobo.bsky.social

the Muehlberger Method (tm) @emuehlbe.bsky.social

just in time for course planning on apocalypse next semester!

The Apostle Paul:

January 9, 400 CE: Eudoxia is made Augusta. She was the only daughter of Bauto the Frank, later married Arcadius & was lifted up as Augusta after having two daughters. She would die of a miscarriage in October 404. Since the Severans, abortion had become increasingly criminalized (Digest 48.8.8).

This. Is. Brilliant.

why hasn't anyone liked this yet

My book, _An Exotic Apocalypse: Revelation and the Appropriation of Judaism in the Roman Empire_, is officially forthcoming with Penn State University Press. It'll be the inaugural book in their _Religions in the Ancient Mediterranean_ series.

"Christian archaeology is a school of the senses [...] a school of humility [...] a school of hope."

archivists and users of archives! this is an archaeological fieldbook in french. i am having trouble with a word. can you help me discern it? see alt text for more. #history #french

On this World AIDS Day, I would like to recommend a spectacular podcast about #theChurchWithAIDS. Lynne Gerber has created "When We All Get to Heaven," which is available through Slate and details the Metropolitan Community Church in the Castro during the AIDS crisis. slate.com/podcasts/whe...

Bloomsbury - AAR-SBL-25 Cambridge University Press - 107989 Eerdmans - AARSBL2025 Oxford University Press - EXAAR25 Mohr Siebeck - AAR-SBL-2025 Peeters Publishers - AARSBL2025 SBL Press - AM2025

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

This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred

Head to a Pavement location instead! Boston business w/ unionized baristas. Their shops on Newbury St and Boylston are both just a couple of blocks from Hynes Convention Center.

always a pleasure to peek into @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social's archives. today i was trying to find a woman who worked as cataloguer at antioch for a bit - florence day - & sure enough, stumbled across these conversational descriptions of the first cohort of junior fellows www.doaks.org/newsletter/n...

today as i was soliciting answers in class i said ... ... ... waddup. WHY DID I SAY THIS, DID I BLACK OUT

Pleased to say that for the next year I'll be a Publisher for our Religion list at Routledge books, covering all areas of religious studies and theology. I'd welcome anyone researching or teaching in this space to get in touch if you'd like to discuss a book idea 📖

Archivist position at The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe: careers.harvard.edu/job/archivis... #historyjobs

assigned @emuehlbe.bsky.social's "perpetual adjustment" to a small group of students and wooo there are a LOT of exclamation points in their annotations this week!

Usually, to show an author love, the first rule is: buy the book. And, you can totally buy this book---but, it's also available OA, which means you can in a few weeks' time get it for free. luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1... So, the updated rule: to show an author love, get her book and read it!

🚨 Postdoc at UT Austin Religious Studies in Religion, Healing, and Magic in Late Antiquity (2 years)! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UTstaf...

the analysis is too boring to even type out

'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Leo XIV comes out swinging hard in his first Apostolic Letter, esp §§80-81, insisting on the centrality of social movements and structural change and not JP2’s restrictions of liberation theology to individual dimensions. Vatican 2 and Medellín are back. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Faith groups have filed suit against DHS for violating their 1st and 4th amendment rights, arguing that by targeting faith-based demonstrators "with violence," ICE agents are enacting a policy that “substantially burdens their exercise of religion” and violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

I’ve put together a list of funding sources for graduate students in biblical studies and early Christianity. Most of these are only available to students in the U.S. but many of them don’t have citizenship requirements. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This is great, so glad this is happening. news.artnet.com/art-world/ci...

hat tip to @ismipratima.bsky.social, wtf

It sucks the way the humanities are being eroded & labeled unimportant. For every rant against a “new identity,” there is an ancient poem or painting or song or or or that tells us there is nothing new under the sun

sweet little documentary from the corinth excavations ca 1945. the last minute or so is ASCSA's pitch: that archaeology helps the local economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=LppD...

The new issue of Religious Studies Review is live, featuring responses to Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion that include my own essay, "'She Laughs at the Future' (Prov. 31:24b): Reading Sarah's Queer Jouissance." It's available open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

beautiful symposium for a beautiful book don't miss @postrafelite.bsky.social's cartoon about creation - a beautifully meditative way to start the morning

I keep seeing the media say crime is down but people feel like it is up without mentioning the role of phone notifications and social media like Nextdoor, Ring Alerts, and Facebook Groups that not only make people more aware of any crime nearby they wouldn’t have known about in the past… (1/3)

thanks to @ktardio.bsky.social, who tipped me off to an impressive resource compiled by @fglif.bsky.social for folks seeking to publish with classics / classics adjacent journals and presses fglif.org/2025/05/06/g...

Get in loser, we're going west to diminish

Something else for the list at Pompeii www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Hey all, I have a new piece out at the New York Times, on our history of talking to the dead, from Spiritualism to daytime TV psychics to to AI Griefbots, and why we can’t stop reaching out to the Beyond. Please enjoy!

my online asynch summer class requires lots of "talkbacks": 3-5min long reactions to the content (sometimes lecture, sometimes game or other media) that i request to be informal and organic. they're always so fun to listen to. (and i talkback to those of course.)

It’s worth noting (again) that explaining to non-historians how studying history develops critical thinking skills is the most effective way to help people understand history’s value to society and leads them to support greater funding. aaslh.org/reframing-hi...

Who counts as an archaeologist? For this week’s #PeoplingPodcast we are joined by Dr. Allison Mickel to discuss the knowledge and labour that local communities contribute to archaeological digs in Jordan and Turkey. Listen to "Hired Hands, Silenced Voices" here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/06/17/p...

Too late for the article, but this sem I asked students to re-play this game as part of their final and reflect on how it felt to meet these characters at the end of the semester with much more context. I had great feedback, in addn to the beginning-of-semester processing I describe in the article.

There are only two more days left to see ‘From the Vow Made’ at #ExeterCathedral! The sculptural installation features 1,000 wax sculptures made by 1,000 people, inspired by the theme of ‘giving thanks’. Find out more at www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve... #YourCathedral #FromTheVowMade

bday in nafplio: booked ✅

Last year I ended my project about Roman stylus tablets, which was funded by the @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de, early – for my dream job. But before I did, we filmed a series of short videos about the project, and the first episode is now live. (English Version available) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #ancientbluesky🏺 1/3

#AmRel Postdoc beginning July. Bryn Mawr College 1-year renewable postdoct with expertise in contemporary American religion, partnering with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators on a large national project about the changing spiritual infrastructure of the United States.

For independent and contingent #AcRel scholars: Short-term visiting scholar program at Ohio State's Center for the Study of Religion. $3,000 stipend, lodging, travel, and meals for a week-long residency. Deadline: July 1, 2025

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!