Join us on Thurs, 4/23 @6pm (reception @5pm) In-person/livestream @uofdenver.bsky.social Religious Studies welcomes the incomparable @lhulseth.bsky.social to deliver this year’s Kirk Lecture. She discusses her award-winning book Capitalist Humanitarianism & the anathema of “ethical” #capitalism.

Hi friends! Join us on 4/22, 4/23 for 2 events @uofdenver.bsky.social Religious Studies is hosting! Both are in person/online (link sent after registration) Join us Wed, 4/22 @430pm #Capitalism & the Future of #Democracy Book panel & discussion w/@lhulseth.bsky.social & DU RLGS MA, PHD students.

Come listen to me talk about the uncontroversial topic of Jesus and slavery on the Bible & Archaeology podcast! youtu.be/_H7IivvTn8E?...

Definitely 🌋 would recommend the new documentary on Pompeii: “Pompei: Below the Clouds.” It looks at the everyday lives of modern people like firefighters, port workers, & archaeologists on the Bay of Naples—as well as the ancient fear of living below Vesuvius (now on MUBI) youtu.be/XB0kyzY81PU?...

“The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency.” — NEH.gov The NEH has $207 million for FY2026. War in Iran? 1 billion per day. We go through 4.83 NEHs a day for what?

“Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in the Exegesis on the Soul (NHC II,6)” is out today with Harvard Theological Review—and is open access thanks to UVA! Please give it a read if you’re interested in ancient sexual violence, Coptic, or monasticism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

youtu.be/3jKef0lV7j8?... My conversation with Dr. Josh and @christycobb.bsky.social goes live today. No. The New Testament absolutely did not end slavery. ... Everyone knows this, right? 📜 🪔 #CriticalBible

Just wrapped up our RMGP regional conference of the #AAR and the Religion & Bible Society. @christycobb.bsky.social gave a fantastic keynote! I can’t wait for her next book!

I love that Cambridge Elements are usually open access to read for the first two weeks after publication. That means _Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East_ by Stephanie Lynn Budin is free to resd until March 10! This is part of the Elements in the Ancient Near Eastern World and the Bible.

Check out my latest article in the Conversation, where I discuss apocryphal literature!

Don't miss this great write-up by @christycobb.bsky.social about the influence of Christian apocrypha on history & tradition!

Interested in #apocrypha, or want to know more? Check out this excellent fresh article by @christycobb.bsky.social!

There’s still time to submit an abstract for the Slavery Resistance and Freedom unit of SBL for the conference in Denver!

Next up was @christycobb.bsky.social, who gave us a wonderful insight into the martyr legend of Perpetua and Felicitas - focusing on Felicitas, her motherhood, Martyrdom and her status and possibilities as an enslaved woman.

In response to the deluge of messages on casting in The Odyssey: Helen was born from an 🥚 Don’t talk to me about historical veracity.

“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.” -bell hooks

just want to say again that empathy is resistance. it requires bracketing everything this world has taught us to value — hierarchies of wealth, status, power, etc. — and meet others as humans first. this is why it’s also a practice, not an attribute. you *can* train yourself to bracket thusly.

Just published my first piece for the Conversation! It’s on Thecla and her reception within Christianity. theconversation.com/thecla-the-b...

I wrote a number of pieces for National Geographic this Christmas and was delighted to be able to share the work of colleagues I deeply admire. First up this piece about angels featuring quotes from Christy Cobb and the work of @emuehlbe.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

Important thread!

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org! I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy! Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

My recent volume, Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts, is currently on sale through Amazon for only $4. If you’re interested, here’s the link! a.co/d/2CiYMh6

And I just learned today that this isn’t a typical academic practice!

My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts will be available tomorrow wherever you get podcasts! But you can watch or listen now for $5 a month on Patreon. Thanks to @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social for the copy.

My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slaver and Its New Testament Contexts from @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social will be out wherever you get podcasts next Wednesday. But you can hear or watch it now for $5 a month on Patreon.

Biblical stories of enslaved people appear to treat them as mere props for the ‘real’ story, causing modern readers to miss the forces at work. Listen to the #BibleAndBeyond podcast interview with @clcobb629 discussing forced prostitution as one example. earlychristiantexts.com/enslaved-bib...

Baptism font in the temple of Jupiter at Cumae. The temple was transformed into a church in the 5th c. 📷 flic.kr/p/ePJvXk #photography #archaeology #Classics #EarlyChristianity #LateAntiquity #Italy

and you can preorder my second book too! though i might wait. i’m hoping OUP gives me one of those special discount codes.

hey friends, you can now pre-order my element. and if you don’t want to pre-order, don’t worry! it’ll be free for download for about two weeks after publication.

Today on AJR, Joseph Foltz reviews Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years (Princeton University Press, 2024).

The Annual Kirk Lecture is Tuesday, May 6th, with speaker Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld discussing: "Defiance and Power: Gendered Resistance in First-Century Judaea" Location: Community Commons 1700. Time: Tuesday, May 6. Light refreshments at 6:00, lecture at 7:00. RSVP: click.ecomm.du.edu?qs=537b8c8fd...

This is so so helpful! Thank you @kholob.bsky.social

Proofs! Excited for this to appear in the forthcoming volume “Writing, Enslavement, and Power”

✨ proofs day ✨ for God, Slavery, and Early Christianity! I’m thrilled that the dissertation-turned-book will be out in the world some time this fall, and hope that folks enjoy wading through hundreds of pages about the Shepherd, slavery, spirit possession, and the formation of Christian ethics.

I just had an article published in Source: Notes in the History of Art titled "(I’ve Got the) Magic Stick: The Virgus and Vitis in Roman Imperial and Early Christian Art." Always pleased to slip in a reference to Lil' Kim in a piece on imperial iconography: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/6TCKK...

Congratulations to JDP faculty Dr. Christy Cobb's for her newest book! 📖🎉 You can find more info and buy it here: www.eerdmans.com/978080288413...

Today, @christycobb.bsky.social and I’s JSNT article dropped! Go read “The Rhetoric and Ethic of Translating and Representing Enslaved Persons in New Testament and Early Christian Studies” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is high art

I did this. Takes maybe one minute. Via American Historical Association. p2a.co/DdtlGIT

It was good to open the @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social e-mail newsletter and see a book co-edited by my former student @christycobb.bsky.social among the featured titles.