I can't stand this thing that ProQuest Ebook Central have integrated into their platform.

If nothing else, my training in biblical studies has equipped me to recognise a chiasmus in Josh Ritter’s new album.

A great interview about this paradigm-shifting book on ancient incarnation. Well worth the listen.

UCLouvain seeks to recruit a full-time academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts. jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

We're a young journal, so we are back to our current issue this Monday: AVAR 4.1, a special issue on Mobility and Migration in the ANE! avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

instant classic

Disappointed not to be in Manchester in person, but grateful to @bntsoc.bsky.social for making virtual access possible. Great to see my Doktormutter delivering the opening plenary. #BNTS2025

Every year I have the opportunity to be the official photographer for the Tom Robb Memorial Trail Race in Carron Valley. It’s an amazing event that raises funds for Alzheimer Scotland and Ochils Mountain Rescue. It's always a fun, life-affirming day out and it's a privilege to take part. 1/

Looking forward to this discussion.

I see that @sblsite.bsky.social annual meeting's provisional schedule is up (the new website looks great). If you're interested in Acts + migration/borders, I'm presenting two papers. Details in the screencap; looking forward to the feedback & discussion. See you all in Boston! #SBLAAR

In-person booking for the conference may have closed, but online registration remains open until 31st August, at the lower rate of £60. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com. Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.

🚨Booking closes tomorrow for in-person attendance. Don’t miss out!🚨

It should've been included in the issue on migration; due to a mix-up, it wasn't included. Happy to report my extended review of @dglennbutner.bsky.social's fantastic *Jesus the Refugee* has been published in the most recent vol. of the Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal: sei.scot/resources/se...

Two new studies in @antiquity.ac.uk show that people with mixed ancestry lived in early medieval south England. 🏺🧪

I took part in the #SNTS2025 excursion to the memorial site of the former concentration camp Flossenbürg today. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed here by the Nazis on April 9th 1945. It was a deeply touching visit for me and I'd like to share two thoughts with you that our wonderful guide shared: 1/3

In today's Seminar session at #SNTS2025, Helen Bond presented on the historical Mary of Nazareth. a perfect fit to my research. It was a wonderful, insightful paper. I can't wait for the book that she will eventually publish on the topic! Also, Helen Bond rocks, but we knew that before of course.

More excited than I should be to have received an image of an inscription I’ve been writing on, sent by the Head of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities & Museums. Also glad the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kilkis granted permission to use it in my #SBLAAR25 presentation! @sblsite.bsky.social

SBL Members are encouraged and invited to submit nominations to fill open positions on SBL committees and boards. You can self-nominate! Submit a nomination today! buff.ly/y5cZR9A

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

Tell us that you have never been in a bookstore or a library without telling us that you have never been in a bookstore or a library.

a doggo & a distance slab

The Super Saver Registration discounted rate for the SBL Annual Meeting ends 31 July—register today to take advantage of the lowest available rate! For details about the meeting, taking place in Boston, MA, 22–25 November. buff.ly/RNjbrES

I really enjoyed my time at #BIAJS2025, well organised and heard excellent papers and lectures. My thanks to the @biajs.bsky.social for the opportunity to present my research and for the thoughtful questions and feedback from those in my session.

This was excellent. I'll also long remember Prof Hempel's challenge that 'our historical imagination is often too soft.' #BIAJS2025

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Before we know it the Fall semester will be here. Did you try something new in the classroom? Consider sharing it with colleagues in Ancient Jew Review's August pedagogy series. Short essays that share activities, assignments, or philosophies that enhance teaching about the ancient world.

📣 Booking is now open for our 2025 meeting, hosted by @uomreligion.bsky.social - online and in person options available now. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

Feline invasion of my workspace. I'm catsitting and Señor Sophie is dropping not-so-subtle hints that he hates me.

Aside from spending the night in St Pancras after missing my sleeper to Glasgow, I had a great time in London presenting at the 'Space and Oppression in the Roman World' conference at KCL. Always valuable to receive feedback and a different set of questions from scholars in Classics and Patristics.

I always look forward to American Week at Lidl because it's a beautiful celebration of my culture.

🚨NEW MUSIC FROM JOSH RITTER 🚨

Enjoyed helping to organise our Postgraduate Colloquium at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. A fantastic turnout and a real showcase of the breadth and quality of research happening at New College.

Very good to talk with the great team at The Two Cities podcast about Boy Jesus. Btw he wasn't born into an easy time. Demonstrations, massive clampdowns, imperialism and violence ... threats to his own family. www.thetwocities.com

This is excellent.

Thoroughly enjoyed the @sgsah.bsky.social 'Scottish Universities Theology, Religion & Biblical Studies Postgraduate Workshop' on Wed, hosted by @trsglasgowuni.bsky.social. Papers were representative of the 'interdisciplinary' theme & helpful insights from experienced scholars on how to do it well.

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

Dr Williams' workshop on 1st-century Jewish inscriptions was everything you'd want it to be—offering, as Margaret put it, an insight into the complex lives of individuals, when literary evidence the Diaspora gives us broad brush strokes. Extra points if you recognise the inscription on the screen.

How have I only *just now* realised that Dr James Morgan @lifeandtext.bsky.social is on Bluesky?!

Exciting news from @durhamtheology.bsky.social, congratulations @grantmacaskill.bsky.social.

🚨 "Horizons in Biblical Theology" is looking for papers! Are you working on a paper at the intersection of biblical studies and theology? Consider submitting it to this journal! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mrxw5cjk #BiblicalTheology #aarsbl #sblaar #criticalbible

This is a great opportunity. Not for me (that ship has sailed), but it is the sort of thing I wish I had known about years ago.

A 'free book of the month' worth picking up.

This is a helpful piece.

"To understand immigration today, a UC Berkeley sociologist documented 200 personal stories" via the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative.

#FreeBook from Wipf and Stock, Mitzi J. Smith's *Chloe and her People: A Womanist Critical Dialogue with First Corinthians* Go to this page (wipfandstock.com/978172525327...) and use the code SMITH25 at the checkout.

Book Launch: Prof Matthew Novenson's Paul and Judaism at the End of History at the School of Divinity in Edinburgh, on Thursday, 15th of May. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...