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Despite issues with the sound & my slides failing to display, I enjoyed the difficult but necessary conversation we had at the 'Decolonising New Testament Studies' panel discussion @ #BNTS2025. The guild has come far in welcoming minoritized voices. But there is more work needed:

Yes, sir! "Our seeming addiction to commodity images does not mean that we should dispense with all [visual] representation...Luckily for us, King's College London has undertaken this daunting project through the Visual Commentary on Scripture (@TheVCS)." firstthings.com/web-exclusives…

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After a decade of stagnation in the study of the #HistoricalJesus, James Crossley and Chris Keith have assembled an international team of scholars to envision the quest anew. 🔥 Check out an exclusive interview with the editors on our blog! loom.ly/2Ak1wDM

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@profjoantaylor I was recently told by the ai summary that the earliest example of a particular artwork was in an Ethiopian Christian church from 3rd century BC.

Q to Google AI: is the Gospel according to the Beloved Companion authentic? Answer: it's debated. Hmm. Google AI relies on Amazon reviews. Lots of people love this and believe it. Q to scholars: engage or not?

We are very pleased to announce the publication of a special JIBS issue on Disability and the Bible. jibs.hcommons.org/archive/volume… Guest edited by Eleanor Vivian, @isaacsoon2 , and @Tominee, this issue features the following articles:

My article out today: Americans use the Book of Revelation to talk about immigration – and always have theconversation.com/americans-use-… via @ConversationUS

I am honored and excited to have a piece in this excellent new collection of essays on the Historical Jesus, edited by James Crossley and Chris Keith. I am grateful to both of them for their fine work on it and for inviting me to participate. It’s so great to hold it in my hand! 1/2

This Monday. 21 Oct at 5pm. Stephanie Burette on Stanley Warren's biblical art in captivity. Don't miss it!

Interested in why Mark 13 is sometimes called the "Little Apocalypse"? cdamm.org/articles/littl…

If you're in Oxford, don't miss this term's fabulous seminars, starting Mon 21 Oct, 5pm at Trinity with Stephanie Burette on Stanley Warren and the art of a captive @OU_TheoReligion @UniofOxford @siobhan_jolley @NTRight

In Words Are Not Enough, @Garrick_V_Allen argues that exploration of the New Testament’s origins must take account of more than just the text on the page. Explore the manuscript history of the New Testament! 📖 loom.ly/xEJ4SKQ #eerdmans #biblicalstudies

Back from a social media break with not 1, not 2, but 3 announcements! My first @mohr_religion monograph is out, as well as the recently published volume edited with my marvellous collaborator @ChanceBonar. But most importantly, my fur baby Osiris is making his internet debut!

New Publication! @siobhan_jolley has published "A Broken Record? A Feminist Exploration of Mary Magdalene in Music" in The Oxford Handbook of Mary Magdalene, edited by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (@OUPReligion 2024). Access online at: academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

Apparently my JBL article on the downward spiral in Judges is now published. Very happy to see this out in the world. Let me know if you need access. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/jbl/a…

Exciting new CenSAMM news! As of today, CenSAMM and its Academic Director @thejcmort move to the University of Cambridge. A brief update is available in the link but more details to follow censamm.org/blog/censamm-m…

🗓️ We're pleased to share the Ehrhardt Seminar schedule for Semester 1. 🏫You're very welcome to join us in person and for refreshments from 3pm in the common room, or on Zoom. ✉️ To join the mailing list and receive Zoom links, contact our new CBS Administrator Lynne Potts.

A special issue of Journal for the Study of the New Testament, edited by Prof David Horrell as part of his Leverhulme research fellowship, is out now. It's on the topic of decolonizing New Testament studies and 1/2

Announcing the second season of the Revelation Reception Network's seminar series (2024-2025). Further details forthcoming (Zoom links, etc.), but here's the basics. Save the dates and spread the word!