T.C. Schmidt

Today is the US launch of Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ (Oxford). The book, however, is already SOLD OUT! Oxford is printing new copies. Due to a generous donor, you can get a free digital copy at josephusandjesus.com

Excellent journalism from the Free Press @TheFP on the persecution of Christians in China, I pray for Pastor Ezra Jin and so many like him who are imprisoned and suffering for the Gospel. youtu.be/swnRGet-5Ww?si…

A winged genie from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II 883-859 BC — courtesy of the Princeton Art Gallery

Having spent much time at Yale and Princeton, this is true, and it should change: Ivy League students are suffering from religious illiteracy washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

"St. Jerome in his Study" (1528) Saw this at the Princeton Art Gallery, by Joos van Cleve

@_AndrewTucker Yes, that is a great monastery library! I was there about 12 years ago cataloging manuscripts with Steven Davis search.library.berkeley.edu/discovery/full…

@ProfTCSchmidt Indeed, as your new book (which is great) shows. I just hope I live to see the day where the manuscripts at Deir al-Surian are digitized.

Amen. Digitized manuscripts ended up propelling a significant amount of my dissertation.

An early manuscript of Cædmon’s Hymn was recently discovered, one of the earliest pieces of English literature and an important part of Christian mission in England & Scotland. Whispers of Tolkien are sensed as Cædmon sings of how Middungeard "Middle Earth" was made! Researchers discovered it because its manuscript had been digitized and not properly looked at, we must support such endeavors! archaeologymag.com/2026/04/new-co…

French researcher cracks 4,000-year-old Elamite script from Iran - France 24 france24.com/en/french-rese…

The digital edition is available and looks like this codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk/#/the-greek-ed… Thanks to @kasi_nist

Huge discovery! A team has recovered 42 pages from one of the earliest New Testament manuscripts: Codex H (015) of the 6th century. The team used multispectral imaging to decipher the letter tracings of now lost pages impressed on remaining pages. gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

Recently saw this Christian manuscript of the Syriac polymath Bar Hebraeus' Lamp of the Sanctuary — Yale Beinecke Manuscript Library (Syriac MSS 7)

@aaron_renn Agreed, I've been going to New York City since the 1980s and it looks as good as it ever really has

In New York today, and once again can say that it has the best feel of any American city I've been in post-Covid. The Midtown crowds are a bit smaller and more tourist skewed to be sure, but it still seems like a thriving city. Few if any visible signs of distress.

Everyone should follow Roger Pearse. He is a one-man collating/translating/commentating machine for all things ancient. He has his own link on CCEL and puts out his own translation work for free. A saint! tertullian.org/rpearse/index.…

A major discovery! 30 additional lines of the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (444 BC) was found in a papyrus. Such finds are extremely rare—Empedocles was one of the last philosophers to write purely in verse not prose. He tried to prove he was divine by jumping into a volcano, it did not end well! Read an excellent summary by @roger_pearse roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/04…

@AleMartnezR1 I can't say much, but I'll let you all know later

@ProfTCSchmidt What is the documentary about?

Recently finished an eight hour day of filming for a documentary to be released in the coming months, more on this later! For now, here is a little foretaste

🚨Discovery! Two inscribed cylinders of the biblical Nebuchadnezzar (604-562 BC) were recently found wherein Nebuchadnezzar describes his construction of a ziggurat. tinyurl.com/4h5pdpu7

I had another great interview

I'll be live in three hours with Jacob Berman (@HistoryValley ) talking about the scholarly reception of my book *Josephus and Jesus*. Come join. Did Josephus Mention Jesus Christ? | Dr. T.C. Schmidt youtube.com/live/FBT34Wnys… via @YouTube

Well I'm just now realizing I meant Friday April 10th, not Friday April 9, a date which doesn't exist.

On Friday April 9 at 10 AM Eastern time I'll be live with Jacob Berman of @HistoryValley to talk about the scholarly reception of my book *Josephus and Jesus*. I'll post the link once it's available.