Matt Meyer

@chrisryankugler Who else is arguing for this recently? I only know of Bernier.

I am a bit surprised to see a (growing?) number of New Testament scholars insisting upon pre-70 CE dates for the synoptic gospels. It seems to me, in this regard, that a key distinction is often under-appreciated. The point is not whether an apocalyptic prophet (i.e. Jesus) might have predicted the Roman destruction of Jerusalem ~ 40 years before it happened. It can be shown that this is perfectly historically plausible. Rather, the key question is whether it is historically likely that three separate early Christian writers would produce accounts of their prophetic and messianic protagonist in which the latter's credibility is based not least on the fulfillment of an event (the Roman destruction of Jerusalem) that--from the perspective of these evangelists and their readers/auditors (on a pre-70 CE dating)--still had not happened. And, what is more, these three early Christian authors make this central prediction and its predicted fulfillment *structurally thematic* for their accounts. This point really came home to me in graduate classes with @goodacre some years ago.

@melissabarciela Congrats! Excited to read this!

Best mail day ever! The book is a revised version of my doctoral dissertation dedicated to my brother, Marcos.

@MadisonPierce Thank you!

@mattemeyer JSNT was really quick with my recent article too. (Congratulations on yours! It is a great piece of work.)

Okay, NT scholars: What are the journal timelines y'all have encountered recently (say within the last 18 months)?

@JasminMuj This piece is absurd, and it ignores the fact that the university isn’t just inviting him (bad enough), but honoring him with an award.

“Inviting [Bokassa] does not mean endorsing his views on eating people, it reflects a commitment to open dietary dialogue,” doesn’t quite sound so good, eh? This ridiculous frame only ‘works’ because the presumed audience has no idea what kind of extremist Dodik actually is.

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

I’m very excited to be able to share my first academic publication: “Flipping the Script in Phil. 2.6b: Setting ἁρπαγµός in the Religious Context of First Century Philippi” - and it’s open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

I’m very excited to finally be able to share my first academic publication! “Flipping the Script in Phil. 2.6b: Setting ἁρπαγµός in the Religious Context of First Century Philippi” - And it’s open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

@MadisonPierce Congrats! Looking forward to reading this!

I'm very excited that this article is on its way into the world. It represents years of wrestling with the author of Hebrews' relationship to the law. (I'll post again when it's available. Today I'm editing proofs.)

@TaylorMatthewD Congrats on this! Very excited to read it.

Announcing my new book: DEFYING TYRANTS: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists. Pre-order now, out October 6th. For those who've followed my reporting on Christian nationalism — this one goes somewhere different. A thread. 🧵

@MadisonPierce @divinitysta Congrats again, Madison! So thrilled for you!

This month I was promoted and received as a permanent faculty member here at @divinitysta. I am so grateful for the welcome and support that I have received over the last several months. Our family is very excited about our future here. st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/news/…

@cmeadows37 I’m guessing you know that O’Brien’s has been flagged for plagiarism and is unusable academically?

Offloading some NIGTCs. Philippians 100, Thess & Hebr 37, Pastorals 27. Shipped free. Lower 48 only please!

@MadisonPierce These panels all looked amazing. I was so disappointed that I couldn’t make it this year!

I love being able to celebrate the great work of people I respect and love. These panels were really great examples of charitable engagement, and it gives me hope regarding the ways that our values in academia *might* be trending towards virtue over “victory.”

As you probably guessed, I did make it to Boston, and now I’m home! I am exhausted, but I loved seeing friends ranging from high school to now at St Andrews. I saw some very good individual papers, but several book review panels were my favorite sessions.

@dburnett51 Well done with the discipline. This is a very good haul.

I was much more disciplined this year at SBL and stuck to only purchasing the books on my list. My pocketbook is thanking me right now. These are the elect that made the cut. #aarsbl25

@AlexanderLDiaz Yup. This is a tough reality.

Biblical scholarship is weird. Sometimes you find complex, dense methodologies in monographs/dissertations/journals sometimes yielding very little insight into the actual text. God, deliver me!

@esaumccaulley Reading it as part of a family “liturgy” every morning at breakfast and then again in the evening with our Hannah (11) and Junia (9). We’re loving it so far!

@chrisryankugler I’d be interested to hear what you think TEP gets wrong, if you’re able.

Folks, please stop blindly following Dale Martin and Troels Engberg-Pedersen on ancient metaphysics/ontology. They both slightly but crucially misrepresent elements of Stoicism and don’t get Platonism.

Me teaching: it is essential to plan your essay Me writing: the white hot flame of inspiration needs no outline

Because this looks fascinating but I live overseas and can’t buy many physical books!

"If we stop producing people who are trained or educated to help undergraduates understand the most important things thought or written or painted in human history,” the renowned philosopher Robert Pippin said, “we might not be able to recover that.” 🎯