Joan E. Taylor

Thinking about the Bible and land. It's not a simple thing. theconversation.com/what-does-the-….

Great to talk with Helen and Dave in the Biblical Time Machine podcast about my new book BOY JESUS. More info soon. biblicaltimemachine.com/listen-to-epis…

Again - contributed to media on appearance of Jesus, but the pic they have shows clean and tidy Jesus wearing a beige coat, not a coloured mantle! Skin not quite brown enough. They like the Neave reconstruction (no please not). Ah well!! @kingstrs dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

Exciting news for ancient history and religious studies enthusiasts! Prof. Joan Taylor @profjoantaylor was recently featured on hit podcast series, The Ancients. Listen to the episode here shows.acast.com/the-ancients/e…

Podcast on the curiosities of the Copper Scroll. Good to chat with Tristan Hughes about why it is just so very interesting. Listen in. @kingstrs

@NTRight BC. Love it.

@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?

@MinasMonier Google AI relies on Amazon reviews on this one. But there really doesn't seem to be scholarly engagement out there despite the bold claim and widespread trust among readers. The only scholarly response is 🙄.

@profjoantaylor These AI platforms are developing with time. A year ago they were terribly bad. Now, the difference in performance is quite significant. So, our input makes a difference in their performance, especially when we point to their shortcomings (like relying on unacademic sources etc).

The Biblical Studies seminar series continues with Mina Monier, Norwegian School of Theology speaking on ‘A Quest for the Pericope Adulterae: A Historical Assessment of ibn Kabar and ibn al-'Assal's Notes’. Details: October 23rd, 5 pm to 6.30 pm, Virginia Woolf Building, VWB 3.01

Well if people can do it to Jesus, they can do it to Bonhoeffer. Glad Bonhoeffer's family are able to speak out to defend his truth.

So happy to receive this today— what an amazing volume and I feel fortunate to be involved. Thank you to all of the contributors and, especially, to the editors @thejcmort and Chris Keith! eerdmans.com/9780802882707/?

Come hear fabulous @kycrabbe on 'Reimagining Ability and Disability in the New Testament Infancy Narratives' at Reconfiguring Biblical Disability conference. Book now at biblicaldisability.org/event-listings… @nt4ox @NTRight @siobhan_jolley @profjoantaylor @OU_TheoReligion

Thank you @SarahRollens for great chairing and your excellent comments & questions. Really interesting and helpful group chat. Valuable to be here. #snts #snts2024

Thanks Sarah. Looking forward! @kingstrs

Fatilua Fatilua of Malua Theological College, Samoa, on the Asia-Pacific panel talks about reading the Bible with indigenous knowledge and tradition. All panellists talking about importance of reading in cultural context. #SNTS, #SNTS2024

Sean Winter discusses his interesting paper on Jesus' apostolic self-understanding. Brave to go into this territory. #SNTS2024 #SNTS

@mbird12 Oh dear. Get well soon!

@profjoantaylor I'm meant to be there now, currently at home with COVID!

Excited to be here in Melbourne again and looking forward to the #SNTS

@SarahRollens introducing @robertjmyles at the historical Jesus seminar #SNTS2024