To the max three people who will find it funny, this was my explanation of the Judaean succession crisis to my Josephus class today

Happy to see my entry on the 'gospels' published today in the excellent Oxford Classical Dictionary with @oupacademic.bsky.social. A really helpful resource for students and scholars alike! oxfordre.com/classics/cla...

Was it first-century Mark?

Ancient Israel and the Modern Bounded State Abstract. The rediscovery of Ptolemy in the early modern period altered the representation and understanding of boundaries between territorial states. From

If you are interested in thinking about borders and the Bible, here’s a new article.

It traces a complex history between the Bible and the borders of modern nation states. So it’s relevant to the challenge of Christian nationalism.

It’s also open access so take a look.

doi.org/10.1093/jts/...

Your argument is not with me but with Mark Corrigan!

Me talking about a Hadrianic date for John at #AARSBL next week:

Book cover reveal day! @scmpress.bsky.social is incredible. She releases on March 31, 2026, and it looks like pre-orders might already be open: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Alas the coupon has expired. Worth reading?

my hand holding a hardcover book, entitled 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦, edited by Paula Fredriksen, Stephen L. Young, and an unknown, insignificant scholar who happens the have the exact same long greek name as mine.

IT’S ALIVE! today i received my advance copies of 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 ahead of publication next month.

it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?

Excited to be giving this - slightly controversial! 😜 - paper at
@bntsoc.bsky.social in incredibly rainy Manchester this week! #BNTS2025

ANCIENT JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY, chaired by Yael Fisch & Nathanael Vette will run two sessions plus a joint session with Later Epistles.

Another fantastic job opening in Religious Studies, this one a tenure-track assistant professor in Early Christianity in the Department of Religion at Princeton University!

Interesting, thanks! And presumably circumcision was already practiced by Samaritans, so 'Torah enforcement' must have looked slightly different in this case, right?

Many thanks Yonatan, this is fascinating. Do you think 'Judaisation' is a useful way to describe this policy? And I'm also interested in how you think circumcision fits into this - could this be one reason why we focus on the Judaisation of the Idumaeans and Ituraeans but not the Samaritans?

Well (just as in 2024) the 2025 biblical studies job market opens up with a bang(er): Princeton Theological Seminary seeks a scholar of the New Testament at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor!

@ptseminaryiym.bsky.social
@sblsite.bsky.social

ptsem.edu/wp-content/u...

Scriptural Figures and the Fringes of the New Testament Canon Abstract. In the Catholic Epistles, canonicity and exemplarity are intertwined. Chapter 1 defines the concept of exemplarity as the use of a model-figure a

My book is out online! It won’t feel real until the print book comes out in September, but I’m excited to see it out in the world at last.

UNKNOWN ARTISTS Calanais Standing Stones, central stone circle, 2900–600 BCE, Stone, 11m wide, Calanais, Isle of Lewis; funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy Stock Photo

"And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal." (Joshua 3–4:20)

This week's exhibition is called 'Crossing the Jordan', and we first look at an extraordinary set of stones that were erected around 2900 BCE on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

🔈 JOB ALERT! 🚨

The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London is seeking to appoint Lecturer in Islamic Studies!

Deadline: 31st July 2025

For more information check the 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/jobs/119465-le…

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel I have written a new book! I'm afraid it takes me a while, especially as I have been in university administration for some years. Even wit...

Now that I'm blogging again, I decided to mention my new book: ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...

Exciting news! We're pleased to
announce that Dr Renasha Khan @renasha.bsky.social has been appointed Lecturer in Religion, Politics and Ethics.

Renasha takes up the post in Sept 2025, continuing her work on religion, race, gender, digital media, and politics.

#KingsTRS #religion #politics #ethics

Thrilled to share that I’ll be staying on at @kcltrs.bsky.social as Lecturer in Religion, Politics and Ethics. I’m deeply grateful to my colleagues and friends in the department for their support and encouragement- it means the world. Excited to continue working in this brilliant team!

Exciting news! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Nathanael Vette @nathanaelvette.bsky.social has been appointed permanent Lecturer in New Testament, Gender, and Arts at our department! 📚✨

Thanks Emily!

Cheers Alexi!

Delighted to share that I'll be staying at King's as the (tenured!) Lecturer in New Testament, Gender and the Arts. I'm beyond grateful to all those who generously offered their support and encouragement along the way. So excited to get to work with my wonderful colleagues at @kcltrs.bsky.social

Had a blast chatting with @KingsCareers on their Careers in Your Ears podcast! 🎙️ From documentary filmmaking to academia — the twists, turns, and lessons learned. If your career path’s a bit unconventional, this one’s for you. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5b3F...

#lifeatkings

Thanks, Alexi - right back at you! We bring some big 'within paganism' energy to the issue 😜

Paul’s Iconic Christ among Mediterranean Cult Statues: A Comparison of Divine Images - Alexander Chantziantoniou, 2025 While scholars continue to debate whether Paul ever explicitly called the messiah a god, there can be no question that he called the messiah an image of a god (...

my jsnt article comparing paul's claims about christ as an image of god with other ancient evidence about images of gods (literary, artistic, epigraphical, etc.) is now really truly published in the latest issue of the journal!

does this mean it's really real??

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reading The New Testament Within Judaism? (June 10-12, 2025)

A schedule and list of preliminary participants for Part I (June 10-12) of the online Enoch Seminar conference on "Reading the New Testamanet within Judaism?" is now available:
enochseminar.org/reading-the-...

The Son of Man and the Sea: Hydromachy and Conquest in Mark’s Sea Voyages - Nathanael Vette, 2025 This study proposes a new reading of Jesus’ confrontations with the elemental and the demonic on the sea of Galilee – the stilling of the storm (Mk 4.35–41), th...

Delighted to see my bonkers article 'The Son of Man and the Sea' out today in the latest issue of JSNT! And what an honour to appear alongside so many great pieces by @alexichantz.bsky.social, @hagerman.bsky.social and more (feel free to tag!). Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....