Fans from several countries participating in the World Cup must deposit up to $15,000 in bond payments to be granted a tourist visa to enter the United States, while organiser FIFA is privately pressing the Trump administration to make exemptions for players.
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I think the call for political messages in art is self-defeating for this reason. political art is likeliest to work if the underlying artistic work is successful as art, which is only likely if the artists focus (heavily if not exclusively) on the art itself as art.
new position: University Professorship in Egyptology at Freie Universität Berlin #Egyptology
Just a reminder that this is coming up next week... at Lincoln Center
The mark of the beast goes WHERE?!?
#maklelan3174
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“A Clear Account of the Codex Simonideios:” Ideological Infrastructures of Biblical Vulnerability in the Nineteenth Century In: Philological Encounters Author: Andrew S. Jacobs Online Publication Date: 24 Feb 2026 Abstract Metadata References Metrics Abstract Soon after Constantin Tischendorf (1815–74) publicized his “discovery” of the Codex Sinaiticus, notorious manuscript broker (and forger) Konstantinos Simonides stunned elite literary circles by announcing that Simonides himself had produced this biblical codex in his youth as a gift for the Russian tsar. Simonides claimed that his “Codex Simonideios” was illicitly being passed off as an ancient biblical codex after being mutilated and disfigured. I argue that this brief but explosive debate about manuscripts, forgeries, and “find” narratives produces a biblical text liable to revision and emendation, due to new discoveries or new methods, and so vulnerable to mischievous actors manipulating the possibilities of new discoveries and methods. The iterative process of attack and defense on display in this codicological debate has remained, in various guises, from collegial disagreement to scorched earth campaigns, an ideological component of critical biblical studies.
well helloooooo
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The public sent more than 35,000 comments about President Trump’s planned White House ballroom project to the National Capital Planning Commission.
More than 97 percent were critical, a Post analysis found. https://wapo.st/47taaBJ
not only that, if you are an Elements author you get lifetime access to the *entire* Elements library!
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"We demand that ICE and CBP be dismantled," retired United Methodist Bishop Minerva Garza Carcaño said at the rally.
"Most kids who enter adult prison at 16 don’t have... a parent’s voice echoing in their head. They don’t have an internal compass strong enough to counter what adult prison rewards: aggression, dominance, emotional numbness, and violence as currency."
Announcement for a lecture called “When Abraham Negotiated Against God…Or Not”
Quick plug: I’ll be presenting at the "New Insights into the Hebrew Bible" conference March 20–22. Join me and 12 other scholars for a deep dive into Genesis. Register by Feb 28 to save up to 25%.
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“We have this narrative that explicit misogyny is something from the ’50s and ’60s, and what we have now is like implicit bias and microaggressions… misogyny is still out there in science and in academia, it’s just perhaps behind closed doors.” 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...
New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF
Breaking News: The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every U.S. trading partner. nyti.ms/46kvngJ
If you have access to the Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies database, the new article by my Belmont colleague Ann Coble, "Bible and Climate Change," is now available -a great new resource!
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Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book!
RSVP here: www.catacombsociety.org/events/
Trump’s cuts to your health care are funding ICE’s terror.
Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace, editors
Get the ebook of Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse edited by Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace for $5.00 from 19–22 Feb. when you use code BHM26. buff.ly/y3gipTu #BlackHistorySBL26
An amazing essay by art historian Dr. Denva Gallant. 😇 hyperallergic.com/all-about-lo... for @hyperallergic.com
Congrats to our collaborators @worldlyscribe.bsky.social, Giorgia Nicosia, @madalinatoca.bsky.social, and Adrian Pirtea for their articles in the newly published thematic issue of the Journal of Eastern Christian Studies (co-edited by Marion).
Several in Open Access!
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New piece: From body cams to masks to independent investigations of recent shootings, the public supports a wide range of major reforms for ICE/federal agents www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...
Two Minnesota school districts and a teachers union asked a judge to order federal officers to stay away from schools, alleging that the nation’s largest immigration operation has spilled onto campuses, affecting attendance statewide, according to a lawsuit.
America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers.
And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.
Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.
If you are working on Asian or Asian American approaches to biblical interpretation, we would love to see your work. Please consider submitting a paper proposal for the 2026 SBL Annual Meeting. See the call for papers below!
Applications due this Sunday, February 1!
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
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