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@ryancollman.bsky.social @mkochenash.bsky.social @jonrobinnz.bsky.social - thanks for your interest! DM me your address and I'll send the book your way.
The first page of the journal article entitled "The Alexamenos Graffito as Christian Parody." Abstract: Against the near-universal consensus that it was created by a pagan (non-Christian) in order to satirise Christian worship, this article contends that the Alexamenos graffito can plausibly be read as a Christian self-parody, created by the enslaved Alexamenos himself. It is the first full-length treatment of the authorial origins of the Alexamenos graffito. The article first provides an overview of the visual and scholarly histories of the image since the nineteenth century. Then it addresses evidence for and against reading the text as non-Christian or Christian in origin, focusing on the apparent sexualisation of Jesus, early Christian receptions of satirical depictions of Jesus, the graffito's use of a titulus, the solidarity of the image with enslaved workers and the relevance of nearby Christian graf-fiti. Finally, it places the graffito in conversation with ancient self-parody practices from wider Greek, Roman and Christian sources. While it is impossible to argue definitively about the identity of the graffito's creator, this article contends that scholarship cannot exclude the possibility and potential likelihood that it may be Christian in origin.
Pleased to see that my latest article, entitled "The Alexamenos Graffito as Christian Self-Parody," is now out in NTS. In it I argue against the widely held view that this graffito is non-Christian in origin and that it could very well have been written by an enslaved Christian.
Ik hoor net dat er nog wat ruimte is om aan te schuiven bij het symposium morgen over erfgoed in/van de orthodoxe kerken in Nederland, in Museum Catherijneconvent - welkom dus! www.oosterschristendom.nl/nederland/sy...
🧯Hot off the press: Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity (Cambridge Element) > free download until April 8!
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Book cover. The Martyrdom of Polycarp: Translation, Introduction, and Commentary. By N. Clayton Croy. Series: Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, Volume 20. Brill. Published 2026.
New release 📚 The Martyrdom of Polycarp: Translation, Introduction, and Commentary 📜
N. Clayton Croy's magnum opus provides a detailed introduction and a section-by-section commentary on the earliest, full-length narrative of an early Christian martyrdom.
Read it here: brill.com/display/ti...
This is great news for late antiquity: top journal turns full Open Access. Way to go, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum!
More info here: www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../za...
Great to hear. Thanks, PJ!
Opening for two PhD positions at the University of Würzburg !!!
🔎 The project explores anti-Jewish discourse in Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian sources, as well as its later reception in modern scholarship (1870–1920).
www.theologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/01...
Matthijs den Dulk holds up a copy of his new book in his office
Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul is now available in hardback + paperback and I happen to have some spare copies.
***Repost if you’re interested and by March 31 I’ll randomly select a few people who will get a free copy in the mail.***
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
Job alert! Three late antiquity postdoc positions on an ERC funded project GREEKWEST here at Liverpool - come join an amazing department! #medievalsky
Man, one of the most depressing aspects of modern scholarship is finding a great article and then looking up the scholar to see what else they’ve done and just catching a glimpse of an abbreviated career hopping between visiting positions and publishing great pieces before disappearing from academia
Mocht je geen zin hebben om mijn nieuwe boek over Paulus en etnische stereotypen te lezen maar wel een podcast erover willen luisteren dan kan dat! Met dank aan Liesbeth Jansen en @radboudreflects.bsky.social
My second book, First Among Equals, is now up on the HUP website. Can’t wait till it’s finally out in the world this October!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Poster for the CfP 'Contested Prophecies, Uncertain Futures - Christian, Jewish, and Pagan Views of the Future in Late Antiquity' @ Late Antique Encounters Conference, Ghent, 3-5 February, 2027. Images contain a 16th-century Dutch print of the Erithrean Sibyl, as well as the logos of the Ghent Centre for Late Antiquity, KU Leuven, and FWO. The text is identical to the one contained in this thread.
CfP 'Contested Prophecies, Uncertain Futures - Christian, Jewish, and Pagan Views of the Future in Late Antiquity' @ Late Antique Encounters Conference, Ghent, 3-5 February, 2027
Please send in your abstracts (<300 words) and a brief academic CV to mateusz.kusio[at]kuleuven.be by 10 May, 2026. +
DCU are currently advertising PhD scholarships (fees plus stipend) in Theology, Philosophy and Music! Feel free to slide into my DMs if you want to know more; alternatively you can find more information here: www.dcu.ie/theologyphil...
Just 6 days left to apply! Deadline: 8 March. Since this came up in some of the inquiries I've received: we can be flexible with the start date (ideally June 15), and there is no requirement to learn Dutch (whew!)
There is a vacancy in our project 'Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550' for a junior or postdoctoral researcher! #medievalsky
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This squad includes some of the most impressive scholars I know, doing great educational work.
🔔 #theologyjobs Postdoc position in New Testament at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Soon I'm giving two public lectures at Scripps College in CA as part of the O'Brien Distinguished Visiting Professorship. LA-area friends, would love to see you there!
March 31, 4:30pm: Lyricism as Historiography of the Long Past
April 1, 4:15pm: Feminist Histories and the Problem of the Real
Matthijs's book is interesting and convincingly argued—and it's open access! Check it out!
I…what level of supersessionism have we reached
This looks fascinating (and very relevant to all of us interested in race before the modern world).
Thank you — Excellent scholarship here, and the book’s Conclusion brings insights and current relevancy together really well.
Thanks so much, great to hear! I am indeed hoping to bring the study of early Christian lit in conversation with that of premodern race, also in a new project titled Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity. Details at eiec.info for those interested. Thanks again, Morgan!
Available now in Open Access — free to browse and download. I’m thrilled that this book is finally seeing the light of day. It’s been quite the journey. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped me along the way!
Dear university administrators, politicians of good will, and the general public, we need the field of religious studies more now than we have ever.
Things are getting started with the great Ayanna Thompson! Tune in now: news.asu.edu/asulive #RaceB4Race
