On the PE: Theodore of Mopsuestia positions 1 Timothy as a kind of prescient Pauline anticipation of Marcionism, which I find to be an interesting concession. Theodore isn't able to think outside of the Pauline ascription but he doesn't think Paul is talking about his own situation.
Fresh new book from Notre Dame Professor, David Lincicum. Excited to dig in! I’m a big fan, obvi @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social
A text-based intro to Coptic later this summer. If you want to start learning Coptic, especially if you're into the Gospel of Thomas, check it out!
the background puritan library is a little telling
The Enoch Seminar conference on reading the New Testament within Judaism is happening now. You can watch and listen in here:
www.youtube.com/live/UEm98D7...
Beautiful page designs from Kirsopp Lake and Silva Lake
Dropping in June 2025 with @oupprimary.bsky.social in the Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean series.
This is amazing news
Thanks for this - on my third lap through a Death and Afterlife class and looking for fresh material.
Saturday 9am #sblaar24, I'll be presenting "Perpetua: Which Amphitheatre & Why Does it Matter?" The paper won the SBL Diamond Award for Integrative Scholarship 2023 and asks whether we prioritise a 20thC colonial narrative when we talk about Perpetua meeting her death at Carthage. Come heckle.
Fabricius, 1722! Two weeks in and I haven’t spilled coffee on it yet 🤞
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