St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It? New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later.

New scholarship reconsiders the apostle St. Paul, who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xR5Oqq

A direct link to my piece: judaica.ch/article/view...

I'm trilled to share a just-published article in Judaica with brilliant contributions by @mauat.bsky.social and @monikaamsler.bsky.social! An emphatic thanks to Monika for the vision, editorial care, and persistence it took to see this fantastic (all‑women!) issue through. judaica.ch/thematic-sec...

The gospels were written by the elite... not peasants YouTube video by C. J. Cornthwaite

I recently sat down with C.J. Cornthwaite (www.footnotefamous.com) for a conversation on the Greco‑Roman contexts that shape how early Christian texts were written and read. Check it out! 🤓

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QJY...

More context here: robynfaithwalsh.com/latest/conve...

With contributions by @zafulotus.bsky.social @mauat.bsky.social, Julie van Pelt, Barbara Crostini and yours truly.

Not for the first time, I am begging for a dishy history podcast series on the Avignon papacy.

“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad. “I am thinking about all of the many things that I will have to do.”

“Yes,” said Frog, “tomorrow will be a very hard day for you.”

Toad leans forward in his chair, sipping tea, transfixed by Frog's ghost story. From "Shivers" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?”

“Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.

After a HECTIC day at work, my message to you is this: find someone or something in life that makes you feel like this.

An ancient woolly sock from #Roman Egypt - with a split between the big toe & the other toes so that you could wear it with sandles! #AncientBlueSky

Deadline is on Wednesday!

Broke: Cat Owner

Woke: Cat Dad

Bespoke: αἰλουροβοσκός, ailouroboskos ("herder of the sacred cats") *

*A position for slaves of a temple of Bastet attested to in a Ptolemaic document.

Bis vor einigen Jahren waren die beiden von hinten beleuchtbaren Altäre für Sol und Luna aus dem Mithräum von #Mundelsheim wunderschön, das #Mithras- Relief von #Fellbach flankierend, präsentiert
- im römischen Lapidarium im NeuenSchloss #Stuttgart, das inzwischen leider geschlossen ist. #Römer

The Real Paul: Bible Professor Challenges Everything You Think You Know YouTube video by Bible & Archaeology

I joined the Bible and Archaeology podcast to talk about “The Real Paul”—who he was (and wasn’t), early Christian texts, and whether or not Paul actually baptized a talking lion. 🤓 Check it out!

🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/sJqX-7NxVMg?...

🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This red figure wear charming Attic owl in a circular frame serves a mascot for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

Surely we didn’t miss #SuperbOwl 😅

As far as we’re concerned, owls are always in season and worthy of celebration! This charming Attic owl serves as a mascot for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
With its inquistive expression, what's not to love!

Yessir that's my colleague Jorell Meléndez-Badillo (@jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social) and here's his history of Puerto Rico - available in English and Spanish press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Grid of 9 early modern owls from the Newberry asking "Which SuperbOwl are you today?

Which Superb Owl Are You Today?

Every #SuperbOwl is from @newberrylibrary.bsky.social!

Call for papers for the Greco-
Roman Religions Section for the November Annual Meeting of the SBL:

Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe An international team of archaeologists and paleontologists has announced the discovery of physical evidence unique in Europe: an elephant bone dated to the Second Punic War (218–201 BC). The find, a ...

Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/r...

The deadline is fast approaching! Apply for a Shohet Scholars Grant from the International Catacomb Society!

Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Box Carved From Deer Bone That May Have Once Held Ancient Ointments The box was excavated from a Roman-era grave in England. It was found among a trove of artifacts spanning roughly 8,000 years of human activity

“The researchers suspect it once contained an ointment used for pain relief, because the woman’s skeleton shows signs of lesions and joint inflammation”

I disagree. This looks exactly like a dice 🎲 box that you hold game pieces and dice in. As a Roman historian: I don’t think it’s ointments. 1/2

We also hope you'll join us on March 18 in person at Fordham University for a lecture with Candida Moss (@candidamoss.bsky.social) on "Who Wrote Your Bible? Enslaved Scribes and the Material History of Scripture"!

Kirk Ormand, Ralph Rosen, and Julianne accept the outreach award

Candida Moss accepts the outreach award at the SCS

Lexie Henning accepting the outreach award

Congrats to all @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach award winners last night! Outreach sustains our field and grows our community to include everyone interested in the ancient world. Can’t thank @candidamoss.bsky.social, Anne Groton, @lexie-henning.bsky.social, & @tastinghistory.bsky.social enough.

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The Apostle Paul:

NASSCAL North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature

So many of my recent pieces for National Geographic would have suffered were it not for my ability to link to the amazing resources supplied by @nasscal.bsky.social. If you are interested in early Christian literature you must check out this invaluable site.

www.nasscal.com