Soft Clothing, Hard Jesus: Toughness and Class Conflict in Q 7:24–25 Abstract. Toughness appears to have been an important theme associated with the early Jesus movement. In this article, I combine critical masculinity studies with a historical materialist approach to ...

Thrilled to see my latest article on the historical Jesus in the Journal of Biblical Literature in print! @sblsite.bsky.social

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Wollaston Research Seminar April Join us online for the next Wollaston Research Seminar. Dr Brandon Massey to present Translating Kittel’s Wörterbuch: A Bourdieusian Analysis.

Excited to join the Wollaston Research Seminar next month to share some ongoing research on the TDNT. My paper, “Translating Kittel’s Wörterbuch: A Bourdieusian Analysis,” examines correspondence between M Barth, W Eerdmans Jr, and G Bromiley through the lens translation studies.

Finalising the proofs of my next article, coming very soon in the Journal of Biblical Literature.

Check it: latest issue of the Journal for the Historical Jesus has just dropped.

This gorgeously detailed piece shows a section of sea completely dominated by marine life of different types including fish, eels, and cephalopods. It was found in a house in Regio VIII.2.16 at Pompeii and is now held by the MAN Napoli (inv. 120177).

It’s #MosaicMonday and we’re taking a dip in the sea to freshen up with this marine life mosaic from Pompeii. It’s possible to identify the different species including the central tussle between an Octopus vulgaris (common octopus) and a Palinurus vulgaris (European spiny lobster).

#AncientRome

Very interesting observation! Glad you are enjoying it.

A free chapter of my book, The Bibles of the Far Right, is currently available!

academic.oup.com/book/59602/c...

Wasn't this from the BCTR in Bristol in 2014?

BBC Radio 4 - Intrigue, Word of God, Word of God: 5. Revelations How an Oxford professor's betrayal exposed the secrets of the Museum of the Bible.

Ep. 5 of this great BBC podcast is out, in which Dirk Obbink gets doorstepped!

Thanks for getting me on to this. It's great!

Birthday suit is still a suit

Those who don't wear suits to SBL will henceforth be accused of disrespecting the mighty USA. #sblaar2025 #satire

The AHA Executive Committee has issued a statement in response to the proposed definition of antisemitism put forward by Universities Australia. Read the full statement here:

P52 on the Joe Rogan Experience: Fact Check I’m not a regular consumer of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” but I was compelled to check it out when I heard that the podcaster was chatting about P.Ryl.Gr. 3.457, a.k.a. P52, the s…

Brent Nongbri has provided some helpful corrections to Wes Huff’s recent comments to Joe Rogan about P52:

brentnongbri.com/2025/01/11/p...

What is the equivalent of a "manel" editorial board?

I am eternally a "Mr" on planes

Was gonna say... @akma.bsky.social been saying this since before it was cool!

Re: Jordan Peterson's references to the Terminator franchise & the Bible. I forgot to mention I actually published an article on the Terminator (specifically the Sarah Connor Chronicles) & the Bible over 10 years ago which may help to explain things... relegere.org/relegere/art...

Season 6 FINALE: Jordan Peterson Wrestles with God/Ben at MSNBC (ft. Matt McManus & Robert Myles) YouTube video by Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis

I'll be chatting with @benburgis.bsky.social and Robert Myles about Peterson's new book. Review for @jacobinmag.bsky.social forthcoming

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjh7...

Did Jordan Peterson Forget What Marx Wrote in the Communist Manifesto? Judging by the Marx passages in his new book, Peterson not only hasn't read a word of Marx since he read the Manifesto to prepare for his debate with Žižek in 2019 but he's forgotten much of that.

My latest at Philosophy for the People takes a close look at all the passages about Karl Marx in Jordan Peterson's new book "We Who Wrestle with God":

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

This is disastrous for HASS research in Aotearoa New Zealand. Speechless.

Please add me!

I've made the mistake of starting watching this shit.

Looking on from an increasingly irreligious Australia, it is Interesting how the Bible persists as a site of struggle for the wider culture -- not just Christians.

The Gospels | Official Trailer YouTube video by Jordan B Peterson

Coming to the anti-intellectual manosphere this advent... www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_o...

In case you missed this in the rush before #aarsbl, check out BCT’s fabulous anniversary issue (open access!).

I tend to see book proposals as different to journal articles in that it is (generally speaking) okay to approach multiple publishers, as long as you're transparent etc with them about that.

I'm still waiting to hear back about a book proposal I submitted to a publisher 3 years ago and has since been published with someone else!