Please submit your abstracts to International SBL in beautiful Adelaide.

David Evans & I will be co-chairing a unit at the International SBL conf. in Adelaide, 5-9 July 26: "Early Christians in the Greco-Roman World". We encourage scholars of the NT, Early Christianity, & the Ancient World to propose a paper. CfP until 15Jan26: tinyurl.com/earlychristi...

In the #AARSBL2025 book hall, "The New Testament around the World." Baker Academic are working hard to promote this book with a chapter on Pastoral Epistles by Lyn M. Kidson in collaboration with Aboringal leader Brooke Prentis.☺️

Pastoral Epistles - Institute for Biblical Research HomeAnnual MeetingResearch GroupsPastoral EpistlesPastoral Epistles: 1-2 Timothy, Titus  Sponsors: Osvaldo Padilla (opadilla@samford.edu) and Lyn Kidson (bibleinstitute4is@gmail.com)The Pastoral Epist...

Getting ready to wing off to Boston for IBR and SBLAAR2025. I'll be presenting in the Pastoral Epistles research group on Friday afternoon (21st Nov). It's a round table and we're discussing the art of commentary writing on the Pastoral Epistles.
www.ibr-bbr.org/annual-meeti...

He Will Come in Glory—The Nicene Creed for Noncreedal Christians, Post #13 A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.

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This translates into "Please make stealing legal so we can make money."

Book cover for The Bloomsbury Handbook of religion gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East. The cover has a Babylonian plaque of three figures holding up what appear to be two lions.

My author’s copy has arrived from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social . Very nice to see in person. I wrote an entry with Laura Quick on developments in women’s ritual bathing in ancient Judaism.

Wonderful to see.

Police fears for future protests after 'perilous' 90,000-strong bridge march A safe end to the pro-Palestinian protest has not allayed concerns about similar mass demonstrations across the world-famous landmark, senior NSW Police say.

Thousands of Sydneysiders marched in the rain to make a call to the federal government to act on behalf of people in Gaza.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Mellon Foundation The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...

Society for the Study of Early Christianity, August meeting with Mark Matic, Tues 5th 7:00 PM (AEST) via zoom:
“Insights from the Periphery: Exploring Hellenistic Language and Identity in Biblical Translations, Ptolemaic Contracts and Dalmatian Inscriptions“
Email for the link: ssec@mq.edu.au

Oh I see. Are you in Aus?

@hodidaskalos.bsky.social
what is a missional-organic church advocate?

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...

It baffles me that @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to hang this failed, unfair policy around its neck, when they could condemn it as a folly of the unpopular Morrison government and ditch it. Sign our petition to urge them to abolish it now!

www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Countdown to the Book Release ... You Have a Calling releases in less than two weeks!!!

You can still PRE-ORDER You Have a Calling between now and Aug. 4 and gain immediate electronic access to the book through NetGalley!

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Countdown to the Book Release ... You Have a Calling releases in less than two weeks!!!

Book release: You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful.

karenswallowprior.substack.com/p/countdown-...

I'm not sure if the images in papyri.info can be used for educational purposes.

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Australia among 28 nations calling for immediate end to war in Gaza The joint statement issued by the signatory countries criticises what they call the "inhumane killing" of Palestinians and condemns the "drip feeding of aid".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Pope calls for end to 'barbarity' after deadly Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church Pope Leo XIV spoke Sunday of his "deep sorrow" and called for an end to the "barbarity of war" in the wake of the shelling of the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in the Palestinian…

The pope on the destruction of the only Catholic church in Gaza

www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

Winter sunset with ducks gliding across a gold, pink and purple Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Congratulations to Mark Short on becoming the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. Former rector of South Wagga Anglican church and currently Bishop of the Canberra -Goulburn Diocese.

Terracotta of an Amazon, mounted on a horse, wearing a cuirass molded to show female anatomy, wearing a knobbed Montefortino helmet with holes where plumes could be inserted.

Depictions of female anatomical cuirasses are relatively rare in the ancient world, even on mythical female warriors.

But this Amazon terracotta from Canosa shows that "boob armor" pairs quite well with a Montefortino helmet.

Note the drill holes on top for plumes!

Is Beth Moore preaching? Then she is already at home. Very recently John Macarthur, evangelical pastor and best-selling author, made some comments about Beth Moore, a fellow evangelical speaker. These comments have gone viral. They were made during a …

In view of John MacArthur's passing, my article from 2019 on his unpleasant quip about Beth Moore,
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My parish church when I was growing up.

I was christened in this church and later did a holiday club. While I moved away from the Anglican tradition, seeds of faith were planted & I'm now a NT scholar.

From the Orthodox Barbie archives:

[On Titus 2:5]: “In this era, households are economically productive. To instruct a woman to “work at home” was to instruct her to be economically productive. Like Neo’s wife she may even do his work while he busies himself with civic duties.” - Lyn M. Kidson

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The Quiet Exodus: Why Young Women Are Drifting from the Church by Christine Jolly As senior staff with the University Fellowship of Christians at the University of Tasmania, I have the unique privilege of walking alongside Gen Z women and men as they navigate faith, purpose, and…

"Young women are 'quiet quitting' the church. It's not a loud rebellion, but a gradual disengagement from formal involvement, even if they still hold Christian belief." #WomenInChurch #FaithTrends
thewadrproject.com/2025/06/23/t...

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

Events - The Society for the Study of Early Christianity Regular presentations and discussions online about Early Christianity in its historical context.

Dr Ali Robinson,
"High-Standing Women in the Book of Acts and Their Influence among the Synagogues of the Greek East."
SSEC, 24th June 7pm AEST
mq-ssec.org/quarterly-me...

Proposed Macquarie University restructure will ‘hollow out’ humanities, academics say Macquarie blames prospect of international student caps and ‘uncertainty’ about domestic student numbers for proposed academic job cuts, fewer arts courses

Excellent coverage of Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructure:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...