Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 19/09/2025I’ve had a wonderful experience so far, and I don’t recognize the place described in that article. But it also doesn’t surprise me that a staff writer for the National Review would rather attend a different school. 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 09/09/2025CBQ is hosting an online book review and discussion of Mahri Leonard-Fleckman’s excellent new book on scribes this Wednesday, Sept 10th, at 10:00AM EDT. I’ll be there! Register to join: www.catholicbiblical.org/meetings/ubr...catholicbiblical.orgRegistration for UBR: Leonard-Fleckman's Scribal Representations and Social Landscapes of the Iron Age Shephelah Confirmation - The Catholic Biblical Association 030 3
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I look forward to it — but I hope you get some rest before then! 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Some news that’s both personal and professional: I’ll be an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary in the fall. We’ve relocated to New Jersey, and are glad to see old friends and meet now ones. 7321 32
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Walter Brueggemann: rest in peace. I’m grateful to have known him, and I’m honored to have followed him at CTS. May his memory be a blessing. 020 2
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Haha, well let’s hope that all of the different mighty reds make lots of great decisions in the coming days—about signing new talent and building upon recent successes 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Congrats! And Liverpool winning the league — it’s really all been turning up Siobhán lately 110 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 28/04/2025It’s really true, though. It seems like the gate-keeping has even increased in recent years. And it’s surprising (but common for me!) to receive two reviews, one of which says “nothing new here” and the other says “this is a radical intervention and I don’t agree with it, so reject.” 130 3
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Excellent! I’ll look forward to reading it. 010 1
Reposted by Brennan BreedOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025did Lucifer write this? 22734117 734
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 07/02/2025William Yoo’s new book, “Reckoning with History,” launches tonight. It is an important study of the impact of settler colonialism and racism on the American church. Check it out here: a.co/d/c34Cf0O 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 08/01/2025This is an excellent discussion of something that’s causing an increasing number of problems — including the erosion of public spaces, the very notion of the public good, and democracy itself.theatlantic.comThe Anti-Social CenturyAmericans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality. 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Just re-watched “Children of Men,” and I think it’s my favorite Christmas movie 110 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Yonatan, thanks for these helpful threads. What do you think of Sylvie Honigman and Ehud Ben Zvi’s arguments in HeBAI about the spread of a Torah-focused identity from Yehud to Egypt in the 3rd century? www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/article/t...mohrsiebeck.comThe Spread of the Ideological Concept of a (Jerusalem-Centred) Tōrâ-centred Israel beyond Yehud: Observations and ImplicationsThe first historical attestation of the wide acceptance and development of the ideological concept of a (Jerusalem-centred) tōrâ-centred Israel outside Judah occurs in Ptolemaic Egypt. Socio-demograph... 020 2
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 18/12/2024On a different note, if you want to read a book about the Ptolemaic Economy, I have a draft to share. I know it’s your favorite topic (besides your love for the Dem establishment’s tried-and-true tactics) 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 18/12/2024But maybe it just hasn’t worked *yet* Andrew 110 1
Reposted by Brennan Breedrogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 12/12/2024BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Antikythera Mechanism www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Antikythera MechanismMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mysterious ancient Greek astronomical computer. 063 6
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 03/12/2024All to say, I think it’s crucial to keep funding faculty travel budgets, and looking to the future, we will likely have to defend their value and impact in ever more detailed and persuasive ways. 040 4
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 03/12/2024In the security line at the airport on my way out of town, I spoke with someone whose scholarship is important for my work, and for years I wanted to connect, but had never met. I appreciate the power and convenience of online conversations, but these encounters are not really possible on Zoom. 130 3
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 03/12/2024There were so many chance encounters led to great conversations at the SBL meeting last week. I’m deeply sorry for those who, due to health, money, family obligations, and many other reasons, could not attend. But density of physical proximity generates possibilities that would not occur otherwise. 150 5
Reposted by Brennan BreedDan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 10/11/2024my collection of about 14,000 photos (and growing) of ancient Mediterranean (broadly construed) archaeological subjects with Creative Commons license available here: www.flickr.com/photos/dandi...flickr.comdiffendale's collections on FlickrThe safest and most inclusive global community of photography enthusiasts. The best place for inspiration, connection, and sharing! 1525382 253
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Are you not here? Was just about to text you to see if you wanted to get a coffee sometime 100 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024After a string of great papers, took a couple hours out of the day to walk along the beach in La Jolla and enjoy the sea lions and seals. Amazing! #sblaar24 040 4
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 22/11/2024And why the identity of the twelve tribes was so amazingly consistent 020 2
Reposted by Brennan BreedEric Vanden Eykel @evandeneykel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Some tips for those who may be attending #SBLAAR for the first time: 24417 44
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024One of my #SBLAAR tips: get outside every now and again. There are two little parks behind the convention center and a walkway all right on the water. This is a nice places to move, get some sunshine, etc. Or walk into the gaslight district. Don’t forget you are a human with a body! 2353 35
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Ready to get the party started on East coast time because of jet lag at #sblaar24 050 5
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 15/11/2024My current projects are a co-authored book with Davis Hankins on the third century BCE in the southern Levant, the Daniel commentary in the new Interpretation series, and an Ecclesiastes commentary for the Illuminations series. 010 1
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Hi there — I work in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and I focus on reception history, Sapiential literature including Daniel, and the late Persian/early Hellenistic period in the Levant and Egypt. 110 1
