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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was happy to be invited by my friends at the University of Iowa to be a guest on their Bible & Archaeology Podcast to discuss my research on what resurrection was all about for the earliest followers of Jesus: deification. If you enjoy, feel free to share!

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Paul's Weirdest Promise: You'll Outrank the Angels

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Could I buy these cheaper online? Yes. Would I be happy to pay a little extra to support my local high quality book store? Without question, yes.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An important message from Dr. Rachel Muers, the current Chair of Divinity at my beloved University of Edinburgh Divinity School where I am getting my PhD, concerning the news going around about the cutting of certain programs at the Div school.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s still crazy to me that Pilate is actually venerated as a martyr and a saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Our book is coming. The book is a product of the conference I co-organized and co-convened at Brown University and shares the same title, The Meanings and End(s) of Monotheism. I am excited to say the least, this one is going to be a must read.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New York City from 100 stories up at The Edge in Hudson Yards. Worth it.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Some phone pics from New York. Featured here are, in order, the Morgan Library and Museum, Strand Bookstore, the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building, views from Madison Square Park, Times Square, Rockefeller Plaza, an epic NYC Ferry ride around Manhattan, and the Brooklyn Bridge.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ok, academic friends: I’m on the train with my broski to New York City and I need to know the absolute best book store(s) for scholars of antiquity? What say you? Go!

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Had a wonderful time this evening with friends from the NT PhD program as well as my supervisor and friend at one of the oldest taverns in the country to celebrate my last day at Princeton Theological Seminary over pints. (1/2)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I had a great time today with my friend, Brennan Breed, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. We had a great talk about his upcoming book and my dissertation. Intellectually stimulating, academically helpful, and practically encouraging. Good times.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yesterday was wonderful. After a very helpful and encouraging meeting with Matt Novenson, my doctoral supervisor, I had the privilege of enjoying a private tour of the Special Collections at Wright Library of Princeton Theological Seminary. (1/3)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I had a great day yesterday on my first time visiting NYC! Rachel, basically my little sister from Texas who now lives here, was a great guide and we had a blast. All afternoon at the MET, then Central Park, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, the Edge, and Times Square. And a subway rat.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ok NYC friends, I’m making a day trip tomorrow and likely for a day next weekend as well. If you want to meet up, or if you have any recommendations, let me know ASAP!

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Jeremiah Coogan @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

As today's email from the @scsclassics.bsky.social notes, "Although the ACLS and partner organizations won their legal case for the restoration of all NEH grants in May 2026, at the eleventh hour the government filed an appeal on July 6th, one day before the 60-day window for appeals closed."

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today was another memorable day for me here in Princeton, to say the least. An important day. I had the privilege of sitting down and talking with a scholarly hero of mine, one of my favorite scholars since I was in college. (1/7)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Coffee, cronut, and books in an inspiring place. A pleasant summer Sunday.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My abode for the summer. Brown Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Welp, I'm at 69,120 words with still a long way to go. But I am celebrating slow and steady progress tonight. Cheers.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

After two days of cloudiness and rain, it’s beautiful today.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It's hard to put into words the evening I've had. I will never forget late college/early grad school reading the work of one of the greatest, and for me one of the most important, scholars of the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East living in the world, Dr. Mark S. Smith. (1/6)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Quite the lovely place to write today. William Elfers ‘41 Reading Room on the third floor of Princeton University’s Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, located next to their large classics collection. Outside of PTS’s Wright Library, this is without a doubt one of my favorite spots on campus.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I’ve enjoyed settling in here at PTS today. The accommodations are lovely. After getting situated at Brown Hall, I enjoyed my first meal in the Mackay Dining Hall, then headed over to Wright Library (which truly lives up to the hype). (1/3)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I made it to Princeton! As soon as I got off the train at Princeton Station, I headed out to the road side where my friend was picking me up, and look who I run into. My advisor and friend Matt Novenson was out on a walk with his son and his dog, a pleasant surprise!

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

And so ends my fourth year teaching at St. Anthony High School. After the kids finished their last finals, it was great to say goodbye to many of them, sign their yearbooks, laugh, and wish them all a great summer. It was a tumultuous year in many ways. A lot of mixed feelings today. (1/3)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

In less than a week I'll be in Princeton! I just have to survive this week. A mountain of tasks stand between me and getting on that plane Saturday: (1/2)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Cancel all Paramount subscriptions after the ousting of Colbert. But say why.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I really wish I could be there in person at my academic home away from home, the University of Edinburgh, to hear one of the finest scholars of early Judaism and Christianity, Paula Fredriksen, give the 2026 Gifford Lectures. I’m honored and elated that Paula is my external examiner for my PhD.

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Gifford Lectures 2026 | Prof Paula Fredriksen | Conversions of Christianity

How did Christianity become global? Join Paula Fredriksen for six fascinating lectures on its early rise.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I can’t believe it has already been 2 years since our conference at Brown University. Dreaming up and co-convening this conference, and now putting the finishing touches on the resulting co-edited volume, has been the greatest scholarly achievement of my life thus far. Excited. More to come folks.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Working all day today to meet publication deadlines. I’m excited about both of these book chapters I am finishing to eventually see the light of day.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Desk vibes tonight. One of my favorite places.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Some gems arrived today. I have read Van Nuffelen and Smith’s classic digitally, but I had to get the print copies.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

How about a Tiramisu Espresso Martini to conjure the muse to write this evening? Don’t mind if I do! With deadlines approaching, might as well try to enjoy the process.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

We had a blast last night after the conference. I’m glad I stayed back for after dinner drinks with friends in the hotel lobby. Great conversations, hilarious stories, and lots of laughs. Good times, to say the least!

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Janet Spittler of the University of Virginia delivering the last paper of the conference on the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of the Cannibals, aguing that the gospels were what the Apocrypha never ceased to be. Good stuff.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Jeremiah Coogan, the first presenter in the session on Gospel Writing Beyond the Fourfold Gospel, is discussing the reception and reconfiguration of Mark’s gospel through the later Christian additions of prefaces with three examples from the 2nd through 6th centuries CE.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The always warm and jovial Christopher Skinner presenting on a kaleidoscopic method of approaching questions of Mark’s Christology. Chris has done an outstanding job spearheading what has been a fantastic conference on the gospels thus far.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Enjoying my friend Nick Elder’s discussion of the types of media that comprise the gospels.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Excited for the joint presentation on gospel production with James Barker and Robyn Faith Walsh.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Beginning day two of the Reassessing the Emergence of the Gospels conference here at Loyola Chicago with a session on Performance Criticism and the Gospels. My friend, Zach Eberhart, is the first presenter this morning.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Mark Goodacre is giving the keynote tonight on the state of gospels research.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Helen Bond of the University of Edinburgh, luminary in the study of Jesus and the Gospels (yes, I’m bias), is delivering an excellent paper at the moment on biography in first century Judaism. (h/t Chris Skinner for the pic)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The conference, Reassessing the Emergence of the Gospels: Genre, Media, Reception, has kicked off with Chris Skinner’s opening remarks here at Loyola University in Chicago. Gonna be a great couple of days. Link to schedule below.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Katy and I found a nice little used book store here in Raleigh, NC called The Readers Corner that just celebrated their 50th year being open. Got a nice little haul pictured below. I love supporting cool local used bookstores.

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Well, we just had the best barbecue in North Carolina, hands-down. It better be after waiting in line for an hour and a half! Texas Monthly ranked it #2 BBQ in the country outside of Texas, and they aren’t lying!

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yesterday evening was a blast! First, conversations and debates over coffee and dinner with dear friends Jason Staples, Austin Stapella, and a couple of our other mates. (1/2)

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David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I had a great yesterday afternoon at lunch and hanging out with my buddy, Hugo Mendez, Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions at UNC Chapel Hill. He kindly showed me around the home of the Tar Heels as we talked shop.

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