Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cincinnati just opened a major new convention center this year, and I’ve thought about how AAR/SBL could probably be much more affordable if booked in a midwest location like this. 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My spouse bought me eight sessions with a German tutor for my birthday last month. The first lesson is this Saturday. I’m very excited to learn and start moving beyond A2 level (CEFR) conversations! 000
Reposted by Evan VossmanDoSSE Project @dosse-project.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Erin and Justin's article on how late antique Christian ascetics often retained one slave when they renounced the rest of their property (in Early Medieval Europe) Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 133
Reposted by Evan VossmanEvan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’m officially presenting a paper at the "Jesus and Slavery: New Quests, Methods, and Perspectives" conference entitled "More Than the Twelve? Enslaved Labor at the Last Supper.” It will blend Roman slavery scholarship, archaeology, and Saidiya Hartman’s “critical fabulation” to explore the 232
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026historical plausibility of domestic enslaved persons working in the background of the Last Supper. I’m excited to leverage some of my dissertation research on slavery in the Mishnah toward this project and am honored to contribute to such an important conference! 100
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’m officially presenting a paper at the "Jesus and Slavery: New Quests, Methods, and Perspectives" conference entitled "More Than the Twelve? Enslaved Labor at the Last Supper.” It will blend Roman slavery scholarship, archaeology, and Saidiya Hartman’s “critical fabulation” to explore the 232
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Congrats, Chrissy! Looking forward to learning from you about this topic. 010
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hi Andrew. I don’t have access and would love to read this! 010
Reposted by Evan VossmanSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Daniel S. Richter has a new book—which I am stoked about—looking at the Antebellum engagement with Aristotle by enslavers. We should all buy this book when it’s out in October (although $105 is high!), but here are some other thoughts too. global.oup.com/academic/pro... 813433
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In today’s episode of Writing a Dissertation with a Baby: Currently in the car sitting next to my baby and getting some reading done while she naps in her car seat. She fell asleep while driving around for an errand. Naps must be put to good use, wherever they happen! 010
Reposted by Evan VossmanWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/08/2026randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have 625440855
Reposted by Evan VossmanCandida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026If you are a scholar, grad student, or post doc at an institution where there you do not have seminars in Biblical Studies and you'd like to attend/participate in the Birmingham Biblical Studies Seminar let me know! (Those who do have seminars are welcome to come too) 44119
Reposted by Evan VossmanEvan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026One of my alternative dissertation ideas was to see if anything substantive could be said about slavery practices at Qumran. Now I’m wondering if this article—though the time period and subjects are quite different—might provide a useful analog for thinking about this issue. 073
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026One of my alternative dissertation ideas was to see if anything substantive could be said about slavery practices at Qumran. Now I’m wondering if this article—though the time period and subjects are quite different—might provide a useful analog for thinking about this issue. 073
Reposted by Evan VossmanBrandon Massey @mbrandonmassey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026How can slavery studies reshape the ongoing quests for the historical Jesus? We invite paper proposals to the conference "Jesus and Slavery: New Quests, Methods, and Perspectives" to be held in 27–20 August 2027 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Proposals are due 31 August. 21815
Reposted by Evan VossmanEvan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I’m creating a playlist for my students in a Pentateuch course this fall. I want to give them a few songs for each major story that helps illuminate the text or just simply makes them laugh. Any ideas? 212
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So far I have: Creation (Genesis 1-3): Pink Floyd, “Breathe (In the Air)”. David Bazan, “Hard to Be”. Flood (Genesis 6-9): Jeff Tweedy, “Let’s Go Rain”. Patriarchs + Matriarchs (Genesis 12-36): Raye, “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!”. 010
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I’m creating a playlist for my students in a Pentateuch course this fall. I want to give them a few songs for each major story that helps illuminate the text or just simply makes them laugh. Any ideas? 212
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Very excited about this, Chrissy! Any reading on Chinese Jesus scholarship that you might recommend in the meantime? 110
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Unfortunately for me, I was planning to title my dissertation (in progress) on enslaved labor in the Mishnah “Invisible Hands,” though I obviously had a different subtitle in mind. I may need to change it now! 010
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I would love a copy of this if possible! It sounds very relevant for my dissertation on enslaved labor in the Mishnah. 110
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026You’d think the creator of this booklet wouldn’t want that chain attached to the Bible? 040
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026this painting. I recommend Sandra Joshel and Lauren Hackworth Petersen’s book The Material Life of Roman Slaves for more about the artwork and enslaved servers generally! 130
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026leading guests to the upper room, preparing food, bringing out the food and wine out, etc. I used this fresco from Pompeii depicting a Roman style meal to illuminate the Gospel passage. Notice the enslaved servers on the far left and bottom right. Much could be said about… 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026socioeconomic status suggests that he owns *at least* one more enslaved person. Therefore we should probably imagine that as he offered hospitality to Jesus and his disciples for their Passover meal, there were multiple enslaved workers performing tasks for them: door keeping, washing feet… 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026antiquity, but this socio-economic detail is informative. The householder is likely an enslaver of some means, and one of his enslaved persons returned home from fetching water (see Jennifer Glancy’s book Slavery in Early Christianity for more enslaved labors). The householder’s… 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Chance will probably have very helpful reading recommendations! Ann Killebrew argues that “upper rooms” are typical of wealthier homes in ancient Palestine (see her contribution in The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Palestine). One didn’t have to be wealthy to own enslaved persons in… 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I’d be very interested to read your paper, @norbertnagy.bsky.social! 110
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I used your latest article with Religion Dispatches in a sermon for Maundy Thursday. I discussed how Jesus and his disciples enjoyed an enslaver’s hospitality and most likely exploited enslaved servers at their Passover meal (Luke 22:8-13). This complicates the foot washing scene in John 13! 120
Reposted by Evan VossmanDr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Come listen to me talk about the uncontroversial topic of Jesus and slavery on the Bible & Archaeology podcast! youtu.be/_H7IivvTn8E?...youtu.beWhy Jesus Never Condemned SlaveryYouTube video by Bible & Archaeology 13711
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Not an early Christian writer, but a weird autocorrect. I was very into BMX during my teen years. My phone would often autocorrect “skate park” to “slave park” whenever I texted a friend about meeting up there. 110
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026My wife just delivered our baby one month ago. This is the kind of dad I want to be. 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I’m delighted that my paper proposal on invisible enslaved labor in the Mishnah was accepted for SBL this November! I tested out some of the this paper’s ideas for the fist time in conversation with colleagues at SBL last year. It will be fun to share a polished version and see how they land. 021
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026What is your article called? Would love to read it. I remember feeling struck by all the issues you mentioned here while reading for my HB comp. Cross’s ideas about “oral traditions” adapted from Parry-Lord and Noth’s about the amphictyony seemed so hollow with hindsight. 110
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026That’s a helpful angle for exploring this issue. 010
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Already sent out my annual email to local evangelical pastors, where I explain this historical context and plead with them to reconsider their church’s upcoming “seder” event. 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Currently on spring break. But when I come back next week, we’re starting units on Paul within Judaism + Paganism! 011
Reposted by Evan VossmanAnnette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Good thing some US colleges are closing their Religious Studies departments—definitively not “useful” at all or an area of expertise that might be relevant for understanding our present… 7302114
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Very encouraged by my students at University of Dayton who overwhelmingly nailed a quiz on Second Temple Judaism and the Pharisees this week. I’m witnessing them develop into critical and informed thinkers who know how to spot Christian anti-Judaism. 160
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Recently learned my great grandfather Edwin Vossman was a classics scholar who taught Greek and Latin at Marquette back in the 1930s-1940s. I inherited some of his books this weekend. He had very old copies of Pliny the Younger’s letters and Virgil’s poetry! 120
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Is this the book on monotheism (or lack thereof)? 110
Reposted by Evan VossmanDr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 22/02/2026🚨 Please share 🚨 If you’re going to SBL in Denver this fall, consider submitting a paper for the Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom open call! We’d love to hear your work 076
Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026✨ Please re-post ✨ Call for papers for the Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom section at SBL is officially open! If you’ll be there in Denver this year, please consider submitting your ideas about slavery in the ancient Mediterranean and West Asia. 010