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Evan Vossman

@evanvossman.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Writing a dissertation on slavery in early rabbinic literature. Teaching Fellow at University of Dayton, 2025-2027.

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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cincinnati 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My 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!
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DoSSE Project @dosse-project.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Erin 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/...
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Simcha Gross @simchagross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’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
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
historical 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!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’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
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Congrats, Chrissy! Looking forward to learning from you about this topic.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hi Andrew. I don’t have access and would love to read this!
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Daniel 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...
Aristotle in the Antebellum South

Natural Slavery, Democracy, and the Ancients

Daniel S. Richter

Introduces the first account of how and why antebellum Southerners embraced Aristotle prior to the Civil War
Provides a new approach to the discipline of intellectual history that moves beyond the idea of "reception"
Describes how different political contexts and historical moments shape defenses of slavery
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In 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!
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/08/2026
randomly 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
Screenshot of tweet by Eminem. Text of Eminem's post reads: 

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it.  Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

Attached is an image of a classy and generous letter Dolly Parton sent to Eminem after missing a chance to meet him at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If 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)
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One 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.
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Brandon Massey @mbrandonmassey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
How 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I’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?
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So 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!”.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I’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?
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you! These look very interesting.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Very excited about this, Chrissy! Any reading on Chinese Jesus scholarship that you might recommend in the meantime?
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Unfortunately 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!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I would love a copy of this if possible! It sounds very relevant for my dissertation on enslaved labor in the Mishnah.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
You’d think the creator of this booklet wouldn’t want that chain attached to the Bible?
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Congrats! Massive accomplishment!!!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
this 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!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
leading 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…
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
socioeconomic 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…
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
antiquity, 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…
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Chance 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…
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I’d be very interested to read your paper, @norbertnagy.bsky.social!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I 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!
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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Come listen to me talk about the uncontroversial topic of Jesus and slavery on the Bible & Archaeology podcast! youtu.be/_H7IivvTn8E?...
youtu.be
Why Jesus Never Condemned Slavery
YouTube video by Bible & Archaeology
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Not 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My wife just delivered our baby one month ago. This is the kind of dad I want to be.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
What an intriguing idea. I’m excited to read!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I’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.
Acceptance email for the 2026 SBL meeting in Denver.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
What 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
That’s a helpful angle for exploring this issue.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Already 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Currently on spring break. But when I come back next week, we’re starting units on Paul within Judaism + Paganism!
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Good 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…
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Very 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.
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Recently 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!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Excited to read it!
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Evan Vossman @evanvossman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Is this the book on monotheism (or lack thereof)?
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Dr. 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
CALL FOR PAPERS

Society of Biblical Literature - Annual Meeting 2026

The Slavery, Resistance and Freedom Section will host an open session and invite papers dealing with any aspect of Mediterranean or West Asian slavery and their intersection with biblical, early Christian, or early Jewish literature. We are particularly interested in new contributions to scholarship that further our understanding of how enslaved and formerly enslaved persons navigated intersectional social, economic, and/or religious identities, as well as contributions that explore how the condition of slavery affected families, kinship, and relationality.

Submit your paper via the QR code below, or at https://shorturl.at/bEYpe
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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.
CALL FOR PAPERS

Society of Biblical Literature - Annual Meeting 2026

The Slavery, Resistance and Freedom Section will host an open session and invite papers dealing with any aspect of Mediterranean or West Asian slavery and their intersection with biblical, early Christian, or early Jewish literature. We are particularly interested in new contributions to scholarship that further our understanding of how enslaved and formerly enslaved persons navigated intersectional social, economic, and/or religious identities, as well as contributions that explore how the condition of slavery affected families, kinship, and relationality.

Submit your paper via the QR code below, or at https://shorturl.at/bEYpe
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