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OT/HB PhD specializing in Jeremiah, adjunct prof | “Be joyful though you have considered all the facts... Practice resurrection.” -Wendell Berry | slow-DM-checker

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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
On Friday, I successfully defended my dissertation, “Desolate, it Mourns to Me—All the Land is Desolate, But No One Takes it to Heart: Jeremiah’s Ecotheology.” I am so excited to enter the world of biblical scholarship as a PhD!
A picture of me before the defense began A picture of me with my defense committee: Dr. Amy Peeler, Dr. Auburn Josephs, Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R., Dr. Richard Schultz, and Dr. Lissa Wray Beal, from left to right Dr. Amy Peeler announcing that I successfully defended my dissertation and am now Dr. Josephs My pre-defense confidence
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Looks like I’ll be presenting a paper in the Biblical Hebrew Poetry section at SBL this fall! I can’t wait! Are any of my friends here also presenting? I’d love to show up and support!
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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Thanks to a random Instagram influencer, I now have a new favourite Bible verse.
Joshua 8:28 
New Revised Standard Version Updated
Edition

28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Everyone needs to have Bethany Grainger on their radar!
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I submitted my doctoral dissertation this morning! I can’t believe it!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Friends! I’m so pleased to announce that I’ll be defending my dissertation for my PhD in Old Testament Theology in April. I cannot thank you all enough for your encouragement and prayers along the way!
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Is there anyone who has Georg Fischer’s Jeremia HThKat commentaries and doesn’t want them any more? I’ll take them 🥺
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Any dissertation advice for someone who is less than a year out from defense and is feeling WORN OUT Please, anyone 😭
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Does anyone know this Bacon citation? I’m trying to stash some sources for the day I write the introduction of my dissertation and this would be a great addition. This book is “Ecology and Theology of Nature,” edited by Hogan, Vila-Chã, and Orobator
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Spring time means fresh flower arrangements!
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Marg Mowczko @margmowczko.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It's possible that the 7 Marys in the New Testament and Miriam in the Old Testament were really called Mariam. I look at all these women and their names here. margmowczko.com/miriam-maria...
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All the Marys and Miriams in the Bible - Marg Mowczko
What do "Miriam" and "Mary" mean?
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Jessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
is ur child texting state secrets in a Signal chat? ily - I Leaked Yemen (attack details) smh - Secret Message Hahahaha tbh - Talkin 'Bout Houthis idk - I Doubt Korea (is in this signal chat) gtg - Gonna Text Goldberg
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Esau McCaulley @esaumccaulley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com on the black church, the target boycott, and the power of the pocketbook www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Like What Trump Is Doing? You Have More Power Than You Think. (Gift Article)
Church-led campaigns against businesses for retreating from D.E.I. promises are a form of pastoral ministry for those who feel ignored or forgotten.
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RT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Paul is great because he’ll be like, “women need long hair because of THE ANGELS” and then he’ll pivot to, “OF COURSE YOU KNOW that Jesus followed Israel around as a walking water rock”. You just never really know where he’s going next, or why, and I love that for him and us.
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Just picked this up on Wednesday, anyone read this series before?
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I finally did it. The vibes over there were terrible.
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I’d appreciate your prayers as I prepare to preach tomorrow morning on 1 Cor 12:27-13:13!
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I am fighting for my life to stay on task, disciplined, and focused on dissertation research this final week before Christmas 😭
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Matthew Monger @biblemonger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The fourth scroll dated to the Early Hellenistic period in DJD is 4Q70 (4QJeremiah a). Dated variously to the late 3rd or early 2nd century BCE, this ms contains text from the first half of Jeremiah and good evidence of scribal corrections
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
oh my GOD IS THIS SOONER MAGIC??
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
my FIL is a confirmed existentialist
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 22/11/2024
Climate change is shifting wildlife migration routes and new crossings are needed, study finds ->KUNR | #ClimateChange #Wildlife | More info from EcoSearch
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Climate change is shifting wildlife migration routes and new crossings are needed, study finds
Researchers used GPS data from dozens of elk collared by the Southern Ute Tribe in southwestern Colorado. Elk populations migrate between low-elevation winter ranges to avoid deep snow and high-elevation summer ranges to track seasonal changes in available are for...
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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We have a cover!!! The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters is in production. We tried to put together articles that would foster a dialogue between traditional scholarship and more contemporary monster/horror. Now it's waiting, and preparing for the fun that will be proofing and indexing.
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I’m excited to add Holtz’s article to my bibliography! What fantastic work, gazing into the lives of Judean exiles and clarifying the promise of Isaiah’s prophecy.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Good morning Helsinki
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
When I translatied Gen 12 with my Hebrew class last spring, Sarai’s story struck me. And sadly, hers is a story we hear too often: men prosper on account of the women they’ve hurt, tucked neatly away, and silenced. The Hebrew portrays this dynamic so vividly!
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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Rowan Williams reviews Jordan Peterson. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours
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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Another starter pack - this one for Hebrew Bible scholars.
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I’ve found myself captivated with the new production of Interview with the Vampire. Beautifully shot, an arresting look at the realities of abuse and racism, and a stinging critique of the ultra-wealthy through the guise of vampirism. I need season 2 immediately.
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RT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
People often wonder what we can do about Church decline. Have we tried not having and then covering up rampant sex abuse cases amongst our clergy?
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Ps 104 is breathtaking, but one of my favorite things about it is that the psalmist speaks of the interior life of animals and nature the way we’d speak of human interior life! If you read these verses outside of context, you’d think the psalm was about humanity!
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I recently had a college friend tell me that my convos with him on fb helped break him out of the Doug Wilson, MAGA, “the church is too feminine now” mindset. I’ve been too tired to have those convos lately, but his encouragement is urging me to reconsider my belief that those convos are fruitless.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Good morning
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I read recently that the Hebrew word usually translated "whore/prostitute" in the Bible (znh) can refer to someone who performs rituals/ceremonies for another deity. Irene Riegner wrote a whole monograph on it consulting ANE cognates! This is used to describe Rahab & Gomer 👀 lets look at the info
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
HB people— Are you convinced of van Wolde’s hypothesis that ברא means “to separate”? Tell me yes or no, if you’re up to share! If yes, how would you interpret Jer 31:22? I am trying to work this out in my head and I’m getting NOWHERE on my own.
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I'm moving over some of my twitter threads about Jeremiah! Here's my next & most requested one: Important events that happened during the time of Jeremiah's prophecy This is meant to be a rough outline of historical references used throughout the book--I hope you find it helpful as you study!
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Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I'm going to be moving over some of my twitter threads on Jeremiah! Here is the first: the prophet Jeremiah's background, according to the book So to start, we will do a profile of what we know about Jeremiah's family & origin.
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