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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

When I think about the fact that universities are ALSO supposed to be repositories of knowledge and expertise you can't get elsewhere (and not just job training or even educational enterprises) I immediately go to ancient languages. I don't think ppl realize you can just lose them

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/06/2025

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

A bad President, for
instance, has the power to do what? What can he not do? If he wanted to
revolutionize this government, he could easily do it with this ponderous
power; it would be an auxiliary power. He could cry “havoc, and let slip the
dogs of war,”29 and say to the conspirators: “I am with you. If you
succeed, all is well. If you fail, I will interpose the shield of my pardon, and
you are safe. If your property is taken away from you by Congress, I will
pardon and restore your property. Go on and revolutionize the government;
I will stand by you.” The bad man will say or might say this. I am not sure
but we have got a man now who comes very near saying it. Let us have done
with this pardoning power. We have had enough of this. Pardoning! How
inexpressibly base have been the uses made by this power—this beneficent
power. It has been that with which a treacherous President has trafficked.
He has made it the means of securing adherents to himself instead of
securing allegiance to the government.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Just wrapped up a fantastic week at #SNTS - thank you to everyone who stopped by! Now our editors are heading to Berlin for #IOSOT, bringing along books, journal issues, and plenty of ideas for new projects. Will we see you there?

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

First week of teaching Jesus and the Gospels! Students will learn quickly that “Pharisee” can’t be used pejoratively in this space. It is only to be employed descriptively for a Jew in or before the 1st century. University should be a place where harmful caricatures/inaccuracies come to die!

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

PUBLICATION DAY! well, sorta. i forgot to post when my JSJ article was published, but it's now available online (open access). i'm really proud of this one. it's my best attempt to show why εἴδωλον shouldn't be transliterated "idol" but translated "image" in early jewish texts, incl. LXX and NT.

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Are Εἴδωλα Idols?

Abstract It has long been taken for granted that the use of εἴδωλον in the language of the Septuagint and its reception in early Jewish texts was unique within the history of postclassical Greek, imbu...

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Who are your favorite writers that are also biblical scholars (or adjacent field: Assyriology/Ancient Judaism/Early Christianity)? People that you enjoy *learning* from but also people who make for pleasurable *reading*? Add them below (oh and maybe briefly why): ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

If you want to read in depth check out the full blog here where I give brief summaries of each: open.substack.com/pub/keithpin...

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My Favorite Reads of 2024

I read 100 books in 2024 and the old Socratic maxim still rings true...

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Social Justice in Ancient Israel and in the Ancient Near East and by Moshe Weinfeld

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife by Bart Ehrman

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic by Frank Moore Cross

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Inscriptions from the World of the Bible by Peter Bekins

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Dead Sea Scrolls by Florentino García Martinez

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Resurrection of the Jesus by Dale Allison

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Paul and Judaism at the End of History by Matthew Novenson

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Writing on the Tablet of the Heart by David Carr

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keithpinckney.bsky.social @keithpinckney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I finally reached a goal I’ve been going after for the past 6 years, to read 100 books in one calendar year. Here are my TOP 10 books 📚of 2024 in no order ⬇️:

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Brandy N. Scritchfield @brandyscritchfield.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Quick bio post: I'm mainly here to follow and find new (or new to me) scholars in biblical studies and adjacent fields. I'm an acquisitions editor for Baker Academic, acquiring mostly projects in HB/OT. (1/3)

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