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Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My book, “Martyrs and Migrants” has received Best Work in the Study of Practices, Communities, or Lived Contexts from the @aarweb.bsky.social! Grateful to the committee for this recognition—I am absolutely thrilled! aarweb.org/news/2026-aa...

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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 23h

GenAut publication | Dan Batovici "Clement of Rome in Syriac Biblical Manuscripts." In Open Access too, if you're into it.

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Clement of Rome in Syriac Biblical Manuscripts | Harvard Theological Review | Cambridge Core

Clement of Rome in Syriac Biblical Manuscripts - Volume 119 Issue 3

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is so much money (for me 1/2 a full semester of teaching)! It has become another part time job to cobble together small amounts of funding to offset the tremendous cost. I just feel like there is so much else that our brains and wallets could be doing with that time/money!!

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This looks great!

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Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Delighted to share @zoestrong.bsky.social 's dyslexic autoethnography on barriers to the Bible, from our special issue on religion & disability, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (open access). Visual summaries coming soon! #DisabilityTheology abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/publicati...

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“How Can I, Unless Someone Guides Me?”: A Dyslexic Autoethnography Exploring Barriers Constructed by Bible Reading Expectations

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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Postdoc: Princeton's Effron Center for the Study of America is taking applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in Native American and Indigenous studies with the possibility of teaching one course per semester. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

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Ola Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Coptic sentence of the day: ⲛⲧⲁⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲡⲗⲏⲣⲱⲙⲁ ϣⲁⲡⲧ ⲁⲣⲁⲕ Ntak pe pa-plêrôma - šap-t arak! "You are my Fullness - take me to you!"

Sun emerging through mist and trees, above spectral greenery.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Out now in #freeaccess! 📖 Read the wonderful new editorial by @apocalypsenow5.bsky.social, kicking off a special issue commemorating 25 years of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza’s "Jesus and the Politics of Interpretation". Check the full issue out here: brill.com/view/journal...

Cover of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, and screenshot of the first page of the editorial "Jesus and the Politics of Interpretation, 25 years on" by Sarah E. Rollens.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I like the idea of roleplaying a lot! That might really help encourage a stepping outside of the trained way to see/interpret. I don't so much care that they agree, but that they are willing to read in different ways/see different things in the text. A performative exercise could do that super well!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bible teaching folk: what resource suggestions do y'all have for students who are struggling with theological discomfort stemming from class content (first introduction to critical biblical studies, feminist/queer interpretation, and queer eros and the bible).

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At a moment when gender and sexuality is central to understanding contemporary American politics, Harvard decides to . . . defund its Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I first read this as "a Gemini" and I was like, yes, you are right you do need to account for the doubled personality. And then I realized AI. Lol not sorry my first reaction was astrology

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Am job searching and just saw this as a listed requirement: "A willingness to maintain a high level of competence." Wtf does that mean?!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Currently reading Pseudo-Celestinus' Encomium of Victor (end of Part 2, in ch. 55). We will start a new text soon (in the next month or so). data.copticscriptorium.org/texts/pseudo...

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Coptic Scriptorium Text Server - Encomium on Victor part 2

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The new semester is starting (or well under way). If you find yourself wishing you had more Coptic reading in your life, consider joining my online reading group! Meets Mondays @ 10:00am ET (Atlanta, GA time) [Zoom] DM me for more info!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@jennisifire.bsky.social and @portersf.bsky.social The best goal! Such a great Harvard anthropological exercise--the vibes of the places are so vastly different. I loved a Sunday morning at the ed school library. And the med school (a trek) has awesome/grotesque surgery if you want some spook.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

predictably excellent from hollingshead, every word "Against the forces of antiintellectual fascists+AI tech lords, self-flagellating academics+immediacy fetishists alike, we need to champion the difficulties+pleasures of humanities scholarship with our whole chests." defector.com/humanists-ha...

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Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector

For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...

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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

another new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity, from Yuliya Minets, 💫 free 💫 to download through August 26! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Languages and Linguistic Diversity in Late Antique Mediterranean Religions

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Languages and Linguistic Diversity in Late Antique Mediterranean Religions

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Proofs day forمدرسة غزة للبلاغة والفلسفة : مختارات من كتابات روادها في آواخر العصور القديمة! (The Arabic translation of A Workshop of Eloquence: A Collection of Gazan Literature from Late Antiquity)

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Ooo might need to take a trip

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

oh, this is great! I love when ⲡ-/ⲡ-ⲉⲧ- becomes lexicalized.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If the work is copyediting related and you end up needing someone who can work on a tight turnaround, I would be happy to help out! I supremely hope you end up hearing back/resolve! ButTBH I make a pretty decent part of my income taking over jobs other people f'd up or ghosted on. Sadly, so common.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

An important read re: a former teacher of mine. Erik has been an amazing leader in union organization and anti-ICE education. He has been a model for me re: the intersection of justice and academia since I met him as a first year college student twenty years ago. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

friends and neighbors, the newest Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is now *live* and *free to download* through August 4! The inimitable Virginia Burrus on "Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature"! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Syriac comp. practice, from real life: ܝܬܒ̇ܬ ܥܡ ܟܠܒܝ ܡܢ ܠܒܪ ܘܡܢܫܠܝ ܕܒܨܝ ܫܘܫܡܢܐ ܒܫܩܐ. ܗܐ ܟ̇ܝܒܐ ܠܝ! /yeṯbeṯ ʕam kalb men l-ḇar w-men-šel daḇṣ-an šawšmånå ḇ-šåqå. hå ḵåybå l-i/ (corrections/suggestions welcome) "I sat down outside with my dog, and all of a sudden an ant bit me on the leg: it hurts!"

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

so exciting!! many congratulations, friend!!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The worst part of teaching an asynchronous course is having the data about exactly how many minutes students listened to your lecture. Does not help with the whole feels like you are teaching to an empty void thing.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Yay!! Many, many congratulations and lots of love!!

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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"The authors wisely advise scholars to ignore historical photographs of professors hunched over the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi Codices with cigarettes dangling from their lips or fingers" lol great review, @ctschroeder.bsky.social!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

couldn't agree harder. is the future grumpy (and unconsenting) trad wife vibes?

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New release 📚 Afropean Biblical Studies, by Olabisi Obamakin 🌍 In this book, Obamakin constructs a Nigerian/British women’s hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches. Read more here 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...

Book cover. Afropean Biblical Studies: Constructing a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutic. By Olabisi Obamakin. Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 240. Brill. 2026.

Olabisi Obamakin smiles at the camera, holding up a copy of her book, “Afropean Biblical Studies”.

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Kathleen Gallagher Elkins (she/her) @katgelk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This book was my very first acquisition when I started with @fortresspress.bsky.social and, even more importantly, it's an incredible book! Can't wait to see it in the real world. Congratulations @chancebonar.bsky.social!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Amazing! Many congratulations!! Excited to add to my library!

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Greg Given @greggiven.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Agree hard w/ all of this but hasten to add: Publish on your own timeline! And publish only what you want to publish! There are very few perks to being off a tenure clock, but two of them are the privilege to let projects take the time they take and the privilege to “write for the drawer.”

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Also, it is scary how teaching is like parenting, in that you have no control over what students will remember!! I asked students to tell me about their most memorable class periods and I totally forgot that we did half this stuff....

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

And nothing prepared me for the beauty of seeing your own questions about history become your students' questions and then transformed into something better.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Amid grading, I am so grateful to my students for reflecting back to me the power of the classroom. This term felt difficult/chaotic for me/them for lots of diff. reasons. And despite all that, these students are out here asking all these great questions about religion, canon building, and history!

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Why read The Pearlsong? •new Eng. tr. of 1 Syriac & 2 Greek texts •at least 13 scripts & 20 languages •a dragon-dosed narcotic magic spell •more about snakes/dragons/serpents •commentary light on allegory and heavy on story •the Guardian of Forever (Star Trek TOS) 1/2

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