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Max Häberlein

@maxavenariolus.bsky.social
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EC researcher Uni Würzburg | Hebrew Bible, LXX & Second Temple Literature

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🦇🧛 Hanno Auflauer 🧛🦇 @matthias-warkus.de · 01/10/2026
Betonzelte Gottes, 1x Pflicht & 1x Kür
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Betonzelte Gottes
Im kaum bekannten Städtchen Neviges steht die vielleicht wichtigste deutsche Betonkirche. In Freiburg steht eine der ungewöhnlichsten. Ich war bei beiden.
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McMaster Religious Studies @mcmasterreligion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congratulations to Katharine Fitzgerald (PhD 2023) on the publication of her book, Women in Greco-Roman Jewish Novels (300 BCE–100 CE)! sheffieldphoenix.com/product/wome...
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Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵New digital resources for Masoretic studies: a megathread. We're living in a golden age of digital tools for the study of the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. This thread compiles recent resources, several of which have launched just this year.
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Jeremiah Coogan @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Has anyone collected the evidence for non-Latin and non-Greek cognomina in epigraphic evidence for Roman freed persons?
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LukanerHeu @lukanerbraeu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Was mich an dem heutigen Abend am meisten überrascht hat, war, dass Maximus von Tyrus in seiner Dissertatio nr. 9 ein philosophisch tragfähiges und durchdachtes Konzept der mittelplatonischen δαίμονες-Lehre präsentiert.
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LukanerHeu @lukanerbraeu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Franz Kafka, Die Verwandlung: Kafka wird seine Arbeit verlieren (Artem II 22). Marlen Haushofer, Die Wand: Neue Wände sind ein Zeichen der Besserung. Alles wird gut (Artem II 10). Max Frisch, Homo Faber: Elisabeth wird endlich einen Ehemann kennenlernen und Faber ihr die Mitgift geben (Artem I 78).
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Katie Turner @katieturnerphd.com · 10/09/2026
Publication day is one of my favourite days! Even better when its shared with a friend (@josephscales.bsky.social) Hot off the presses: "Did the Romans Think Jews Wore Trousers?" brill.com/view/journal...
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It is well established that Jews in the ancient Mediterranean were indistinguishable from their neighbours in terms of their dress behaviours. As Greco-Roman clothing (of the Second Temple era) did not include trousers, one should not expect to see representations of Jewish bodies in artwork of the period where they are depicted as wearing trousers. Yet, there are three such representations of Jewish trouser-wearers claimed in scholarship. The first is found on the enigmatic Bacchius Iudaeus issue, the second on a Titus capta issue, while the third is found on a Flavian period cuirass. This article will examine whether any of these images can credibly be claimed to be depictions of captured or submissive Jews, which would imply that Roman and particularly Flavian authorities intended to use the image of the trousers to associate the Jews with “barbarians,” most particularly in their defeat.

Keywords: Judaea Capta; Bacchius Iudaeus; clothing; dress; propaganda; Flavians; iconography
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🦇🧛 Hanno Auflauer 🧛🦇 @matthias-warkus.de · 09/09/2026
Wir sind für unsere irrationalen Empfindungen genauso verantwortlich wie für unser rationales Denken, auch wenn unsere Einwirkungsmöglichkeiten darauf weniger direkt sind.
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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My book “Motivating Violence in Ancient Judaism” now has a @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social page: www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/moti.... Available soon in open access
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Motivating Violence in Ancient Judaism
The battle is about to begin. The odds are against our heroes. But a rousing exhortation can secure victory. In war, leaders call their soldiers to violence. Joseph Scales collects and analyses every ...
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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This may be a big ask but does anyone have PDFs of Müller-Kessler & Sokoloff CCPA vols 1–3 (Gronigen 1997–8)? Many thanks in advance!
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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Probably time to stop writing for a while
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LXX Graduate Student Network @lxxgsn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Call for papers (ongoing): Do you have a research paper or thesis chapter you would like to present and get feedback on? We would love to have you present online with us! You can propose a presentation using the Present Your Work form on our website: lxxgsn.com
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Årstein Justnes @arsteinjustnes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
4QProfile PAM41368 www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-...
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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
the forbidden döner kebab
Picture of a tasty-looking inscribed pithos (large jar) from Kuntillet 'Ajrud
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Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Libraries don't need to keep physical journals now that everything is online" The journals online:
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My class focused on Hebrew printing in the Ottoman Empire, the 1546 Pentateuch in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Persian printed in Constantinople by Eliezer Soncino, and the way it served Early Modern European scholars as a Rosetta Stone for the study of Arabic and Persian.
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Marijn van Putten @phdnix.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In 2025 @bnuyaminim.bsky.social and me taught a course on Comparative Semitics at the Leiden Summer School. After some cleaning up, we've decided to upload the syllabus and release it under a CC license for you and yours to peruse through. doi.org/10.17613/b4z...
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LXX Graduate Student Network @lxxgsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We are hosting our first online workshop on September 30, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT. Joshua Alfaro will give a talk on How to Give a Great Conference Paper. Register here: lxxgsn.com/events/76ae6...
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LXXGSN - LXX Graduate Student Network
A scholarly home for the next generation of Septuagint researchers.
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camillalxx.bsky.social @camillalxx.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So happy to launch the LXXGSN! Josh, Robert, Ellen, Chris, Andrew & I want to create a community for graduate students: a place to connect, keep LXX research in the wider scholarly conversation, and foster generous exchange. Join us & spread the word! lxxgsn.com
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REFORC @reforc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Call for Papers: TransLATINg the Bible: the Creation, Transmission, and Reception of the Latin Bible, conference at KU Leuven April 7-9, 2027 @kuleuventheology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2rej975v
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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The image of the maurading locust is used throughout biblical texts (and other ancient Jewish literature) to refer to the movement of armies, turning forest to desert
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MENALIB @menalib.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
CatchOfTheDay #OpenAccess on #MENAdoc: "Digitale Edition der koptisch-sahidischen Septuaginta" by Heike Behlmer, Frank Feder, Ute Pietruschka & Verena Böll [Halle: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2015] dx.doi.org/10.25673/112... #coptic #christianorient #german #french
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Maarten Kossmann @maartenkossmann.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Very good thread on writing a book review. We often forget it is a genre on its own and if done well it can be a beautiful art form. I wish people would spend less time on teaching absolute non-genres such as conference abstracts and more on book reviews ⬇️
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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Turns out the Martyrs of Palestine and Pamphilus of Caesarea are chick-magnets. I just found out that Liz Penland, Erica Carotenuto and myself have a predecessor. The Pamphilos entry in Pauly-Wissowa by "E. Hoffmann" is not by an Ernst but an Eva.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A thread on writing book reviews in Academia (inspired by @gillianmathys.bsky.social). Book reviews are a very delicate thing. The reality is you get least credit for it even though they matter. Most of us post-PhD, rarely get to read a monograph again from A to Z, unless... we're reviewing it.
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Available for pre-order (to be published December 31, 2026): Andrew T. Keenan and Robert S. Walker, eds., Postclassical Greek and Cultural Identity in the Septuagint In Memoriam: James K. Aitken (1968–2023) (De Gruyter Brill: 2026). www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Just published: Felix Albrecht, The Psalms of Solomon: A Textual and Theological Commentary (Hendrickson: 2026). www.hendricksonpublishers.com/p/the-psalms...
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the John William Wevers prize are due September 1, 2026.
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Max Häberlein @maxavenariolus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
After a great #EABS conference, some tourism - which means obviously, going to Antwerpen to check out some polyglot Bibles
Antwerp polyglot Bible at Plantin Moretus Museum
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Andrew T. Keenan, PhD @andrewtimkeenan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
PROOFS!!! Robert and I finally got the proofs for our edited volume dedicated and in memory of the late James Aitken. Over the moon to be at this stage! If everything goes smooth, the book should be published November 2026! Keep your eyes peeled and your book budgets ready!
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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fire in the sky, political fracturing, a reduction in naval trade, economic uncertainty, agriculture is suffering due to plague, and the Odyssey is premiering? Welcome back, Greek Dark Ages.
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Journal of Ancient Judaism Vol. 17, No. 2 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social Susanna and the Elders in Text, Tradition, and Interpretation @scrollsgeek.bsky.social
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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I am deeply honoured to have received this prize. I’ll write up some posts specifically about the book later today and the contribution I hope to make to understanding ancient Judaism through its arguments. Thank you @biajs.bsky.social
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Julia Jennifer Beine @juliajbeine.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Schon Tickets für „Die Odyssee“ gebucht? Wer wissen möchte, worum es in der antiken Vorlage für den Film geht, hat an drei Abenden im Central im Bürgerbräu die Möglichkeit, sich mit Forschenden @uni-wuerzburg.de vor und nach dem Film auszutauschen. Mehr Infos hier: buff.ly/iHrJnk2 #ClassicsBluesky
Poster zur Veranstaltungsreihe mit den Terminen und einem Bild aus dem Film.
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Schrank-Falter Weinmeier @sweinmeier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
many are saying this
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Jeremiah Coogan @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Instructions on writing with invisible ink, from the third-century "Refutation of All Heresies":
4. <Ὃς> δὲ ἔνδον <ὤν,> φιάλῃ ὕδατος πλήρει ἐμβαλὼν χάλκανθον καὶ
τήξας τὸ φάρμακον, τὸ δῆθεν ἐξαλειφθὲν χαρτίον δι’ αὐτοῦ καταρράνας, τὰ
φωλεύοντα καὶ κεκρυμμένα γράμματα πάλιν εἰς φῶς ἐλθεῖν ἀναγκάζει, δι’ ὧν
μανθάνει ἅπερ ὁ πυθόμενος ἔγραψε.
καὶ διὰ τοῦ χαλκάνθου δέ τις εἰ γράψειε καὶ τῇ κηκῖδι ὑποθυμιάσειε
λελειωμένῃ, φανερὰ γένοιτ’ ἂν τὰ κεκρυμμένα γράμματα. 5. καὶ γάλακτι
δὲ εἰ γράψειέ τις, εἶτα χάρτην <τινὰ> καύσας καὶ λειώσας <καὶ> ἐπιπάσας
τρίψει<εν> ἐπὶ τοῖς τῷ γάλακτι γεγραμμένοις γράμμασιν, ἔσται πρόδηλα.
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Tobias Graßmann @vindelicus.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Ceterum censeo: Antisemitismus ist keine notwendige Folge irgendeiner Theologie, sondern ab einem gewissen Punkt immer eine Entscheidung. Keiner muss Antisemit werden. Aber viele taten und tun es ...
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Mark McEntire @markmcentire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The field of biblical studies has long functioned with the assumption that there are fairly clear lines between activities like writing, copying, rewriting, editing, translating, interpreting, commenting, etc. In recent years these lines have begun to look artificial. 1/1
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Koert van Bekkum @koertvb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And “Reading Joshua 24 in Modern Contexts of Religious Pluralism” in The Book of Joshua: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, edited by Lissa M. Wray Beal, Craig A. Evans, and D. Allen Hutchison (FIOTL 11; VTS 203): brill.com/display/titl...
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The Book of Joshua
"The Book of Joshua" published on 08 Jun 2026 by Brill.
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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I've been working on this for 18 months, so super excited that it is now *finally* out in the world! It's open access, so free for anyone to read! The article tackles the way that contemporary readers *import* homophobia into ancient texts. doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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Looking for Homophobia, a Metacritique: Contemporary Interpreters’ Views on Sodom in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Abstract Many contemporary scholars, when interpreting early Christian texts about Sodom’s sin, refer to ‘homosexual practice’ or ‘homosexual activity.’ In this paper I present a meta-critique of cont...
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Max Häberlein @maxavenariolus.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Der neue Band "Psalmen und Macht", mit Beiträgen u.a. von @julianeeckstein.bsky.social zu Ps 8 und mir zu Ps 132, ist veröffentlicht! Das Inhaltsverzeichnis ist hier einzusehen: www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Max Häberlein @maxavenariolus.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Der neue Band "Psalmen und Macht", mit Beiträgen u.a. von @julianeeckstein.bsky.social zu Ps 8 und mir zu Ps 132, ist veröffentlicht! Das Inhaltsverzeichnis ist hier einzusehen: www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Brand new Augustinian writings revealed!
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Two new sermons by St Augustine discovered
In a Latin manuscript from a monastery in Poland, a Latin scholar from Würzburg has found two new sermons by the Doctor of the Church, St Augustine. He is currently working with an edition company on ...
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Max Häberlein @maxavenariolus.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Zwar ist Johann Christoph Döderlein für seine exilische Datierung Deuterojesajas bekannter, den kultigeren Namen hatte unter den Altdorfer Alttestamentlern aber eindeutig Johannes Saubert der Jüngere
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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Blocking anyone who doesn't repost this
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Last week, I gave a guest lecture on Jewish-Arabic Bible translations. I began with a series of examples of their physical form to illustrate the diversity of the Arabic Bible. I’m sharing the images here for your viewing pleasure in this thread, along with a few notes. 1/n
Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S Ar. 53.8
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Michael Whitby. Single-handedly channeling the rage every editor of a collective volume has ever felt throughout generations.
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Philip K. @herbilis.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Neuerscheinung! Papierbuch (15 €): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383536085... Gratis PDF: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383536085... Gerne reposten und weitersagen! #LitWiss
Stapel von Exemplaren des Buches "Schlüsselstellen. Wie die Literaturwissenschaft zitiert", ein Buch ist aufgeschlagen, man sieht eine Graphik und Text.Das Buchcover von "Schlüsselstellen. Wie die Literaturwissenschaft zitiert" von Philip Kraut, Frederik Arnold, Robert Jäschke, Steffen Martus. Wallsteinverlag, Göttingen 2026.
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Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This volume would make a great textbook for a class on the apocrypha or Septuagint! My contribution on “Problematizing Terms: Apocrypha and Septuagint” shows the difficulties with using these terms when talking about 2nd Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just published: Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies volume 58, 2025. poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
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