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Monika Amsler

@monikaamsler.bsky.social
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Senior Research Assistant (sic!), University of Bern. Rabbinic lit., ancient education, book production, the concept of the paradox, history of ideas.

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Andrew Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A number of Germanophone papyrological collections joined forces for the online Papyrus Portal project (now I think under the aegis of something called Organa Papyrologica). But all links seemingly send you to this music site out of Leipzig. Anyone know anything about this?
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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yuliya Minets's new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is still available to download for ⚡free⚡! Don't miss out on this brilliance! @universitypress.cambridge.org 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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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Have you organized a smashing session at #IMC2026 that fits somewhere in the first millennium and you are thinking about publishing it? Essays in Long Late Antiquity accept proposals for special issues and special sections, just get in touch! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/ella/cur...
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Contents | Essays in Long Late Antiquity 1, 1
This editorial introduction explains the rationale for this journal and its place in the current research landscape of late antique studies. While this field has “exploded”, different specialisms and disciplines continue to approach the period through ...
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Jan Heilmann @janheilmann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Festvortrag zur feierlichen Zeugnisvergabe an der PhilFak der TU Dresden „Zum Wert des genauen Lesens im Zeitalter ‚Künstlicher Intelligenz‘“. Aufhänger: eine Tierparodie des Lesens in Form einer antiken Öllampe aus Knidos. Der lesende Affe statt des stochastischen Papageis als KI-Metapher.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Michael Eber gives us the first ever English translation of the Latin vita of St Marinus (Marina) the Monk, making this key text on the history of transmonasticism available to both researchers and students. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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From Father to Virgin: The Oldest Latin Life of St Marinus (Marina) the Monk: Essays in Long Late Antiquity: Vol 1, No 1
This article examines the earliest vitae of St Marinos (Mary/Marina) the Monk, a late antique saint who was said to have been assigned female at birth but to have lived as a monk in a male monastery. It offers brief comparative analyses of the oldest ...
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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity coming your way in August from the one and only Virginia Burrus! 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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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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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Studies in Late Antiquity Vol. 10, No. 2 (2026) online.ucpress.edu/SLA/issue/10/2 @ucpress.bsky.social Paradoxography and Late Antique Knowledge Production @monikaamsler.bsky.social @worldlyscribe.bsky.social @berglund.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
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Volume 10 Issue 2 | Studies in Late Antiquity | University of California Press
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A special issue on Paradoxography and Late Antique Knowledge Production has been published yesterday in Studies in Late Antiquity! With contributions by @berglund.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy @worldlyscribe.bsky.social and yours truly.
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New Testament scholars: this is a real zinger!
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
With contributions by @zafulotus.bsky.social @mauat.bsky.social, Julie van Pelt, Barbara Crostini and yours truly.
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The thematic section of Judaica on "Nature Miracles and Paradoxography in Biblical Reception of the First Centuries CE" has been published! For the open-access issue go to: judaica.ch/thematic-sec... For those interested more generally in Late Antiquity, a special issue in SLA will soon follow!
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Nature Miracles and Paradoxography in Biblical Reception of the First Centuries CE (2026) | Judaica. Neue digitale Folge
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jhokjournal.bsky.social @jhokjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
📣Join us for the 3rd History of Knowledge Conference, "Decentering the History of Knowledge"! The event will take place in Utrecht on 25-27 August 2027. 📝A call for papers will follow in Fall 2026. For more information: 1) Register with "hokconference27@uu.nl" 2) Visit: www.uu.nl/en/news/thir....
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Third International History of Knowledge Conference
The History of Knowledge Conference brings together scholars from a variety of backgrounds to further develop the field and its impact on other disciplines and society. The theme of this year’s confer...
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GhileneH @ghilene.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Si vous souhaitez écouter la chercheuse en question 🔽: cheminsdhistoire.fr/emission104/
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Emission 104 : Une chercheuse face à Tertullien, avec Stéphanie Binder
Cent quatrième numéro de Chemins d’histoire, vingt-troisième numéro de la troisième saison Émission diffusée le dimanche 27 février 2022 L’invitée : Stéphanie Binder, chercheuse à l’université Bar-…
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Last day of free download! 😱
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Free download until April 21st: Stéphanie Binder’s “Tertullian and the Jews”! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Tertullian and the Jews in Early Christian Literary Imagination
Cambridge Core - Biblical Studies - New Testament - Tertullian and the Jews in Early Christian Literary Imagination
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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
have you downloaded your *free* PDF yet? get on it, only 10 days left!!!
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🧯Hot off the press: Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity (Cambridge Element) > free download until April 8! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity
Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Education in Religious Contexts of Late Antiquity
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
My Starbucks baristas have it easy with me all week (grande oatmilk latte, personal cup), but on Fridays…
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
👩🏻‍💻🧑🏾‍💻! The SBL call of papers has been extended until March 9!
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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
📯It's (already) #SBL2026 Time!⏰ The SBL Unit "Ancient Education" led by @monikaamsler.bsky.social @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social Coogan has a terrific program, and will host three sessions: Letter-Writing and Education; Magical Texts and Education; Education and Emotion. Send us an abstract!
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Annual Meeting Call for Papers
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Society of Biblical Literature @sblsite.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, has been extended to 11:59PM ET on March 9. Don't miss this chance to engage the global community of biblical scholarship. buff.ly/4hRL28M
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Annual Meeting Call for Papers
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Any other academics on here affected by AI lovebombing, i.e., flattering mails from suspicious email addresses that summarize and praise your scholarship? What are they looking for? A friend replied and basically received the same email again.
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Excited to see this happening, and a huge THANK YOU to @drewjakeprof.bsky.social for seeing this through!!
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Friday nightmare: You finish a paragraph concluding that nothing else can be said and then discover a treatise by Aristotle… 😩😩😩
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Guys, if you haven’t had a chance to read Rafe’s “When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven” (open access with UCP) do it! It’s a game-changer! If you don’t have time for the entire book, my review came out this week with AJS Review.
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Prepping for our SBL book review panel of @kelsbot.bsky.social ‘s new monograph on the NT canon! Join us on 11/23, 1-3.30 pm!
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
SBL friends, join us for a field trip! 🎒
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
If you want to prepare for Krista's book review panel (and brush up your German), here's the link to my review of her stimulating book, hot off the press and open access: judaica.ch/article/view...
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Krista N. Dalton. How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity . Princeton University Press, 2025 | Judaica. Neue digitale Folge
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
SBL friends, join us for a field trip! 🎒
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
You know it’s Friday when…
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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Begins Oct. 27 2025 [+ Part 2 Offered early January 2026]
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Zwei Bücher, die ich aktuell uneingeschränkt empfehlen kann: @reclamverlag.bsky.social @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social
Cover von Rainer Mühlhoffs Buch "Künstliche Intelligenz und der neue Faschismus", erschienen in der Reclam-Reihe "Was bedeutet das alles?"Cover von Ingo Dachwitz' und Sven Hilbigs Buch "Digitaler Kolonialismus", erschienen bei C. H. Beck.
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Prepping for our SBL book review panel of @kelsbot.bsky.social ‘s new monograph on the NT canon! Join us on 11/23, 1-3.30 pm!
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Oh no! All the AI-generated reviews and podcasts are gone! How will I survive?
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
That was so much fun! Thank you for having me, Isaac, and for the great work you do!
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🐣 Our SBL Review Symposium for Mike Chin’s new monograph “Life” has just been published with Religious Studies Review 51/2. Have a look here, especially if you are interested in ancient natural history or new ways of writing old history: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17480922...
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Religious Studies Review: Vol 51, No 2
Click on the title to browse this issue
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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
In einem Land vor unserer Mailkultur... Unser neues "Handbuch Brief" öffnet die antike Briefforschung für transepochale Perspektiven auf Medialität, Materialität, Corpusbildung, das antike „Briefschreibbewusstsein“ u.v.m. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #Briefforschung #ClassicsSky
Buchcover „Handbuch Brief. Antike“, herausgegeben von Eve-Marie Becker, Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser und Alfons Fürst. Auf weißem Hintergrund abgebildet sind Wachstafeln aus dem byzantinischen Ägypten (500-700 n. Chr.) sowie ein griechischer Brief auf Papyrus aus dem frühen 3. Jh. n. Chr., beide aus den Sammlungen des Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Isaac Oliver (né de Oliveira) @isaacwoliver.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Live study sessions of Talmud for Everyone resumes co-led by Dr. Niculescu and yours truly. Fall schedule is available here: www.talmudforeveryone.com. Talmud for everyone, Talmud forever!
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Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Author copies have arrived! Official release date is 9/23 #GenderViolence
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Kelsie Rodenbiker @kelsbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
My book is out online! It won’t feel real until the print book comes out in September, but I’m excited to see it out in the world at last.
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Scriptural Figures and the Fringes of the New Testament Canon
Abstract. In the Catholic Epistles, canonicity and exemplarity are intertwined. Chapter 1 defines the concept of exemplarity as the use of a model-figure a
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@lcbmphd.bsky.social Congratulations on her grant for the project “The book at the limits of Christian materiality”!!!
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AABNER journal @aabner.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
New article on the Song of Songs is published! aabner.org/ojs/index.ph...
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The Divine Feminine in the Song of Songs | Advances in Ancient, Biblical, and Near Eastern Research
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
"Distant Patterns, Close Up Insights: A Hybrid Approach to the Changing Status of Narrative Texts in Medieval Jewish Literature." Research spotlight by Annabelle Fuchs. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17843
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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Found out yesterday that my student numbers have doubled. Next year, I’ll be teaching 115 students European Prehistory at degree level. Plus first years. Not certain how. That’s what happens when universities don’t replace retiring staff.
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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Andrew Griebeler about his book, Botanical Icons: Critical Practices of Illustration in the Premodern Mediterranean. newbooksnetwork.com/botanical-ic...
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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Proofs day! Coming soon in open access to Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha.
Proof of article “Animals and demons:
Nonhuman beings in the
Testaments of the Twelve
Patriarchs”. 
The abstract reads: The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, usually included in collections of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, contains descriptions of nonhuman animals in eight of its twelve testaments. This article is the first to examine these descriptions of nonhumans. In this text virtuous humans are protected from nonhuman animals and this protection is a sign of a person’s virtue. Furthermore, nonhuman animals plot against human ones and attempt to gain mastery over them, using the same terms as would be used for other nonhuman, demonic forces possessing humans. This article suggests that in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, these types of nonhuman opponents are not neatly distinguished, and that these categories bleed into one another. This suggests that a less strong distinction in the classification and discussion of animals and spirits is beneficial for early Christian texts.
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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Prompt: a funky boom bap hiphop song about the Babylonian Talmud Result: suno.com/s/6Px2DqdFuF...
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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Paperback publication day for Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology with @divali.bsky.social 🎉🎉 only a year after hardcover! 🏺 🍇🍷 Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
Two books laying on their side with another upright on top. A brown wooden bench and white tiles behind. Holding open a book showing two pages. On the right, text and images of ancient grape seeds. On the left, archaeological plans and images of excavation. An open book showing two pages. Text on the left; text and an image above of a tree with a ladder and person cultivating grapevines on the right.
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