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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How do you read Hengel's remarks on the origins of the Gospel titles? I've always taken Hengel to regard Mark's title at least as authorial ('geht auf Markus zurück'). And Baum comes very close in his reading of Hengel too.

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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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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Who are some of the more recent prominent proponents of the Pauline authorship of Eph? Honest question (coming from a conservative, though that shouldn’t matter)!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Anyone with a recent-ish experience with ZAC? Wondering what their turnaround (submission-decision) is like these days.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

After a week back on Twitter, my first impression is that the engagement there is considerably greater, though most of the academics from my ‘bubble’ are no longer active or have deleted their accounts downright. Yet the quietness of this space, while gloriously lacking in toxicity, depresses me.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

And now some of these super-reliable AI detection apps also offer to 'humanise' your text. Way to go, robots!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I repeated the experiment with longer chunks of texts, using Pangram again. So, I pasted the paragraph that was initially flagged as 100% AI along with four preceding paragraphs, effectively quadroupling the amount of text. The result was 100% human.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've recently experimented with Pangram AI detection software and, having worked with around 2000 words of academic text (too small a sample, admittedly) I'm not entirely confident in its detection capabilities.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think I’ve found (inadvertently) a way to cite one of the Paddington bear books in an academic work. I can’t say I’m displeased.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m seriously considering returning to Twitter. This place is as dead as the Slovak economy.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

That day when you find out the list of plates in your article is, well, just a list of plates (without any plates included). #proofs #gottacatchemall

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Anyone with a recent experience with ZAC? What was the turnaround in your case?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

On 3 August, I'll give a short paper at the Vacation Term for Biblical Studies in Cambridge, followed by a brief drinks reception. Hope to see some of you there!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today, my ISBTF email account was deleted—another telltale sign that Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal is shutting down. Very sad to see a school that the Gestapo was unable to break fall victim to church politics and economy. Religious apathy is more lethal than persecution.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A brilliant, if harrowing, op-ed from a seasoned geologist called 'How scientometry is killing science'. What he writes is so relevant to other fields of study as well, particularly in European context. Note last sentence: 'Do not let us ever forget: More does not automatically mean better.'

rock.geosociety.org

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I don't like posing a positive example (quite the contrary), but, despite a few failures, I always try to deliver peer-review within 1 month of accepting, ideally much sooner (i.e. under a week). I hate protracted periods of waiting for a decision and this is the least I can do to improve things.

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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I don't usually post about this kind of thing, but I'm too excited to keep it to myself. 🎉 My husband just launched an app— Citation Master — and it solves a problem every academic knows too well. citation-master.ai/b2b-video.ht...

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

5 months since my JBL submission. Not sure I've ever experienced such a long decision time and I may not even be halfway through with the wait!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Enjoying a dive into Holger Strutwolf’s FC. What a wide array of fine essays by such a battery of contributors. A testament, no doubt, to how many lives Holger has touched over the years.

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

criticaltexts.com/how-many-com... For decades, it's been widely claimed that there are about 60 complete Greek NT manuscripts. But what qualifies as “complete”? And are there really 60 manuscripts that meet that criterion? This post examines these questions in light of the manuscript evidence.

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How many complete Greek New Testament manuscripts are there REALLY?

How many complete Greek New Testament manuscripts are there REALLY? By For decades, the standard answer to the question, “How many complete Greek New Testament manuscripts do we currently have?” ha…

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Three months ago, I submitted to JBL. Normally, by this time an editorial manager website would go something like 'Decision pending' or, at least, 'Awaiting reviewer reports'. On JBL website, however, it's been 'Under review' from Day 1. The suspense is killin' me!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Rude journal editors (especially to early-career authors) are reason enough to boycott the journal. Discuss.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Over the years, one of the things that’s kept me sane is being intentional about incorporating a solid dose of fiction into my daily reading routine. As of recent I’ve really enjoyed Red Rising series. Any tips from my Bsky peeps?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The silence of many American Christians concerning Trump’s plans to invade and annex Greenland is deafening. But it won’t be forgotten.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Time to start boycotting the USA, maybe?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

OK, then, stocked up on my courage and patience and made my first JBL submission. Now wake me up in 100 years to read the rejection letter...

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I’m excited that this year, I’ll be a able to wear my dusty book reviewer hat again. In a few nice journals too!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Including an article by yours truly (co-authored with my wonderful friend and erstwhile colleague Darius Müller)!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Just heard a recent account of someone submitting an article where they disagreed with someone, whom the editor then assigned as a peer-reviewer. Plus, the reviewer knew the person and their argument, having interacted with them at a different venue. How many cases of malpractice can you count?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Hello there! Anyone of my friends at Boston Logan airport at 3pm tomorrow wanting to take uber to the Convention Centre area? #SBLAAR2025

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

One of the things I truly dislike about textual editing is the writer’s block that ensues after months of drowning in raw data. Every. Single. Time.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I'm loving the new macOS Tahoe. Such a sleek, intuitive interface. For some reason, it brings back some memories of my earliest Macs! Anyone else who's digging it?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

It'd be pretty nice to work on a piece that's shorter than 15,000 words for a change. Ah yes, that would be the article I'm supposed to be co-authoring, which I have no time to write because I'm working on all these impossibly long manuscripts!

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Over the years, reading fiction has proved to be one of the key ways of preserving the remnants of this academic's mental health. Always have a novel at hand throughout the term time, but tend to ramp it up during holidays. Any tips—esp. more recent, lesser known authors/books I should check out?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Happy to report that the ZNW has accepted my new edition of GMatt pages in Codex Climaci Rescriptus for publication! This is the fourth and most likely also the last instalment of my editorial work on this manuscript to be published as an article.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Spent most of the afternoon trying to ascertain lettering in two lines. Not finished yet. #PalimpsestEditing #WhyWouldYouEraseItMate

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

For some reason, every time I edit a palimpsest section, I leave the most difficult page for the end. Then I spend 500% more time on it than I did on any of the previous ones. The upside is that the end is, finally, in sight.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Anyone who has a recent experience with ZNW’s submission-to-decision process? How long did it take them to get back to you?

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

It took me 8 years to figure out a pressing problem in the section-numbering sequence on page of this darn palimpsest, but I did it! #HappyFriday

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Is it just me or this place feels rather dead? I miss the goo old Twitter days. Incredible what the high technocrat did to what used to be a very congenial and useful social medium. #Nostalgic

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Spending some four hours on revising punctuation in my transcription of a single MS page... At times, this is what it takes to edit a palimpsest.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Had a most productive time yesterday with my friends and colleagues Roger Easton and Keith Knox, imaging scientists. It’s an honour to work with such brilliant yet humble and kind human beings.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Sometimes the day of a scholar looks like this: you travel for 5 hrs to Vienna for a work lunch meeting with some brilliant scholars and then another 5 hrs to get home. I’ve not reached the lunch part yet.

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

What are your thoughts on using contractions like don’t or isn’t in academic prose? Most of the time I find them annoying, but they do sneak into my writing on occasion. This one is one of my favourites:

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Peter Malik @petrosmalik.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Every year I have a major FOMO for not being able to attend the ELF. I only attended once, back in 2007, and had a most delightful time. May is just a very inconvenient time for travelling, particularly with 4 children.

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