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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)

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Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 41m
Montana Locals Protest Daily Wire's Pro-ICE Film Inspired By Renee Good deadline.com/2026/10/mont...
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Montana Locals Protest Daily Wire's Pro-ICE Film Inspired By Renee Good
Daily Wire's new pro-ICE movie production has attracted local protesters in Livingston, Montana.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 56m
People who have replaced Jesus with the Republican party complain when someone else points out what the Bible actually says... www.foxnews.com/politics/exp...
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Expert tears apart Talarico's viral claim his agenda is based on Jesus's teachings: 'Butchering the Bible'
James Talarico's claim that universal healthcare has biblical grounds draws sharp criticism from an expert who accuses him of perverting the Bible.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 1h
Bible Places Weekend Roundup www.bibleplaces.com/blog/2026/10...
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Weekend Roundup - BiblePlaces.com
A new study based on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 will allow scholars to more accurately date other ancient volcanic eruptions. “The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 1h
Live Each Season as It Passes: Re-earthing Spiritual Practice (Daniel Cooperrider) - Review www.bobcornwall.com/2026/09/live...
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Live Each Season as It Passes: Re-earthing Spiritual Practice (Daniel Cooperrider) - Review
A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 1h
Indiana Jones and Excavating Antiquity nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/indiana-jo...
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Indiana Jones and Excavating Antiquity
Archaeology has rich stories to tell
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 1h
Milestones: Yuval Goren (1956–2026) www.biblicalarchaeology.org/milestones/y...
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Milestones: Yuval Goren (1956–2026)
Yuval Goren, a professor of archaeology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, was a pioneer in the fields of archaeometry and microarchaeological research. Bor
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 2h
Meet The New White House Assistant Press Secretary www.joemygod.com/2026/10/meet...
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Meet The New White House Assistant Press Secretary
The Daily Beast reports: A broadcast journalist who was reprimanded—then quit—after praising far-right firebrand Charlie Kirk in an emotional on-air tribute has been named White House assistant pr…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 2h
I have been trying out CoChat.ai and thus far it has seemed a truly useful agentic research assistant. It is worth checking out to see if it can save you time by doing some initial poking and investigation and reporting back on what it finds. app.cochat.ai/join/HF535WAH
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Try CoChat.ai
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 4h
A fascinating reflection on the origin of agriculture, ancient religion, and modern equivalents. theunfinished671.substack.com/p/the-feast-...
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The feast of MrBeast
How forty thousand children were sacrificed to an Egyptian grain-god in North Carolina
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 4h
The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That's AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value
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The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That's AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value
3D assets marketplace CGTrader is being flooded by AI slop, but nobody is buying it, suggesting AI isn't "repricing the market."
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 4h
“The project investigates the origins, transmission, and function of the Euthalian tradition, a series of lists, prefaces, cross-references, and historical texts, attached to Acts, Paul's Letters, and the Catholic Epistles in hundreds of Greek New Testament manuscripts.” codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home
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Annotating the New Testament
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 5h
Open access book: Ethnical Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
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Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul
Cambridge Core - Biblical Studies - New Testament - Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 5h
Open access book: Ethnical Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
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Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul
Cambridge Core - Biblical Studies - New Testament - Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 5h
Mapping which universities and which fields are most liable to experience AI disruption kylesaunders.com/university-m...
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Mapping the Structural Divide
1,557 U.S. colleges and universities mapped on Institutional Resilience, Post-College Market Position, and AI Exposure.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 6h
How to get more from your Google search cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 6h
The AI catastrophe that is realistic, inevitable, and fast approaching is the bursting of the financial bubble, because the technology is not yet profitable. econjared.substack.com/p/ai-compani...
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AI Companies Are In a Race Against Time
They may disemploy us; they may wipe us out. But right now, their lack of profitability underscores our bubble case.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 7h
On the decline of reading literaryreview.co.uk/zombie-ipoca...
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Anthony Gottlieb - Zombie iPocalypse
Anthony Gottlieb: Zombie iPocalypse - The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society by James Marriott
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 7h
On ordained politicians danielkwilliams.substack.com/p/this-years...
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This Year’s Midterm Elections May Revitalize Mainline Protestantism
The most significant new development in the politics of American religion this year might turn out to be the high number of white mainline Protestant pastors who are running for Congress as Democrats.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 7h
On socialized medicine in the U.S. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/medicare-f...
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Medicare for All: Separating the slogan from the substance
People are fed up with the U.S.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 8h
Religion Media Center briefing: AI and the Human Future religionmediacentre.org.uk/rmc-briefing...
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RMC Briefing: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Future
Our panel considers what happens to our understanding of being human, if AI become increasingly capable of reasoning, creating and making decisions
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 8h
How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas www.christiancentury.org/news/how-meg...
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How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas
When Adam Hamilton returned to Resurrection United Methodist Church last month, the megachurch pastor stood onstage looking almost sheepish. It was his first time preaching there in months, or…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 8h
Bill Gates warns about what people are currently doing with AI, not some hypothetical scenario that may never materialize gizmodo.com/bill-gatess-...
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Bill Gates's New Message About AI Doom Isn't What You Might Think It Is
He's scared of already-existing capabilities, not just spooky far-future hypotheticals.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 9h
The Dallas Latin Circle ericsowell.com/blog/2026/10...
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The Dallas Latin Circle
I have a very exciting announcement! A few folks and I are starting a Latin Circle in the Dallas area. The first meeting will be Oct 16th, 2026 at 7:00 PM at a home in Sachse. The plan is to meet…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 9h
I Am Because Everyone Is www.lifeisasacredtext.com/i-am-because...
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I Am Because Everyone Is
Sukkot, Radical Hospitality and Organizing; a Guest Post by Graie Hagans
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 9h
Stranger things have been happening at tech companies...
In an image based on the Russians opening a gate on Stranger Things, rogue AI bots are coming through. A scientist asks "Shouldn't we stop?" and a general replies "We can't let our enemies unleash this first!"
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 10h
Transaction or Covenant? dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/transactio...
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Transaction or Covenant?
Cultivating Conversations is back!
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 10h
Defying Tyrants kristindumez.substack.com/p/defying-ty...
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Defying Tyrants
Where did it all go wrong?
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 10h
This one is for my fellow writers sarahbessey.substack.com/p/book-launc...
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This one is for my fellow writers
or anyone who just likes to hear how a survey turned out
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 11h
Change is hard. Poetry helps... thecorners.substack.com/p/change-is-...
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Change is hard. Poetry helps...
A conversation with poet Pàdraig Òtuama
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 11h
Update from Rome bethallisonbarr.substack.com/p/update-fro...
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Update from Rome
I’m always writing, but I’m going to be slower here for a while
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 11h
DHS Admits It Doesn’t Know How Many Churches It Has Spied On publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/dhs-admits...
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DHS Admits It Doesn’t Know How Many Churches It Has Spied On
A federal judge recently ordered the U.S.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 12h
Minnesota churches kristindumez.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
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Minnesota churches
Why I’m going to Minneapolis
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 12h
Kutter Callaway discusses his book Be Afraid: What Horror Reveals About Facing the Darkness www.theofantastique.com/2026/09/25/k...
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TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture.
Kutter Callaway is my guest for a discussion of his new book Be Afraid: What Horror Reveals About Facing the Darkness (IVP, 2026). From the publisher’s description: “In Be Afraid, theologian and…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 13h
Fred Clark on human finitude, sinfulness, stupidity, and more. www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
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Whaddya Know?
"We know in part," Paul says. We are limited and finite and situated and, therefore, "partial." But one thing we can know for sure.
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I HAVE A COVER! And a pub date - July 6, 2027! If you want six true stories of antiquities fraud, from a California college convinced that Hong Kong tourist trinkets were worth millions, to an entire fake museum, to the titular mummy carved from styrofoam, preorder at www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mu...
Cover of the book The Styrofoam Mummy https://www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mummy-Tales-Antiquities-Market/dp/1324035870
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 13h
Romans and Greeks: Livy on human sacrifice and other crimes by Bacchic devotees in Italy (late first century BCE) www.philipharland.com/Blog/2026/09...
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Romans and Greeks: Livy on human sacrifice and other crimes by Bacchic devotees in Italy (late first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Romans and Greeks: Livy on human sacrifice and other crimes by Bacchic devotees in Italy (late first century BCE),' Ethnic Relations and Migration in…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 20h
It’s always darkest just before it goes pitch black www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2026/10/02/i...
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It’s always darkest just before it goes pitch black
Tripp Fuller
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 20h
Graffiti in the pyramid precinct of Sneferu at Meidum — legacy records ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/09/graf...
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Graffiti in the pyramid precinct of Sneferu at Meidum — legacy records
Graffiti in the pyramid precinct of Sneferu at Meidum — legacy records Navratilova, H ,  Hassan, K This publication introduces legacy recor...
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 21h
As I am working on humor in Jesus' teaching, I found this particularly timely biblicalstudiesblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/who-...
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Ποιος γελά με ποιον; Το χιούμορ ως ανοικτότητα, ανατροπή και βία στη Βίβλο / Who Laughs at Whom? Biblical Humor as Openness, Reversal, and Violence
Το τρέχον τεύχος του περιοδικού Interpretation (80/3, 2026) φιλοξενεί τρία άρθρα που προσεγγίζουν το χιούμορ στη Βίβλο από διαφορετικές αλλά...
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 21h
What if instead of trying to rebut every critique whenever you can because you feel threatened, you ask what God might want to teach you through the critique? The humility and honesty you develop by adopting this approach are core Christian virtues. www.logos.com/grow/hall-an...
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3 Ways to Respond to Academic Critiques of Christianity
Discover how Christians can engage higher education without fear. Learn 3 practical ways to respond to secular critiques with confidence.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 21h
The Date of the Muratorian Fragment: Joseph Verheyden jesusmemoirs.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/t...
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The Date of the Muratorian Fragment: Joseph Verheyden
One of the strongest rebuttals against the cases for assigning a 4th century dating and Eastern provenance to the Muratorian fragment by Albert Sundberg and Geoffrey Mark Hahneman can be found…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 22h
The Roundup – 9.27.26 amateurexegete.com/2026/09/27/t...
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The Roundup – 9.27.26
Dan McClellan responds to “proof” that Jesus is God, especially in relationship to the Trinity. Brent Nongbri reviews The Gospel according to Hobby Lobby by Michael Blanding. Looks to b…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 22h
Live Laugh Love 1 scotmcknight.substack.com/p/live-laugh...
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Live Laugh Love 1
The first in a lengthy review of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 22h
The Other Evangelical Women rjweems.substack.com/p/the-other-...
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The Other Evangelical Women
Black Church Women were in the audience, and They were shaped by what they heard
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 22h
"In an educational environment increasingly obsessed with machine learning, we are simply reading books, but because so many others are not, it now seems radical." nadyawilliams.substack.com/p/intellectu...
nadyawilliams.substack.com
Intellectual Genealogies
Where I attempt to process a surprising revelation
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 23h
Pressing toward God’s Goal in Christ—Lectionary Reflection for Pentecost 19A (Philippians 3:4b-14) www.bobcornwall.com/2026/09/pres...
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Pressing toward God’s Goal in Christ—Lectionary Reflection for Pentecost 19A (Philippians 3:4b-14)
A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 23h
Sasanika damienlabadie.blogspot.com/2026/09/sasa...
damienlabadie.blogspot.com
Sasanika
Je signale le très beau site de Sasanika , un projet en cours ayant pour objectif de mettre en ligne des sources (en édition et traduct...
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 23h
Dave Allens argues that “a certain man” is the original reading in the Testimonium Flavianum. davesblogs.home.blog/2026/09/14/j...
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Josephus on Jesus: The “certain man” reading is the original reading.
When reading the Slavonic passage on Jesus and John the Baptist, it is simply amazing the Russian chronographer did not name Jesus in the first line or John! This has been noticed by other scholars…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 23h
Cornell Case Highlights the Need for Justice and Accountability gracejisunkim.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/c...
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Cornell Case Highlights the Need for Justice and Accountability
Cases of sexual assault need to be taken seriously. Read my new piece for Good Faith Media, “Cornell Case Highlights the Need for Justice and Accountability.” I welcome your thoughts and comme…
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A “God Made Trump” ad is among forthcoming “Paid For By US Government” ads www.joemygod.com/2026/10/cnn-...
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CNN: Infamous “God Made Trump” Ad Is Among At Least 13 Coming “Paid For By US Government” Ads
CNN reports: The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his…
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