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Stephen C. Carlson

@sccarlson.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University (Ph.D. Duke, New Testament, 2012). Många bäckar små gör en stor å.

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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just published: “Presbuteroi [presbyters/elders] in Papias” in Koet, Murphy & Smith, eds., Presbyters in Early Christianity and Its Contexts, WUNT 2.662 (Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 297-309.
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Douglas Fyfe @duck5.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Then we had @sccarlson.bsky.social giving us a better way to think about the author in text criticism. I think. I was a little out of my depth 😅
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Adelaide
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
At #ISBL 2026 Adelaide, absolutely brilliant paper by Dong-Hyuk KIM of the United Graduate School of Theology, Yonsei University, arguing that Late Biblical Hebrew is a heritage language.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Sarah is a wonderful scholar to work with and this is a fascinating project. Apply now!
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congratulations Jonathan!
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Kim Fowler @drkimfowler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's great to see this Syndicate symposium released, which I convened for Garrick Allen's recent book. Currently, you can see pieces by me & @sccarlson.bsky.social, but others by Saskia Dirkse, Jennifer Knust, & Juan Hernández will appear over the next few days. syndicate.network/symposia/bib...
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Words Are Not Enough | Syndicate
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Syndication is featuring a symposium on Garrick Allen's recent book, Words are Not Enough. My response is up first. I am thankful for the opportunity to contribute to this symposium. I hope it will be inspirational to a new generation of scholars. syndicate.network/symposia/bib...
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Joey McCollum @joeymccollum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
More fun news: a paper I co-authored with Pasi Hyytiäinen and Tim Finney is now available as an advance article in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities: doi.org/10.1093/llc/.... We investigate the validity of the contested paradigm of text-types using a battery of computational approaches. (1/8)
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Comparative computational textual criticism of the Gospel of Mark and the paradigm of textual clusters
Abstract. In New Testament textual criticism, the paradigm of textual clusters has become a controversial subject. Within this paradigm, the traditional pr
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“Logosology” is not well-formed, should be “logology.”
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Joey McCollum @joeymccollum.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If you have an active SBL membership (or access through your library), I strongly encourage you to check out this paper by @sccarlson.bsky.social. It's a great read!
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Joey McCollum @joeymccollum.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Big news: my PhD thesis has passed examination, and the examiners have recommended that I be awarded my degree summa cum laude! Many thanks to the examiners for their generous feedback and to @sccarlson.bsky.social, @kycrabbe.bsky.social, and Rob Turnbull for four years of instruction and support.
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March. www.eiec.info/home
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Image: Jesus and the dog-headed men, Kiev Psalter, 1397
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Alt text version:
The Text of 1 Peter in Polycarp and Irenaeus
Stephen C. Carlson

ABSTRACT: The second-century Polycarp is recognized as a witness to the text of 1 Peter, but his witness is not found in the Editio Critica Maior (ECM). Another second-century witness to the text of 1 Peter is Irenaeus, but only the witness of its Latin translation (IrLat) was cited in the ECM, despite the existence of an independent Armenian translation. In this article, I survey and resynthesize the criteria for identifying patristic quotations of the New Testament, apply them to Polycarp’sEpistle to the Philippians and Irenaeus’s Adversus haereses, and propose several updates to the patristic citations in the ECM for 1 Peter. Among these, both Polycarp and Irenaeus attest to a form of the text of 1 Pet 1:8 that strikingly disagrees  with the critical text of the ECM and warrants further consideration.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Proofs! Coming to a JBL near you
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
That was me and Paula Fridriksen at one SBL.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The skeptical people weren't status quo people.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Yes, she's sitting in the first row. Hoping she asks a question...
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Oh yes: Jason Beduhn, Robyn Walsh, Paula Fredricksen, and Markus Vinzent.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Here's the #AARSBL25 panel discussion. Everyone on the panel, including would be allies, are skeptical.
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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The hardest stage
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Come study with us! Ph.D. applications for this funding round are due 1 October 2025.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Congratulations to @joeymccollum.bsky.social for his timely submission of his most excellent dissertation on the text of Ephesians. It has been an absolute joy working with Joey over the past three and a half years and the floor feels a little emptier now that he's back home.
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Redirecting...
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It’s proofs time! How about another piece on Papias, this time looking looking at his presbyters?
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I did see you!
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Joey McCollum @joeymccollum.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
My associate supervisor Rob Turnbull has written an exciting and accessible report on the research he's been doing! He recently published his PhD dissertation (brill.com/display/titl...), and he's currently applying phylogenetic methods to texts beyond the New Testament.
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Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus and Its Family
"Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus and Its Family" published on 21 Oct 2024 by Brill.
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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
In biology, phylogenetics reconstructs evolutionary relationships by analysing how traits are inherited and change over time. The same technique is revealing the history of the New Testament 📜New research from MDAP's Robert Turnbull! pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/sci...
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Scientific tools are tracing the evolution of ancient biblical manuscripts
In biology, phylogenetics reconstructs evolutionary relationships. The same technique is revealing the history of the New Testament, says a University of Melbourne expert.
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Joey McCollum @joeymccollum.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I had the pleasure of reading a draft of this paper a while ago. Excited to see that it's now published! Go check it out!
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
My article on the Papias testimonium about Mark is now out, open access, in HTR! In this piece, I interrogate the multilayered tradition about its composition and explore why authorship was imposed on it against its writer’s intent to remain anonymous. DOI: doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
No worries. I would probably accidentally say “booger” or “bugger” and embarrass myself.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Sorry, got cut off, meant to suggest pronouncing it like German instead of the French I would have first guessed.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Hinrich Boger, auch Böger, Bogher und Latinisert Henricus Flexor (* vor 1450 in Höxter; † 6. März 1505 in Rostock) war ein deutscher Dichter, Theologe und Humanist.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Thanks! We excited by this
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I have now!
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars! candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
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Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Early Christianity) - Vacancy Details
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Photo looks nothing like her
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Mark Goodacre @goodacre.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Now that I'm blogging again, I decided to mention my new book: ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
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The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
I have written a new book! I'm afraid it takes me a while, especially as I have been in university administration for some years. Even wit...
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I have to say I was fairly impressed with Seesengood's little guide to Philemon. He does a good job of introducing students to different and fraught ways of reading a text when we know so little about its context.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I've read this book now. She calls her view "Dutch Radical Thought 3.0" and, yes, that's what it is. The main thing new and of interest apart from her overall thesis is her comparison of Paul's letters with Seneca's Moral Epistles as "protreptic rhetoric masquerading as genuine letters" (140).
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
So disappointed.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
They do insist on it, but do I have to humor them?
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
All-caps “THE”? Wow.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Today's question: If I'm going to cite a dissertation from The Ohio State University, do I have to include the 'The'?
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Thanks to everyone at the session for your stimulating questions.
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Here’s an image illustrating my #NAPS2025 talk.
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Hugo Méndez @hugomendez.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I've had fun updating my professional website over the past few weeks. (The end of the semester is always a nice opportunity to get back into old hobbies like web design.) And I have a few new things out there. Here it is! www.hugomendez.com
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Hugo Méndez – Hugo Méndez, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Lost art
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