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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you happen to be (or are looking for an excuse to be) in Bologna, I'm doing a book presentation/seminar on 29 September at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose. Open to all.

announcement for book presentation of ethnic stereotypes and the letters of paul by matthijs den dulk on 29 september 2026 in Bologna

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It’s good to see that even post-apartheid Stellenbosch sticks to its long, fine tradition of very bad takes.

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I love this book.

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wow. Another stellar review of my fan fiction and the Bible book. This time by @siobhanjolley.bsky.social in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament. The book is out in paperback, so it’s not too expensive anymore. And like usual happy to help people access it, send me a dm!

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So chuffed with Acacia Chan’s generous review of my “Fanfiction meets the Bible” book for the Review of Biblical Literature — www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDet... (paywall, screenshots attached). Ignore the price, it’s now out in paperback for $36. Also happy to help people access it, send me a dm.

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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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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Exciting news just before the weekend. Proofs!!!

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Reception folks! Theory heads! Submit your abstracts to @tdbiii.bsky.social and me by 13th April.

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Exciting news! I just had an article published calling out a homophobic article Novum Testamentum published last year. It’s open access and free to read thanks to my employer. Get it here doi.org/10.1163/1568.... A thread on what it’s about below:

Screenshot of article “The Kingdom and Sodom in the Testament of Benjamin: A Response to JM Na’s “Echoes of the Kingdom” (2025)” by Tom de Bruin.

Abstract reads: This article responds to JM Na’s recent “Echoes of the Kingdom” published in this journal. It argues that the parallels Na highlights between 1 Cor 6 and T. Benj. 9.1 are untenable. This article examines the themes of the kingdom of the Lord and the fornication of Sodom in T. Benj., arguing for a different reading. The kingdom of the Lord refers to the ancient Israelite kingdom—not Paul’s eschatological kingdom. Examining the literary and historical context of T. Benj., this article argues that the fornication of Sodom most likely refers to heteroerotic sexual excess driven by the pursuit of pleasure—not homosexuality or homoeroticism.

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

You guys. It finally happened.

Email inviting me to join the illuminati.

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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Available now in Open Access — free to browse and download. I’m thrilled that this book is finally seeing the light of day. It’s been quite the journey. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped me along the way!

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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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Michael Kochenash @mkochenash.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

If you are mobile and want to do research related to this theme, this is a great opportunity. Matthijs is a great person to work with (as are the other biblical studies people on faculty there!), Radboud is a great place to work, and Nijmegen is a great place to live, even if only temporarily.

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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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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Come to Nijmegen and be my colleague! 3-year postdoc on ethnicity and (in)equality in early Christianity, supervised by @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social. All I can say is we are a great group of people and Nijmegen is a pretty good place to live.

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Psyched that the CfP for Maryanne Saunders’ NG colloquium, exploring expansive ideas about familial ties as represented in art, is now live! www.nationalgallery.org.uk/research/sem... Abstracts up to 300 words with a short bio due by Monday 26 January 2026. Please share widely!

(Re)alignment: rethinking familial ties in the visual arts
Call for proposals for Colloquium 28 May 2026
Expanding our understanding of family, community and what binds us together requires us to look beyond conventional definitions and documented histories.

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Excited to see my book pal’s book next to mine in the book hall! @siobhanjolley.bsky.social’s book is cooler because it has pictures!

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Had loads of fun at my first paper on The Chosen today. One more tomorrow at 9am, on The Chosen fanfic (slashfic) that imagine sexual relationships between the disciples. Thanks to @siobhanjolley.bsky.social for the HQ action pic! #aarsbl2025 #sblaar25

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Very much looking forward to the book review panel of my book at 4pm today! It’s S22-336 if anyone’s interested. With superstars @drmjcwarren.bsky.social @brownsmith.bsky.social and Acacia Chan. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25

Photo of my book Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings

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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu @greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)

Cover of the book 'early christian epistolarity' by Judith Lieu and Matthijs den Dulk

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org! I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy! Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The Trump administration demanding that UCLA screen international students for their political opinions and deny the existence of trans people is a fascist move plain and simple

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Paul Middleton @profpaulmiddleton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The British New Testament Society conference is taking place in Manchester. Tonight, we have a panel on decolonising New Testament Studies. #bnts25 @bntsoc.bsky.social

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We're off to a great start in the new Reception, Critical Theory, and Interdisciplinary Studies seminar at #BNTS2025. @tdbiii.bsky.social chaired our first session, which featured papers on decolonising hospitality, positionally and applying Bakhtin to Romans.

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

In-person booking for the conference may have closed, but online registration remains open until 31st August, at the lower rate of £60. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🚨Booking closes tomorrow for in-person attendance. Don’t miss out!🚨

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

There are just ten days left to book your in-person place for #BNTS2025 - booking will close Friday 15th August.

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My chapter on Christian fans of My Little Pony and their fan texts is now open access via my university! Really happy with how Dutch copyright works for academia! [link in first comment] #fanfic #MLP #fanstudies #fan #fanfiction #fanfic #MLP #fanstudies

Screenshot of chapter entitled “the Bible and My Little Pony”

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We’ve managed to secure some more en-suite rooms! Based on the first round these are likely to sell out quickly, so don’t delay.

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

En-suite residential packages are already sold out - time to book your place!

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Ten days left to enter my book giveaway! Tell your friend to enter, (and tell your librarians to buy one please and thanks).

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British New Testament Society @bntsoc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📣 Booking is now open for our 2025 meeting, hosted by @uomreligion.bsky.social - online and in person options available now. estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

BNTS 2025 poster, with the information from the Skeet.

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

So excited to see everyone in Manchester in September. I’ve already registrered!!!

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Last week @tdbiii.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop in Soeterbeeck about contemporary feminist biblical reception. It was also the eighth hottest day since Dutch records began. Feeling very grateful for friends and colleagues able to be brilliant in extreme conditions and for what’s coming next!

My title slide with spooky trees overlaid with my name and the text ‘Feminist Afterlives: A Haunting’

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Britain has an especially rigid class structure which roughly breaks down into a very small number of people who actually matter and a vast rabble of inferior people who don’t matter at all. When the latter harshly criticise the former, the real people go *absolutely apeshit*.

iris #bsky @unallowedclown•22hS.
this is all pure speculation on my part that isnt to be taken seriously - i think its that mainstream feminism is dominated by the concerns of middle to upper class white women who were given endless air time in the largest british newspapers to slander trans people whereas in
JACK & @LOSERLABRYS • 1d does anyone know why britain is so particularly transphobic

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Vox @voxweb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Het vertrouwen van de medezeggenschap in het college van bestuur staat ernstig onder druk. Dat schrijft de Universitaire Gemeenschappelijke Vergadering (UGV) in een open brief. Het ontbreekt aan transparantie, zelfreflectie, visie en zorgplicht.

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Medezeggenschap hekelt gebrek aan reflectie bij college van bestuur: 'De relatie is afgelopen jaar verslechterd' - Vox magazine

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Alexiana Fry @alexianafry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

After a lovely lunch, @tdbiii.bsky.social talks about how fans of The Chosen series believe the women characters are “liberated,” even as they are most certainly… not.

Tom in a linen orange/rust colored button up top and black tank underneath with two white colored beaded necklaces, in front of his laptop, and in the background on a tv screen the text says “‘liberated’ women of the chosen” tom de bruin (he/they) and a woman wearing a wrap on her head with the caption “he sees you” the chosen season two.

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

#ForBibleNerds and #Booksky, this might be for you.

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too! 💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens) Let’s see where it ends up… #Giveaway

The book cover, featuring Artemisia’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Holland is great for academia, all articles are Open Access after 6 months. Freely accessible today is my: 'My Body Made Me Do It: Noninvasive Possession in Early Christianity' in *Ideas of Possession: Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Perspectives* (OUP 2024) hdl.handle.net/2066/309371

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My Body Made Me Do It: Noninvasive Possession in Early Christianity

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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at @uomreligion.bsky.social today, with some great papers ahead. If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!

BIBLE CRITICAL THEORY AND RECEPTION SEMINAR
The University of Manchester
10th June 2025
University Place, 6.208 and Zoom

Welcome and Lunch
Clair Hutchings-Budd
Big Beard in the Sky: A preliminary exploration of Pratchett's Discworld novels as an ethical project.
Jo Carruthers
Is the Bible a dangerous book?
Tom de Bruin
Looking for Homosexuality, a Metacritique of Contemporary Interpreters' Views on Sodom in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Coffee Break
Taylor Weaver
Christ-types and Paul-types: Is there a Paul-type?
James Crossley
Robin Hood's Bible
Plans for next year
Close
Dinner at Bundobust (Oxford Road)
bctrsem@gmail.com

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Alexiana Fry @alexianafry.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Our second and third sessions are on Thursday, June 26th, featuring papers on HB/OT and reception, as well as female characters ( @jackiewyse.bsky.social; @tdbiii.bsky.social; @onikaprincess.bsky.social)! (3/4)

A cream colored background with a golden-leaved stem. Grey text that says "INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISMS" and in Black, "@ Uppsala" in a curved shape. A white box holds more text: At the top in grey, "TEXTS FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION." Below it, more details in black: "THURSDAY, 26 JUNE | 9-10.30 | HUS 16-2043
Chairs Kirsi Cobb & Karen Langton." Below this in a grid of gold, with grey text: 9:00 is Queering Balaam by Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary; 9:30 is Psalm 22 as Impassioned Repudiation of Gendered Scapegoating: An Affective Model of Interpretation by Rena MacLeod, Central Queensland University; 10:00 is Looking for Homosexuality, a Metacritique: Contemporary Interpreters’ Views on Sodom in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs by Tom de Bruin, Radboud University.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/06/2025

Study: 83% Of Web Content Unfit For Human Consumption theonion.com/study-8...

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Esther Brownsmith, PhD @brownsmith.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Curious? @tdbiii.bsky.social writes brilliantly on fanfic and early Christian writings, and @annapwilson.bsky.social does amazing work on fanfic and premodern writing. podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/i... journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...

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Episode 70: Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings with Tom de Bruin

Podcastaflevering · It Means What It Means · 23-04-2025 · 1u 17m

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Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies @jibs-journal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Now published! Sarah F. Porter (@portersf.bsky.social), “Writing to Paul: Using Interactive Fiction to Explore Early Christian Worlds.” tinyurl.com/PorterWritin...

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Volume 6 Issue 1 – Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies

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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Awesome way to start the day! My article on nonhumans (animals and demons) in an early Christian text has been published in the Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha! It’s open access, so free for all to read! Get it here: doi.org/10.1177/0951...

Article entitled Animals and demons: Nonhuman beings in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.

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 text

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