“Temperament is destiny….”
– Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Pete Hegseth Exception” (3.9.26), theatlantic.com. Accessed 4.2.26.
- I am currently reading through the Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters and have really enjoyed it. So, I was happy to hear that it is finalist for a Bram Stoker Award in the category of Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction. How exciting!
- Jodi Magness looks back at her career for The Ancient Jew Review. What a life well spent!
- If you’re needing reading material, James Corke-Webster’s piece “Legislation and Christians” is out in The Journal of Roman Studies and it’s freeeeee!
- And if you finish with that, you can read pieces from the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism. (HT: Tsalampouni Ekaterini.)
- If you need a primer on how to read the critical apparatus for Nestle-Aland 28th edition, Nelson Hsieh has a guide. Included is a helpful link to a Google doc of symbols, sigla, etc. that one might need if writing about topics related to textual criticism and the Greek New Testament.
- Peter Smith, writing for the Associated Press, had an interesting piece on how the declaration “Christ is king” has been coopted by people on the religious right to promote Christian nationalism.
- Robyn Walsh discusses the giant cross from the Gospel of Peter.
- The reading goes on!
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