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Andrew Jacobs (he/him)
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andrewjacobs.org | Advising Fellow, virginia.edu | ed., Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity (bit.ly/cup-erla) | 👑🐝 = Queen Bee in NYT Spelling Bee

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Andrew Jacobs may refer to:Andrew Jacobs (journalist), reporter for The New York Times and documentary film director and producer Andrew Jacobs (lawyer) (1906–1992), lawyer, judge, and Congressman from Indiana Andrew Jacobs Jr. (1932–2013), lawyer, Indiana state legislator, and Congressman from Indiana Andy Jacobs, British sports personality .. more

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · Sep 20
well good morning, new followers! get ready for occasional pictures of my cat, musings/RTs of ancient religion & history, a smattering of politics and pop culture

I had two books come out last year that you might like 1/2

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Gospel Thrillers: Get your copy of Gospel Thrillers
Gospel Thrillers: Conspiracy, Fiction, and the Vulnerable Bible is available in print and digital formats:Directly from the publisher, Cambridge University Press (digital and print)From an indepe...
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 2h
the alt text is perfect
wakeupangry.bsky.social Jack @wakeupangry.bsky.social · 6h
We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.
A bad ass who solves crimes and Tom Selleck.

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 4h
watching WICKED FOR GOOD and the last episode of DEATH BY LIGHTNING one day after the other is weirdly resonant

(Chester A. Arthur is Glinda)

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 5h
loving that Netflix is all in on Bradley Whitford Is in Surprising Proximity to the Oval Office scenarios

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Jack @wakeupangry.bsky.social · 6h
We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.
A bad ass who solves crimes and Tom Selleck.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 7h
everything with trump has always been projection and "clocked out president who doesn't know what the fuck he's signing" is just one more example

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 9h
ha ha I thought of you when I was translating that!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 9h
yes Theodora of Alexandria! there's a whole pile of lives of saints born as women living as male monks. I link to a few of the more famous stories in the intro to my translation, although I should probably add Theodora for its similarities to Susanna!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 9h
added! thanks again!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 10h
terrific! will add a link. thanks!

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Centre for Patristics and Early Christianity @patristicsearlyxty.bsky.social · 12h
Join us in Toronto, May 26-28 for the annual meeting of our Canadian Society of Patristic Studies. Robust scholarship, friendly community, great fun. The CFP is below.

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Appel de communications / Call for Papers
©Mona Tokarek LaFosse, 2019 2026 APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS/CALL FOR PAPERS La 51e rencontre annuelle de l’Association canadienne des études patristiques aura lieu du 26 au 28 mai 2026 au St. Augustine…
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Jason Combs @jasoncombs.bsky.social · 13h
I just got my hands on Shaily Patel’s new book! Can’t wait to dive in! @vox-magica.bsky.social #CriticalBible #SBL

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 13h
I didn't watch SUCCESSION so Matthew Macfadyen is a revelation to me, so fantastic

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 14h
thanks I'm glad they're helpful!

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Kim Fowler @drkimfowler.bsky.social · 16h
We now have a website for the project I've been working on the with Garrick Allen, Emanuele Scieri, and Maxim Venetskov on Codex H, the manuscript preserving the earliest Greek evidence of the Euthalian annotation and presentation system for the New Testament.

codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home

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Annotating the New Testament
codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 17h
This weekend @edinburghup.bsky.social is doing a massive 50% discount. Which means you can even get a paperback of 'Late Roman Italy' for only 15 quid! An absolute steal for a 500-page tome.
Late Roman Italy
Late Roman Italy
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
🎉

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 1d
Spent today at Plymouth/Patuxet to observe National Day of Mourning & visit the Plimouth Patuxet Museums — incl. a historical actor depicting my settler colonizer ancestor Susannah White. It’s really meaningful, as a white settler working in slavery studies, to continue to wrestle with 1/x

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
it was indeed a *very* big sweater!
meakoopa.bsky.social Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 7d
my favourite part of WICKED 2 was when they got to the song about Fucking and she pulled on the most enormous and thick sweater blanket you've ever seen

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d
Happy thanksgiving! I am so grateful to be working with an incredible group of scholars, including @epikt.bsky.social, @drewjakeprof.bsky.social, @chancebonar.bsky.social, @kkaelin.bsky.social, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social, @anypersons.bsky.social

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
pickleball *definitely* wrote this

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 1d
(bolting upright in bed at 4am) okay another problem with the wicked movies is that every time they show “animals” it’s like a koala and a proboscis monkey and fennec foxes and shit…why is it all the top shelf stuff give us some of the meat and potatoes options. bears. lions. etc

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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 1d
Playing pickleball at least three times a week linked to better mental health
Playing pickleball at least three times a week linked to better mental health
Researchers have identified a positive link between the amount of time spent playing pickleball and mental wellbeing, suggesting that the sport may serve as a low-barrier strategy to support psychological health in aging populations.
www.psypost.org

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks @monikaamsler.bsky.social for this iconic pic of the wonderful panel in which #SarahIlesJohnston, #JeremyMcInerney, #KarenBritt, #RaananBoustan, #BlakeLeyerle, and #Denisa Hradilová, engaged my book in dialogue with their own work on art, hybrids, monsters, animals, and menageries! 1/x
In front of powerpoint project of drawing of image of demon from Incantation bowl, a white besuited person with short brown hair speaks into a mic.

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
US POPE GOES TO TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d
Get /The Pearlsong/ for a year-end read! It's a pretty book, with pretty scripts, on pretty paper, for just $40, with lots of translations from Syriac, Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Parthian, and more, and bonus references to several song lyrics.

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Pope Leo XIV begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.
Heading to the Mideast, Pope Leo May Show ‘Who He Really Is’
The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.

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Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social · 2d
My book _Traces of the Prophets: Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam_ is finally coming out in a much-more-reasonably-priced paperback in December. And you can take 30% off that with this discount code. Reviewers are calling it “good” etc

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Traces of the Prophets Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam Adam Bursi A new interpretation of the roles of material relics and sacred spaces in the formation of Islam • Provides a new image of early Islam by examining the roles of material objects, rituals, and sacred spaces in the formation of Muslim communities and identities • Analyses a wide variety of Arabic sources to demonstrate the importance of relics and sacred spaces in early Islam, including biographies and hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an commentaries, histories and chronicles, juristic compilations, poetry, and polemical tracts • Brings early Islamic evidence into dialogue with late antique Jewish and Christian usages and discussions of relics, sacred tombs, and pilgrimage TRACES OF THE PROPHETS RELICS AND SACRED SPACES IN EARLY ISLAM PAPERBACK DISCOUNT SAVE 30% Visit edinburghuniversitypress.com Use code PAPER30 at checkout

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 2d
had reason to think about my own book when i found out that olivia nuzzi was posting mean things in a subreddit under a fake name as part of her evil plotting