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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Sep 5

Announcement! Ancient Jew Review is the new host of Models of Piety (MOP), the annual meeting of scholars of religion in late antiquity. If you regularly attend SBL/AAR, come join us at this year's cocktail hour. More info here:

MOP — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

Announcement Bar

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are pleased to announce a dedicated podcast feed for "New Books in Late Antiquity," sponsored by Ancient Jew Review. Follow on Apple (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... ) or
Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...) now!

New Books in Late Antiquity

Books Podcast · Interviews with authors of books about Late Antiquity. Sponsored by Ancient Jew Review.

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Aug 25

New podcast! Mike Motia interviews Walter Scheidel about his book, What Is Ancient History? @princetonupress.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-anci...

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Aug 11

Don't forget! You can follow Ancient Jew Review on Substack and receive every post automatically in your feed: substack.com/@ancientjewr....

Ancient Jew Review | Substack

Ancient Jew Review is a subscription-free digital journal for the study of ancient Jews and their neighbors at ancientjewreview.com.

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Simcha Gross @simchagross.bsky.social · Aug 1

My new article "From Togas to Turbans: Jewish Male Head Coverings between the Roman and Sasanian Worlds" was just published by the Jewish Quarterly Review.

It is available for free download here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...!

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Jul 16

Academic job posting! The small liberal arts college just outside of NYC where I teach currently has four full-time faculty in Religion, BUT we are hiring a fifth! Tenure-track job in Religion in the United States, to begin fall 2026. You'd get to work with me. slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2424

Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position

Sarah Lawrence College seeks candidates for a tenure-track position in Religion in the United States, to begin in fall 2026. We seek scholars from the fields of religious studies, area studies, and hi...

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria but do it with bugs.

Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation

Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · Jul 14

To be clear on what they're proposing: human beings using water for drinking, washing, and growing crops will be rationed.

The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.

Mark Hurst @markhurst.bsky.social · Jul 14

Some places will have to start rationing water - to enable AI slop.

"A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers [will] require millions of gallons of water a day"

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Jul 14

I would love to publish your classroom ideas at AJR. Reach out if interested!

Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Jul 14

Before we know it the Fall semester will be here. Did you try something new in the classroom? Consider sharing it with colleagues in Ancient Jew Review's August pedagogy series. Short essays that share activities, assignments, or philosophies that enhance teaching about the ancient world.

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Jul 2

Officially on sabbatical! Can't wait to dive into the pile of books on my desk. Any recent favorites (academic or otherwise) that I should add?

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · Jun 23

really rich conversation between @kristadalton.bsky.social, S.J. Crasnow, and Max Strassfled in JFSR on TRANS TALMUD

muse.jhu.edu/article/962994

Project MUSE - Responding to <i>Trans Talmud</i>

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Sean @flyingwalruss.bsky.social · Jun 19

Finally, a Holy War I can join

Wall Street journal article with the headline “Pope Leo Takes On Al as a Potential Threat to Humanity”

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · Jun 18

DM: so how do you plan to go about building this temple

SOLOMON: I cast summon demon

DM: this *cannot* be allowed (checks book)

DM:

DM: ok you have a demon and I guess it helps buil-

SOLOMON: I cast it again

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · May 29

Jonathan Klawans issues a call for retraction of publications using forged Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Case for Retraction of Academic Authentications of Forged Fragments — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

This position paper issues a call for editors and publishers with oversight over peer-reviewed publications of inauthentic post-2002 Dead Sea Scroll-like fragments to embark on the processes that…

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The Association of Religion Data Archives @religiondata.bsky.social · May 15

New #AheadOfTheTrend: How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious?

There is a common belief that more Americans are identifying as "spiritual but not religious." Utilizing data from the General Social Survey, we tested the claim to see if the percentage is rising.

Read more here:

How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious?

Ahead of the Trend Article - Title: How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious? ; Date: 2025-05-15

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · May 28

New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Krista Dalton about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts. newbooksnetwork.com/how-rabbis-b...

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · May 6

Don’t forget the AJS conference submission deadline tomorrow May 6th! associationforjewishstudies.org/2025cfp

Association for Jewish Studies

The Association for Jewish Studies is a learned society and professional organization whose mission is to advance research and teaching in Jewish Studies at colleges, universities, and other instituti...

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sitewide sale at PUP. Check out some phenomenal Jewish studies books: press.princeton.edu/books?search...

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 23

How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine.

Krista N. Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts is out now—learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Apr 23

Yes, thank you for noticing. She is obsessed with "coloring nails" as she calls it.

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Apr 23

SAME

a picture of two children with the caption are we like twins

Alt: a picture of two children with the caption are we like twins

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Apr 22

I wrote up a short preview of the book for Ancient Jew Review.

Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Apr 22

New publication preview of Krista Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts (Princeton University Press, 2025). Out TODAY!

From Dinner to Donor: the Social Exchanges at the Heart of Rabbinic Expertise — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

“This book plunges us deep into the social relationships that made the production of rabbinic expertise possible. Weaving together accounts of tangible material support with sites of contact between…

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Apr 22

And perhaps now is a good time to say that I will be on sabbatical next year if you are looking for a speaker about how dinner parties shaped rabbinic Judaism or the tensions of funding Torah expertise.

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Krista Dalton @kristadalton.bsky.social · Apr 22

It's officially publication day!
Mirah is helping me promote the book since she has served as editorial assistant from birth. If you plan to acquire a copy, use code P327 for 30% off princetonupress.bsky.social. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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