Alexi Chantziantoniou
@alexichantz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Crandall University) | PhD (Cantab) | Ancient Mediterranean Religion, incl. Early Judaism and Christianity
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OMG look what was on my doorstep! i haven’t seen the print version yet, but it’s prettier than i expected!!
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
OMG look what was on my doorstep! i haven’t seen the print version yet, but it’s prettier than i expected!!
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My short Elements book "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature" is now available on Cambridge Core. It was a lot of fun to learn from the exciting scholarship that's been happening and I hope that it's a useful resource for people. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature
www.cambridge.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My short Elements book "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature" is now available on Cambridge Core. It was a lot of fun to learn from the exciting scholarship that's been happening and I hope that it's a useful resource for people. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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It also appears in the offshoot from the PWJ school known as Paul Within Paganism (PWP). Adam's analysis would lead one to think that PWP must be somehow at odds with PWJ, but in fact these are two complementary programs of analysis. Many scholars overlap. www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
Paul within Paganism: Restoring the Mediterranean Context to the Apostle
Leading and rising scholars introduce a burgeoning new approach to the study of Paul, which situates the Jewish apostle to gentiles within the wider world of ancient Mediterranean religion.
www.fortresspress.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It also appears in the offshoot from the PWJ school known as Paul Within Paganism (PWP). Adam's analysis would lead one to think that PWP must be somehow at odds with PWJ, but in fact these are two complementary programs of analysis. Many scholars overlap. www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...
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Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
IT’S ALIVE! today i received my advance copies of 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 ahead of publication next month.
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
IT’S ALIVE! today i received my advance copies of 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 ahead of publication next month.
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
this book just came out and i *already* cannot stop talking about it with students! it’s become a staple in my book of revelation course. (i literally referred to it again in class this morning.)
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...
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...
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
this book just came out and i *already* cannot stop talking about it with students! it’s become a staple in my book of revelation course. (i literally referred to it again in class this morning.)
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At a Coldplay concert reading the 8th volume of Gerhard Kittel’s Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament and shaking my head the whole time so the people who see me on the Kiss Cam know I disagree with it.
October 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
At a Coldplay concert reading the 8th volume of Gerhard Kittel’s Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament and shaking my head the whole time so the people who see me on the Kiss Cam know I disagree with it.
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my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.
so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.
so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.
Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions
Abstract. Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is a book about how magic disappears from early Christian texts that feature
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October 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.
so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.
so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.
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Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)!
www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...
www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...
Jewish Quarterly Review to become Open Access in 2026 - University of Pennsylvania Press
Penn Press and the Katz Center are delighted to announce a new chapter in the history of the Jewish Quarterly Review. Beginning with the winter 2026 issue
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September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)!
www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...
www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...
im obsessed 😍
My second album The Flutters and the Feels is now available everywhere! open.spotify.com/album/0xN2RA...
The Flutters and the Feels
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September 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
im obsessed 😍
aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
www.cambridge.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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One of the most hotly anticipated biblical studies books of 2025 drops today!
Mark Goodacre's *The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.*
@goodacre.bsky.social @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
www.eerdmans.com/978080287513...
Mark Goodacre's *The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.*
@goodacre.bsky.social @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
www.eerdmans.com/978080287513...
September 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
One of the most hotly anticipated biblical studies books of 2025 drops today!
Mark Goodacre's *The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.*
@goodacre.bsky.social @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
www.eerdmans.com/978080287513...
Mark Goodacre's *The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.*
@goodacre.bsky.social @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
www.eerdmans.com/978080287513...
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Duke UP has put the Introduction to my book online! See here: bit.ly/42yhObv
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Duke UP has put the Introduction to my book online! See here: bit.ly/42yhObv
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My second album, "The Flutters and the Feels," comes out this Friday and I'm very excited to share it with you all! You'll be able to find it everywhere music can be found, but if you follow me on Spotify or Apple Music (or YouTube Music) you'll get the album on your new music playlist automatically
September 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My second album, "The Flutters and the Feels," comes out this Friday and I'm very excited to share it with you all! You'll be able to find it everywhere music can be found, but if you follow me on Spotify or Apple Music (or YouTube Music) you'll get the album on your new music playlist automatically
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It's time to tell you to pre-order this! $34.95 for a handy lil' paperback!
www.ucpress.edu/books/things...
www.ucpress.edu/books/things...
Things Unseen by Ellen Muehlberger - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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July 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's time to tell you to pre-order this! $34.95 for a handy lil' paperback!
www.ucpress.edu/books/things...
www.ucpress.edu/books/things...
this one’s a doozy folks! massive congrats to Dr. Soon for making a really exciting contribution to such an important topic.
My next book “Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature” (Cambridge Elements) coming to you soon!
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
this one’s a doozy folks! massive congrats to Dr. Soon for making a really exciting contribution to such an important topic.
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Friends who work with old (and illegible) manuscripts: Do you know of software where I can put in PDF digitizations of manuscripts where I can play with contrast/tone/saturation etc globally (not just page to page)?
August 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Friends who work with old (and illegible) manuscripts: Do you know of software where I can put in PDF digitizations of manuscripts where I can play with contrast/tone/saturation etc globally (not just page to page)?
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The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration online database
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August 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
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We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Annalisa Phillips Wilson (back) to the department! Dr. Phillips Wilson completed her PhD at Durham in 2021, so it’s a pleasure to have her back with us from September. A specialist in Pauline studies, Dr. Phillips Wilson will join our New Testament team.
August 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Annalisa Phillips Wilson (back) to the department! Dr. Phillips Wilson completed her PhD at Durham in 2021, so it’s a pleasure to have her back with us from September. A specialist in Pauline studies, Dr. Phillips Wilson will join our New Testament team.
was thrilled to find that @paultsloan.bsky.social's new book finally arrived in my office this morning! cannot wait to read ahead of my life of jesus course this semester. it has all the markings of a game-changer.
August 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
was thrilled to find that @paultsloan.bsky.social's new book finally arrived in my office this morning! cannot wait to read ahead of my life of jesus course this semester. it has all the markings of a game-changer.
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It's out, and now free to download for the next 2 weeks!
Go give my new book a read (it's short enough to finish in a sitting) and then share it far and wide to your friends who live for the connections between myth, ritual, and economics (all of them)!
Go give my new book a read (it's short enough to finish in a sitting) and then share it far and wide to your friends who live for the connections between myth, ritual, and economics (all of them)!
Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel
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August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's out, and now free to download for the next 2 weeks!
Go give my new book a read (it's short enough to finish in a sitting) and then share it far and wide to your friends who live for the connections between myth, ritual, and economics (all of them)!
Go give my new book a read (it's short enough to finish in a sitting) and then share it far and wide to your friends who live for the connections between myth, ritual, and economics (all of them)!
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Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/60683
academic.oup.com/book/60683
July 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/60683
academic.oup.com/book/60683
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Hey, it's here! My weird little Cambridge Element is here! Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the open access download is working right, but go take a look if you have institutional access!
Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel
Cambridge Core - Economic History - Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel
www.cambridge.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hey, it's here! My weird little Cambridge Element is here! Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the open access download is working right, but go take a look if you have institutional access!