Chandler Collins
@chandlercollins.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Bar Ilan U | writing about ancient Jerusalem | bimonthly Substack posts | husband/dad | home gardener/forager | I make pizza on Fridays
“After World War II, the entire economy was restructured around a single proposition: your spending is your patriotism. Your purchases are your purpose. The economy doesn’t serve you. You serve it.”
The Consumption Ritual
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December 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“After World War II, the entire economy was restructured around a single proposition: your spending is your patriotism. Your purchases are your purpose. The economy doesn’t serve you. You serve it.”
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
When I was an undergrad/early grad student, I always felt that profs were nitpicking at my papers. I wanted them to deal with the content of my argument rather than its form. Now I see that is impossible. Bad form obscures good content and distracts from it. Hence, we must teach how to write well.
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When I was an undergrad/early grad student, I always felt that profs were nitpicking at my papers. I wanted them to deal with the content of my argument rather than its form. Now I see that is impossible. Bad form obscures good content and distracts from it. Hence, we must teach how to write well.
Combined literary spoils from the ASOR and SBL annual meetings.
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Combined literary spoils from the ASOR and SBL annual meetings.
Moved over to the SBL annual meeting today, thankfully just down the road from ASOR this year (as opposed to an entirely different city). I have already looked over about one million new books and caught up with many friends and colleagues #aarsbl25
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Moved over to the SBL annual meeting today, thankfully just down the road from ASOR this year (as opposed to an entirely different city). I have already looked over about one million new books and caught up with many friends and colleagues #aarsbl25
Fun session on orientalism in biblical archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fun session on orientalism in biblical archaeology
More presentations on foraging wild foods please!
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
More presentations on foraging wild foods please!
Francesca Romana Stasolla lectures about the new excavations at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Francesca Romana Stasolla lectures about the new excavations at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Excited for another ASOR annual meeting! @asor-research.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Excited for another ASOR annual meeting! @asor-research.bsky.social
Changed my default search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo yesterday, and I am enjoying it.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Changed my default search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo yesterday, and I am enjoying it.
Fodder for next year’s SBL paper
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fodder for next year’s SBL paper
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When I edit an academic book manuscript, one of the key things I do is ask: "What does this [book, chapter, section] promise to do? And what does it ACTUALLY do?"
These questions may seem simple, but they take a lot of time to answer, and they generate incredibly helpful insights!
#AmEditing
These questions may seem simple, but they take a lot of time to answer, and they generate incredibly helpful insights!
#AmEditing
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When I edit an academic book manuscript, one of the key things I do is ask: "What does this [book, chapter, section] promise to do? And what does it ACTUALLY do?"
These questions may seem simple, but they take a lot of time to answer, and they generate incredibly helpful insights!
#AmEditing
These questions may seem simple, but they take a lot of time to answer, and they generate incredibly helpful insights!
#AmEditing
I wrote a little about the "Siloam Dam," which was recently uncovered in Jerusalem.
Some Observations on the "Siloam Dam"
A massive dam wall was uncovered in excavations at Birket al-Ḥamra in Jerusalem and dated to ca. 800 BCE. Let's take a closer look.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote a little about the "Siloam Dam," which was recently uncovered in Jerusalem.
Free coloring therapy
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October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Free coloring therapy
Perusing the @asor-research.bsky.social annual meeting schedule. Glad to see a paper on ancient foraging and hope to attend.
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Perusing the @asor-research.bsky.social annual meeting schedule. Glad to see a paper on ancient foraging and hope to attend.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 64,005.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 57,914.
Much editing, nailing down of loose concepts, and replacement of poor words with better words. Draft of one new section complete.
Much editing, nailing down of loose concepts, and replacement of poor words with better words. Draft of one new section complete.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 59,509.
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 64,005.
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What may be the largest recorded Neo-Assyrian lamassu (winged bull) has been unearthed in the ancient city of Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq. It was found in the remains of the throne room built by King Esarhaddon (681-669 B.C.) and is six meters (20 feet) high.
www.aina.org/news/2025092...
www.aina.org/news/2025092...
October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What may be the largest recorded Neo-Assyrian lamassu (winged bull) has been unearthed in the ancient city of Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq. It was found in the remains of the throne room built by King Esarhaddon (681-669 B.C.) and is six meters (20 feet) high.
www.aina.org/news/2025092...
www.aina.org/news/2025092...
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 57,914.
Much editing, nailing down of loose concepts, and replacement of poor words with better words. Draft of one new section complete.
Much editing, nailing down of loose concepts, and replacement of poor words with better words. Draft of one new section complete.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 59,509.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 53,207.
September 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 57,914.
Much editing, nailing down of loose concepts, and replacement of poor words with better words. Draft of one new section complete.
Much editing, nailing down of loose concepts, and replacement of poor words with better words. Draft of one new section complete.
Reposted by Chandler Collins
James Dobson, who founded Focus on the Family in 1977 to promote conservative views on parenting, has died at age 89.
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James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and ‘family values’ advocate, dies at 89
(RNS) — A child psychologist by training, Dobson made the crossover from academia to religious-oriented political activism with his 1977 founding of Focus on the Family.
religionnews.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
James Dobson, who founded Focus on the Family in 1977 to promote conservative views on parenting, has died at age 89.
religionnews.com/2025/08/21/j...
religionnews.com/2025/08/21/j...
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social is launching a Pillar OT commentary series. How slick is that cover art? (even if they were used as orthostats)
August 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social is launching a Pillar OT commentary series. How slick is that cover art? (even if they were used as orthostats)
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 59,509.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 53,207.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 51,701. Chapter 2 submitted.
August 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 59,509.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 53,207.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 51,701. Chapter 2 submitted.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 49,505. Rough draft of chapter 2 nearly finished.
July 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 53,207.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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After 30 years underwater, 22 massive stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered. Not in the Bible—but Alexandria shaped biblical history, from the Septuagint to early Christian thought. #Archaeology #Bible #Pharos
22 Large Blocks of the Lighthouse of Alexandria Retrieved from the Seafloor, Including Its Door Lintels
Three decades after the waters of Alexandria’s bay revealed the first submerged vestiges of the seventh wonder of the world, an international archaeological mission has successfully extracted from…
www.labrujulaverde.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
After 30 years underwater, 22 massive stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered. Not in the Bible—but Alexandria shaped biblical history, from the Septuagint to early Christian thought. #Archaeology #Bible #Pharos
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 51,701. Chapter 2 submitted.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 49,505. Rough draft of chapter 2 nearly finished.
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 47,605. I now live in a word doc.
July 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Dissertation word count (excluding footnotes) at the end of this writing week: 51,701. Chapter 2 submitted.