Joseph A.P. Wilson
@josephapwilson.bsky.social
Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Classics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
He/Him
Interests include:
Ancient Weapons Technology
Archaeology of Religion
Historical Linguistics
Folkloristics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
He/Him
Interests include:
Ancient Weapons Technology
Archaeology of Religion
Historical Linguistics
Folkloristics
On "Paul Within Judaism"
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On "Paul Within Judaism"
After Adam Kotsko
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November 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
On "Paul Within Judaism"
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Man fuck hobby lobby and read this book
Can I promote my soon-to-be-published book? The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby (PublicAffairs 2026) “A revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical religious agenda” bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Man fuck hobby lobby and read this book
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#Archaeology Archaeology with Flint Dibble
@flintdibble.bsky.social
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
A deep dive into the Great Pyramid of Giza. In this video documentary, featuring Dr Zahi Hawass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umzE...
@flintdibble.bsky.social
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
A deep dive into the Great Pyramid of Giza. In this video documentary, featuring Dr Zahi Hawass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umzE...
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#Archaeology Archaeology with Flint Dibble
@flintdibble.bsky.social
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
A deep dive into the Great Pyramid of Giza. In this video documentary, featuring Dr Zahi Hawass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umzE...
@flintdibble.bsky.social
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
A deep dive into the Great Pyramid of Giza. In this video documentary, featuring Dr Zahi Hawass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umzE...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
We have been working so hard to rehabilitate the image of Homo Neanderthalensis, and defeat the nasty brutish short man neanderthal stereotype.
First this study, and THEN David Spades's tweet.
Tough week for evolutionary throwbacks.
#NotAllNeanderthals
First this study, and THEN David Spades's tweet.
Tough week for evolutionary throwbacks.
#NotAllNeanderthals
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We have been working so hard to rehabilitate the image of Homo Neanderthalensis, and defeat the nasty brutish short man neanderthal stereotype.
First this study, and THEN David Spades's tweet.
Tough week for evolutionary throwbacks.
#NotAllNeanderthals
First this study, and THEN David Spades's tweet.
Tough week for evolutionary throwbacks.
#NotAllNeanderthals
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An intentionally destroyed #BronzeAge #sword found in a burial at Blaubeuren-Asch. Bronze Age weapons deposited in burials were often bent or hacked into pieces before placed into the grave, in this way they 'died' with the owner. Dating 9th century BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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November 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
An intentionally destroyed #BronzeAge #sword found in a burial at Blaubeuren-Asch. Bronze Age weapons deposited in burials were often bent or hacked into pieces before placed into the grave, in this way they 'died' with the owner. Dating 9th century BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺
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Another SBL/AAR selfie, this time with Markus Vinzent after an awesome panel on the historical Paul.
@mgbilby.bsky.social, he gave me a copy of your book.
@mgbilby.bsky.social, he gave me a copy of your book.
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Another SBL/AAR selfie, this time with Markus Vinzent after an awesome panel on the historical Paul.
@mgbilby.bsky.social, he gave me a copy of your book.
@mgbilby.bsky.social, he gave me a copy of your book.
Ran into James Tabor at SBL/AAR today.
Anyone in Boston between today and Monday who wants to meet, DM me or reply below.
Anyone in Boston between today and Monday who wants to meet, DM me or reply below.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ran into James Tabor at SBL/AAR today.
Anyone in Boston between today and Monday who wants to meet, DM me or reply below.
Anyone in Boston between today and Monday who wants to meet, DM me or reply below.
Interesting fake sarcophagus in the British museum.
How did they learn it was fake? Lots of reasons, not limited to):
1) Heroic nude is Greek -- NOT Etruscan style.
2) Inscription copied from object at Louvre.
3) Lady wearing 19th century undies! 👀
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
How did they learn it was fake? Lots of reasons, not limited to):
1) Heroic nude is Greek -- NOT Etruscan style.
2) Inscription copied from object at Louvre.
3) Lady wearing 19th century undies! 👀
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
sample; forgery; sarcophagus | British Museum
Fake terracotta sarcophagus with a married couple reclining on the lid.
On the left-hand short side is represented the departure of two warriors; on the front is represented the combat of warriors a...
www.britishmuseum.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Interesting fake sarcophagus in the British museum.
How did they learn it was fake? Lots of reasons, not limited to):
1) Heroic nude is Greek -- NOT Etruscan style.
2) Inscription copied from object at Louvre.
3) Lady wearing 19th century undies! 👀
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
How did they learn it was fake? Lots of reasons, not limited to):
1) Heroic nude is Greek -- NOT Etruscan style.
2) Inscription copied from object at Louvre.
3) Lady wearing 19th century undies! 👀
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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I have been WAITING for a journalist to write this story.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I have been WAITING for a journalist to write this story.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
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Because "religious liberty" does not mean "I have the right to never hear about or see something I don't like."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalisation of same-sex marriage
The court rejected an appeal from a clerk who was ordered to pay compensation to a same-sex couple after refusing to grant a marriage licence.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Because "religious liberty" does not mean "I have the right to never hear about or see something I don't like."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Trump administration is making peoples lives worse and an almost fractal away, from the petty to the genocidal. My best hope is to make sure that when something happens to an individual and their life gets worse, whether in tiny or big ways, they correctly blame Republicans for it.
IRS Direct File won’t be available next year. Here’s what that means for taxpayers
IRS Direct File won’t be available next year. Here’s what that means for taxpayers
IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Trump administration is making peoples lives worse and an almost fractal away, from the petty to the genocidal. My best hope is to make sure that when something happens to an individual and their life gets worse, whether in tiny or big ways, they correctly blame Republicans for it.
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Absolutely sadistic.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Absolutely sadistic.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
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A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci
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Before the Oldowan: Lomekwi 3, Kenya (3.3 Ma). Massive phonolite cores, anvils & thick flakes—the earliest known knapped stone tools. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Lomekwi #Lomekwian
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/nat...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/nat...
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Before the Oldowan: Lomekwi 3, Kenya (3.3 Ma). Massive phonolite cores, anvils & thick flakes—the earliest known knapped stone tools. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Lomekwi #Lomekwian
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/nat...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/nat...
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Writing a paper about Northern Israelite folklore in the Hebrew Bible. My professor would like me to include an explanation of how Northern Israelite traditions ended up in the (Judean) Hebrew Bible in the first place.
I don’t know? No one knows really? But look, there they are! It happened!
I don’t know? No one knows really? But look, there they are! It happened!
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Writing a paper about Northern Israelite folklore in the Hebrew Bible. My professor would like me to include an explanation of how Northern Israelite traditions ended up in the (Judean) Hebrew Bible in the first place.
I don’t know? No one knows really? But look, there they are! It happened!
I don’t know? No one knows really? But look, there they are! It happened!
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I will include a few of the more likely speculations. Personally, I’d say the Occam’s Razor answer is: “YHWH worship spread to Judah very early, while N. Israel was still around. When writing it down in 2nd Temple, Judeans had to edit/frame these stories in a more nationalist way.” But who knows?
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I will include a few of the more likely speculations. Personally, I’d say the Occam’s Razor answer is: “YHWH worship spread to Judah very early, while N. Israel was still around. When writing it down in 2nd Temple, Judeans had to edit/frame these stories in a more nationalist way.” But who knows?
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democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.