Joe Scales
@josephscales.bsky.social
Former postdoktor @ Universitetet i Agder | Researching Ancient Judaism as a Marie-Curie fellow | Writing a book on ancient Jewish pre-battle speeches
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Joe Scales
@josephscales.bsky.social
· Nov 23
I’m not very good about promoting my own articles, so will keep a thread here which I’ll add to over time if anyone is interested. I’ll post links to accessible versions and include some little summaries and reflections
A thread of my publications
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Happening this Friday!
Anyone in the Nottingham area is welcome to join in person.
Email the address at the bottom if you would like to join online.
Anyone in the Nottingham area is welcome to join in person.
Email the address at the bottom if you would like to join online.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Happening this Friday!
Anyone in the Nottingham area is welcome to join in person.
Email the address at the bottom if you would like to join online.
Anyone in the Nottingham area is welcome to join in person.
Email the address at the bottom if you would like to join online.
Looking forward to participating in this
Bringing ancient and modern peace studies into dialogue... To launch the Ancient Peace Studies Network, we are hosting an inaugural workshop @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social 20-22 January 2026. More info here: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Looking forward to participating in this
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Bringing ancient and modern peace studies into dialogue... To launch the Ancient Peace Studies Network, we are hosting an inaugural workshop @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social 20-22 January 2026. More info here: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Bringing ancient and modern peace studies into dialogue... To launch the Ancient Peace Studies Network, we are hosting an inaugural workshop @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social 20-22 January 2026. More info here: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/
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Join us on Wednesday for the first in a series of three online workshops on Teaching Ancient War and Peace: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/visualising-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Join us on Wednesday for the first in a series of three online workshops on Teaching Ancient War and Peace: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/visualising-...
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I have a query from a colleague looking for someone who can talk theology and politics in US Catholicism, and no names are springing immediately to mind. Any suggestions?
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have a query from a colleague looking for someone who can talk theology and politics in US Catholicism, and no names are springing immediately to mind. Any suggestions?
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The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham
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November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8
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Just published: Marieke Dhont, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek (T&T Clark: 2025) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-...
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just published: Marieke Dhont, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek (T&T Clark: 2025) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-...
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Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026 “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2025/11/03/c...
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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Every Halloween, I share my spookiest article: works.hcommons.org/records/fayf...
Uncovering the Dead, Dethroning the King: Divine Embodiment in 1 Samuel 28:14
1 Samuel 28:14 describes the appearance of the ghost of Samuel, who, upon King Saul's request, was raised by a medium. We identify four key elements of the ghost's visage, all of which relate to the l...
works.hcommons.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Every Halloween, I share my spookiest article: works.hcommons.org/records/fayf...
Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
STECA Autumn Activities:
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: [email protected] / [email protected].
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: [email protected] / [email protected].
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away
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Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
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Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.
@tbsailors.bsky.social I’ve had a bounce-back email for the address I had for you, do you have an updated email?
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@tbsailors.bsky.social I’ve had a bounce-back email for the address I had for you, do you have an updated email?
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I have just accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Ancient Studies (with the Ancient World research group) at @unibergen.bsky.social. I'm hugely excited and looking forward to moving up there and getting started in the new year. More details on the project to follow next year
October 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I have just accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Ancient Studies (with the Ancient World research group) at @unibergen.bsky.social. I'm hugely excited and looking forward to moving up there and getting started in the new year. More details on the project to follow next year
I have just accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Ancient Studies (with the Ancient World research group) at @unibergen.bsky.social. I'm hugely excited and looking forward to moving up there and getting started in the new year. More details on the project to follow next year
October 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I have just accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow in Ancient Studies (with the Ancient World research group) at @unibergen.bsky.social. I'm hugely excited and looking forward to moving up there and getting started in the new year. More details on the project to follow next year
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
STECA Autumn Activities:
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: [email protected] / [email protected].
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: [email protected] / [email protected].
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
For some (glorious) reason this is now open access. Please enjoy the content as well as the title
And here it is, my greatest article title to date: “The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)assemblage in the Book of Judith.”
Here Katia and I get into a range of meanings that plunder and artefact manipulation for Judith’s capture and dedication of Holofernes’ items
brill.com/view/journal...
Here Katia and I get into a range of meanings that plunder and artefact manipulation for Judith’s capture and dedication of Holofernes’ items
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
For some (glorious) reason this is now open access. Please enjoy the content as well as the title
A temporary solution to try and limit academia[dot]edu taking my work for AI development and other commercial uses. I think I saw someone suggest this yesterday but have forgotten who.
I’ve opted to replace all the files (other than some tables of contents and promo) with a file explaining why the paper is not there and how those interested can get hold of the research.
Example:
www.academia.edu/126297442/Qu...
Example:
www.academia.edu/126297442/Qu...
Queen Alexandra was not the widow of Judah Aristobulus I
This article assesses the state of the question on the identity of Alexandra, Queen of Judea, in the period before her regency. Currently, outside of a few select publications, the field identifies Al...
www.academia.edu
September 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A temporary solution to try and limit academia[dot]edu taking my work for AI development and other commercial uses. I think I saw someone suggest this yesterday but have forgotten who.
A lot of the terms also specify use of materials for AI generation. I think I’ll remove what’s on there this week although perhaps the data has already been plundered
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A lot of the terms also specify use of materials for AI generation. I think I’ll remove what’s on there this week although perhaps the data has already been plundered
Anyone have any suggestions for scholarship on Philo’s discussion of slavery in Every Good Person Is Free?
September 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Anyone have any suggestions for scholarship on Philo’s discussion of slavery in Every Good Person Is Free?
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I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?
August 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?
I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?
August 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?
A house being dark and spooky doesn’t make it haunted
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A house being dark and spooky doesn’t make it haunted
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As part of my Dead Sea Scrolls class at the seminary, they asked my to try to connect my class to the topic of (modern) social justice. I never really thought about this: does anyone know any good resources?
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As part of my Dead Sea Scrolls class at the seminary, they asked my to try to connect my class to the topic of (modern) social justice. I never really thought about this: does anyone know any good resources?
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And here it is, my greatest article title to date: “The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)assemblage in the Book of Judith.”
Here Katia and I get into a range of meanings that plunder and artefact manipulation for Judith’s capture and dedication of Holofernes’ items
brill.com/view/journal...
Here Katia and I get into a range of meanings that plunder and artefact manipulation for Judith’s capture and dedication of Holofernes’ items
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
And here it is, my greatest article title to date: “The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)assemblage in the Book of Judith.”
Here Katia and I get into a range of meanings that plunder and artefact manipulation for Judith’s capture and dedication of Holofernes’ items
brill.com/view/journal...
Here Katia and I get into a range of meanings that plunder and artefact manipulation for Judith’s capture and dedication of Holofernes’ items
brill.com/view/journal...