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Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · Dec 18

In which @mpgphd.bsky.social and I revisit calendars, because what else can I poison with my calendar thinking

which includes Megan, who really doesn’t give a care about calendars except—as she writes here—that they encode all manner of Xtian supremacy

religiondispatches.org/time-bandits...

Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (and What It’s Doing with It)

Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You, came out on Election Day—and what a day it was. We knew the title would be true no matter what happened, but YIKES. And sure enough, religion—specifically ...

religiondispatches.org

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Dec 18

This is a brilliant article and well worth your time. Speaking of which...well, just read it, people.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · Dec 18

In which @mpgphd.bsky.social and I revisit calendars, because what else can I poison with my calendar thinking

which includes Megan, who really doesn’t give a care about calendars except—as she writes here—that they encode all manner of Xtian supremacy

religiondispatches.org/time-bandits...

Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (and What It’s Doing with It)

Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You, came out on Election Day—and what a day it was. We knew the title would be true no matter what happened, but YIKES. And sure enough, religion—specifically ...

religiondispatches.org

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 28

I think Yonathan Adler's recent book may provide you with some useful info on this. I don't know offhand how many priests we can imaging in Jerusalem at that time, but a major pilgrimage site would have to had a significant number of working priests.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 22

For those who cannot attend my book review session at SBL tomorrow, here is the final paragraph of the response I'll be giving.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 22

No jokes in this one, I'm afraid.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 22

My new book is now out through Oxford University Press. Cover photo and link below.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 21

A shame! I hope you like the book, though.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 20

Wouldn't be a fun party without you!

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Nov 20

Heyyy....first new post in a while. If you're a colleague attending the Society of Biblical Literature meeting in San Diego, c'mon down to the session reviewing my new book! It would be great to see some friendly faces there.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Sep 23

Hi folks, been away for a while dealing with Ye Olde Personal Lyfe but it's fabulous to log back in and see so many great people here. Spending some time now working on a new research project involving Jewish cinema, biblical text and neurolinguistics. So far, kinda fun.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Aug 2

Posted this on the "other" place...here's the final paragraph for my forthcoming book on Persian imperial myth and the formation of Jewish scripture.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Jul 27

Well shoot, I wouldn't mind that.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Jul 26

I have to get through the editing stage, which is killing me. I feel like I'm swimming/drowning in this material and terrified that for all I've read through and thought about, it's not enough and I'm missing something essential.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Jul 26

Okay, my first "for real" post. I've been doing work on post-colonial approaches to ancient Persian imperialism, but could use some suggestions for recent research (in the last, say, 5 years). If anything springs to mind, please chime in!

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is my second post.

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Mark Leuchter @markleuchter.bsky.social · Jul 13

Okay, NOW what?

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