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Andrew Jacobs (he/him)
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andrewjacobs.org | Advising Fellow, virginia.edu | ed., Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity (bit.ly/cup-erla) | 👑🐝 = Queen Bee in NYT Spelling Bee

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Andrew Jacobs may refer to:Andrew Jacobs (journalist), reporter for The New York Times and documentary film director and producer Andrew Jacobs (lawyer) (1906–1992), lawyer, judge, and Congressman from Indiana Andrew Jacobs Jr. (1932–2013), lawyer, Indiana state legislator, and Congressman from Indiana Andy Jacobs, British sports personality .. more

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · Sep 20
well good morning, new followers! get ready for occasional pictures of my cat, musings/RTs of ancient religion & history, a smattering of politics and pop culture

I had two books come out last year that you might like 1/2

Gospel Thrillers: scalar.usc.edu/works/gospel...
Gospel Thrillers: Get your copy of Gospel Thrillers
Gospel Thrillers: Conspiracy, Fiction, and the Vulnerable Bible is available in print and digital formats:Directly from the publisher, Cambridge University Press (digital and print)From an indepe...
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1h
pickleball *definitely* wrote this

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 2h
(bolting upright in bed at 4am) okay another problem with the wicked movies is that every time they show “animals” it’s like a koala and a proboscis monkey and fennec foxes and shit…why is it all the top shelf stuff give us some of the meat and potatoes options. bears. lions. etc

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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 2h
Playing pickleball at least three times a week linked to better mental health
Playing pickleball at least three times a week linked to better mental health
Researchers have identified a positive link between the amount of time spent playing pickleball and mental wellbeing, suggesting that the sport may serve as a low-barrier strategy to support psychological health in aging populations.
www.psypost.org

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Rafe Neis (((they/them))) @postrafelite.bsky.social · 3h
Thanks @monikaamsler.bsky.social for this iconic pic of the wonderful panel in which #SarahIlesJohnston, #JeremyMcInerney, #KarenBritt, #RaananBoustan, #BlakeLeyerle, and #Denisa Hradilová, engaged my book in dialogue with their own work on art, hybrids, monsters, animals, and menageries! 1/x
In front of powerpoint project of drawing of image of demon from Incantation bowl, a white besuited person with short brown hair speaks into a mic.

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 6h
US POPE GOES TO TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 7h
Get /The Pearlsong/ for a year-end read! It's a pretty book, with pretty scripts, on pretty paper, for just $40, with lots of translations from Syriac, Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Parthian, and more, and bonus references to several song lyrics.

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h
Pope Leo XIV begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.
Heading to the Mideast, Pope Leo May Show ‘Who He Really Is’
The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.
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Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social · 16h
My book _Traces of the Prophets: Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam_ is finally coming out in a much-more-reasonably-priced paperback in December. And you can take 30% off that with this discount code. Reviewers are calling it “good” etc

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-...
Traces of the Prophets Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam Adam Bursi A new interpretation of the roles of material relics and sacred spaces in the formation of Islam • Provides a new image of early Islam by examining the roles of material objects, rituals, and sacred spaces in the formation of Muslim communities and identities • Analyses a wide variety of Arabic sources to demonstrate the importance of relics and sacred spaces in early Islam, including biographies and hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an commentaries, histories and chronicles, juristic compilations, poetry, and polemical tracts • Brings early Islamic evidence into dialogue with late antique Jewish and Christian usages and discussions of relics, sacred tombs, and pilgrimage TRACES OF THE PROPHETS RELICS AND SACRED SPACES IN EARLY ISLAM PAPERBACK DISCOUNT SAVE 30% Visit edinburghuniversitypress.com Use code PAPER30 at checkout

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 17h
had reason to think about my own book when i found out that olivia nuzzi was posting mean things in a subreddit under a fake name as part of her evil plotting

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 17h
The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel explores the fascinating history of peoples around the world who have identified as Israelites and what it says about identity itself, and what we want from the past

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 23h
sì!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
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Le lingue del Diavolo
Brutta roba il vomito. Non parliamo neanche delle ossa disarticolate e delle piaghe. Ma diciamoci la verità: e' quando attaccano a parlare in lingue strane che il sospetto che stia accadendo qualcosa ...
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
maybe!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
just saw a website: "Andrew S. Jacobs, storico del cristianesimo, osserva come nei testi agiografici tardo-antichi i santi e i demoni comunichino spesso in lingue straniere o arcaiche, a indicare il loro statuto sospeso tra umano e divino."

I cannot for the life of me think where I said that!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
oh great I'm so glad! and thanks for catching the (ironic!) typo I'll fix it after lunch!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
aah, many happy returns, Candida!

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d
Again, I cannot stand Amazon or Bezos. However, because _Strike_ comes out in paperback in 2 months, they are fire selling it in hardback for $2.84. So if you want it, you can indeed get it for the price of a cup of coffee. www.amazon.com/Strike-Labor...
Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire
Amazon.com: Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire (Audible Audio Edition): Sarah E. Bond, Hillary Huber, Tantor Media: Books
www.amazon.com

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vrupu @vrupu.bsky.social · 1d
"She has recognized, perhaps rightly, that there is no place for women like her in Trump’s halls of power. So she’s building herself an escape route."

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social cutting through the MTG's redemption discourse.
Opinion | Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
just learned that My Better Half shares a birthday with @rexparker.bsky.social! and Charles Schulz!

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Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social · 1d
News to me, but apparently this article is out now in #openaccess!

I study the perfuming and ritualization of spaces associated with the memory of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic Medina. Part of a special issue on Scents in Medieval Material Culture

www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1...
The Prophet’s mihrab, with the “Perfumed Column” immediately behind it, in the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
Pratima! So excited to peruse.

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Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
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Pratima now has the bonies’ sense of humor @ismipratima.bsky.social · 1d
Out now in Oxford Bibliographies in Classics: My biblio on "Jews in the Roman empire." My goal was to invite classicists/ancient historians into the rich world of rabbinic literature, which can transform (if we let it) how we talk about the Roman empire

www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
nothing like turning a page in a book and seeing a sentence you first wrote almost a quarter century ago staring back at you!
block quote centered on an otherwise blank page: "This Christian view was comprehensive in two senses of the word: *totalizing*, seeking to gather together all that existed into clear and definable intellectual categories; and *knowing*, seeking to create a cognitive mastery of all that existed in the Christian world."

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
p.s. for those who are interested, I have a dozen or so original translations in addition to this one on my website. it's a pretty idiosyncratic collection of texts but I hear people find them interesting!

andrewjacobs.org/translations/
Andrew Jacobs: Translations
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
💯

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 1d
OMG look what was on my doorstep! i haven’t seen the print version yet, but it’s prettier than i expected!!
Picture of the box of author’s copies of my new book, _Smoke & Mirrors_.

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d
will be very interested to hear what you and your students make of it!

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 2d
well that was a fun little moment thinking the webpage I just put up suddenly wouldn't render any non-ASCII characters *including Greek* before I found the right switch to flip