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Ryan Collman @ryancollman.bsky.social · 4d

Proofs.

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 7d

screaming crying throwing up

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 7d

IT’S REALLY FINALLY REAL

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 7d

my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.

so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.

Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions

Abstract. Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is a book about how magic disappears from early Christian texts that feature

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 12d

phew these sound fantastic!

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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 20d

Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)!

www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...

Jewish Quarterly Review to become Open Access in 2026 - University of Pennsylvania Press

Penn Press and the Katz Center are delighted to announce a new chapter in the history of the Jewish Quarterly Review. Beginning with the winter 2026 issue

www.pennpress.org

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 18d

im obsessed 😍

Isaac Soon (YEUNG) @isaactsoon.bsky.social · 19d

My second album The Flutters and the Feels is now available everywhere! open.spotify.com/album/0xN2RA...

The Flutters and the Feels

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 18d

what can i say i live to serve

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 19d

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 19d

The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 22d

One of the most hotly anticipated biblical studies books of 2025 drops today!

Mark Goodacre's *The Fourth Synoptic Gospel
John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.*

@goodacre.bsky.social @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social

www.eerdmans.com/978080287513...

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Maia Kotrosits @maiakotro.bsky.social · 23d

Duke UP has put the Introduction to my book online! See here: bit.ly/42yhObv

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · 24d

ahhhhh can’t wait!

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Isaac Soon (YEUNG) @isaactsoon.bsky.social · 24d

My second album, "The Flutters and the Feels," comes out this Friday and I'm very excited to share it with you all! You'll be able to find it everywhere music can be found, but if you follow me on Spotify or Apple Music (or YouTube Music) you'll get the album on your new music playlist automatically

Four images in four panels. One of a painting of an octopus holding a mirror. On the foggy mirror a smiley face has been drawn. Another image is of a track list of songs on the album. Another image is of sound waves from a voice note recording. The last is of tracks on music software.

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's time to tell you to pre-order this! $34.95 for a handy lil' paperback!

www.ucpress.edu/books/things...

Things Unseen by Ellen Muehlberger - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 31

all that to say: your work has been really generative for me this summer, from course preps to MS revisions to new article ideas. so a huge THANK YOU is in order

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 31

i’ve been trudging through some revisions for my own book on paul, and your CUP monograph was just the inspo i needed tbh. i really like the way you write. and now, in part inspired by your work on revelation, i’ve got two articles on revelation cooking, too, which i plan to submit later this fall!

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 31

can confirm: my students will be reading all of ch 1. it’s like the very first thing i’ll be getting them to read! haha

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 30

this one’s a doozy folks! massive congrats to Dr. Soon for making a really exciting contribution to such an important topic.

Isaac Soon (YEUNG) @isaactsoon.bsky.social · Aug 30

My next book “Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature” (Cambridge Elements) coming to you soon!

Dear Dr. Soon,

Thank you for submitting the final version of your manuscript entitled "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature", which is acceptable for publication in Cambridge Elements.

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Isaac Soon (YEUNG) @isaactsoon.bsky.social · Aug 30

Friends who work with old (and illegible) manuscripts: Do you know of software where I can put in PDF digitizations of manuscripts where I can play with contrast/tone/saturation etc globally (not just page to page)?

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 25

there’s some excellent work being done on postclassical greek at mcgill and université acadia now too! @jeanmaurais.bsky.social @natekreider.bsky.social

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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com.

Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.

Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration

Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration online database

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Durham Theology and Religion @durhamtheology.bsky.social · Aug 22

We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Annalisa Phillips Wilson (back) to the department! Dr. Phillips Wilson completed her PhD at Durham in 2021, so it’s a pleasure to have her back with us from September. A specialist in Pauline studies, Dr. Phillips Wilson will join our New Testament team.

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 22

too bad he couldn't manage to secure very many endorsements or anything.

A picture of the back cover of the book, with an impressively long list of endorsements from top scholars such as Paula Fredriksen, Matthew Novenson, Isaac Oliver, Madison Pierce, Yair Furstenberg, and Joshua Jipp. The frontmatter includes even more endorsements, from David Moffitt, Matthew Thiessen, Jason Staples, Cecilia Wassén, because the list already included on the back cover clearly was not enough.

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 22

was thrilled to find that @paultsloan.bsky.social's new book finally arrived in my office this morning! cannot wait to read ahead of my life of jesus course this semester. it has all the markings of a game-changer.

A picture of my hand holding Paul T. Sloan's new book with Baker, entitled Jesus and the Law of Moses: The Gospels and the Restoration of Israel within First-Century Judaism.

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Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social · Aug 18

this sounds fantastic! would you happen to know if it’s in-person only or hybrid?

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