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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 8h

Vit. Const. is listed

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 13d

Aren’t these takes just the ideology of the texts which narrate the events? Samuel is not keen on kings (if I recall correctly) so no kings look good. Josephus is clear that the temple was fit for destruction by the Romans, but we don’t have to buy that it was a corrupt state from his evidence alone

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 19d

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

stecacareers.bsky.social @stecacareers.bsky.social · 19d

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].

A graphic with a beige background. The top features the title "SECOND TEMPLE EARLY CAREER ACADEMY AUTUMN TERM CARD 2025" in large red text. The information on the table is: "Register by email: Lindsey Davidson (laf8861@bristol.ac.uk) and Joseph Scales (josephdscales@gmail.com)"; "Location: all on Zoom (invitation sent with registration)"; and the events and dates, same as the post.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

I’m curious to see how they manage such a thing, but this may well be the way going forwards.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you, depending on what your interest is in, then this article might be more useful for your purposes: works.hcommons.org/records/y0tz...

Susanna and Callirhoe: Female Bodies, Law, and Novels

The Greek addition to Daniel Susanna and Chariton of Aphrodisias' Callirhoe are early examples of novels/novella. These works reflect on legal protocol and the place of women vis-à-vis the law and the...

works.hcommons.org

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

For some (glorious) reason this is now open access. Please enjoy the content as well as the title

Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

brill.com

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

I found the OP: bsky.app/profile/drew... credit to Andrew Jacobs for the suggestion

And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 21d

i replaced all of my uploads with a word doc that says "thanks for visiting, find my work at Humanities Commons!" and they're welcome to scrap and AI-ify that to their heart's content

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

I believe I saw someone suggest this yesterday but have forgotten who. I want to keep my account as it’s a good way to access publications without institutional affiliation, but this may change down the line if they persist in this kind of behaviour.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

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.

Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

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...

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

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 20d

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...

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

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 21d

Good to know

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 21d

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

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

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.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Anyone have any suggestions for scholarship on Philo’s discussion of slavery in Every Good Person Is Free?

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks, I had a similar discussion as I had with AJR. It’s not quite the right volume for review with JSJ.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 29

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?

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve been in contact and it doesn’t quite fit with the usual reviews, so we have decided that it’s not the right venue for one commentary entry in a long running (and at present incomplete) series.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 29

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?

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 26

A house being dark and spooky doesn’t make it haunted

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 26

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

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Tine Rassalle @tinerassalle.bsky.social · Aug 25

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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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

brill.com

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks to the reviewers, editor and other staff over at Vetus Testamentum for their work. Always a pleasure to publish with VT.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

brill.com

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 17

These look amazing, very cool project idea even if unfinished