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Dr Julia Lindenlaub

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Senior Content Manager, Academic Journals, Cambridge University Press | PhD, University of Edinburgh | Historian of Religion in Mediterranean Antiquity & Production Editor for Humanities Research | She/Her

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Dr Julia Lindenlaub @julialindenlaub.bsky.social · May 11

Glad to be * on here * at last! Since I’ve decided to have a go at this platform, here is a short thread by way of introduction:

(further detail on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julialind...)

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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 12d

This new collection of free-access journal articles - '#ClassicalStudies, #Archaeology and #AI' - highlights the impact of #artificialintelligence on these fields - from teaching methodologies through to #research practices: ▶️ https://cup.org/3Vt9E05

@saa-aap.bsky.social

Promotional image featuring text 'Classical Studies, Archaeology & AI from Cambridge' overlaid on a split-background with an image of the Colosseum on the right and digital data lines on the left.

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 12d

Interested in learning Coptic? Check out my 8-week primer focused on Gospel of Thomas (Sahidic/Lycopolitan Mixed Dialect).

Part 1 Starts Oct. 27

Asynchronous and Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) via The Religion Department

Sign-up here: www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

www.religiondepartment.com

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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 16d

Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/

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

friends! you still have TEN (10) days to download a PDF of @vox-magica.bsky.social's excellent "Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature" for ⚡free⚡

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature

www.cambridge.org

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Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · Jun 22

I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too!

💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens)

Let’s see where it ends up…

#Giveaway

The book cover, featuring Artemisia’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy

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Dr Julia Lindenlaub @julialindenlaub.bsky.social · Jul 14

Back-to-back conference number two for the @cascotland.bsky.social in gorgeous St Andrews was excellent—great papers and fun times with colleagues, and perfect Scottish weather to boot!

St Andrews cathedral ruins shrouded in haar.

The coast and sea in St Andrews, with the castle ruin in the background.

Dr Julia Lindenlaub @julialindenlaub.bsky.social · Jul 12

Had a brilliant week at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social—quality time with friends, excellent papers, a magnificent book hall, and plenty of medieval festivities!

Large hall of publisher‘s tables full of books.

Medieval combat re-enactment in armour with swords and shields.

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Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social · Jun 14

Peter Oakes and I have written about our Coptic Manuscripts & Community pilot project @thejohnrylands.bsky.social, where we share initial insights on how the manuscripts came to be in Manchester & how we might connect these ancient artefacts with folks today. rylandscollections.com/2025/06/13/f...

Rylands BlogFar from Being in the ‘Most Useless’ Place: Linking John Rylands Coptic Manuscripts with the Coptic Community

Dr Sarah Parkhouse and Professor Peter Oakes write about their pilot project exploring the treasure trove of Coptic manuscripts at the John Rylands Library.

rylandscollections.com

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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social · Jun 13

Absolutely ecstatic to announce that we here at Religion for Breakfast are offering an online Intro to Coptic class...using the Gospel of Thomas as the primary text! Taught by the amazing scholar of early Christianity Dr. Lydia Bremer-McCollum. Learn more here: www.religiondepartment.com/coptic

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas

www.religiondepartment.com

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · Jun 10

📣 #PublicHumanities invites papers for a themed issue focused on the rhetoric of the Far-Right as key to a deeper understanding of its surprise resurgence in the last decade and a half. Find out more >

cup.org/3FIP7Ra

Editors-in-Chief @zoebulaitis.bsky.social and Jeffrey Wilson.

stock image of a half-sunk boat in the water, with the text Public Humanities: The Elusive Rhetoric of the Far Right, a Transnational Perspective

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St Andrews Classics @staclassics.bsky.social · Jun 10

Classical Association Conference, 11-13 July 2025, St Andrews.

Last chance to book! ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/registration...

Booking closes #tomorrow, 11 June.

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#CA2025 #conference #AllWelcome

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Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture @mjcbac.bsky.social · Jun 10

Attend: The Emperor Julian and Constantinople, lecture by Jeremy Swist, ANAMED, Koç University, June 16, 2025, 5:00 pm maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-emp...

The Emperor Julian and Constantinople | Mary Jaharis Center

maryjahariscenter.org

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Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · Jun 10

We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at @uomreligion.bsky.social today, with some great papers ahead.

If you're interested in joining us next year, drop @tdbiii.bsky.social, @drrebekah.bsky.social or me a line!

BIBLE CRITICAL THEORY AND RECEPTION SEMINAR
The University of Manchester
10th June 2025
University Place, 6.208 and Zoom

Welcome and Lunch
Clair Hutchings-Budd
Big Beard in the Sky: A preliminary exploration of Pratchett's Discworld novels as an ethical project.
Jo Carruthers
Is the Bible a dangerous book?
Tom de Bruin
Looking for Homosexuality, a Metacritique of Contemporary Interpreters' Views on Sodom in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Coffee Break
Taylor Weaver
Christ-types and Paul-types: Is there a Paul-type?
James Crossley
Robin Hood's Bible
Plans for next year
Close
Dinner at Bundobust (Oxford Road)
bctrsem@gmail.com

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jun 9

👹 Possessed by demons? What a nuisance. But don't worry this herbal remedy will sort you out!

The video features a 14th century German Herbarium (MS O.2.48) from @TrinCollCam, Cambridge, on display at our #CuriousCures exhibition.

🎟️FREE tickets here: loom.ly/kVqsPRY

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John Rylands Research Institute and Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library was founded in 1903. Today it's published by Manchester University Press.

From the Spring 2025 issue (published in July), it will be Open Access and available for free to read.

Find the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library on manchesterhive.com.

Page from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 1903.

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Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies @jibs-journal.bsky.social · Jun 3

Now published! Sarah F. Porter (@portersf.bsky.social), “Writing to Paul: Using Interactive Fiction to Explore Early Christian Worlds.” tinyurl.com/PorterWritin...

Volume 6 Issue 1 – Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies

https://jibs.hcommons.org/volume-6-issue-1/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5upMtubMCarqvMRyVHJTdoPilRgV4_BeI56y9wFS821QJN4eN5RQSfYssy3A_aem_ZEppGEJsQSpjsDtWQ4W0YQ#:~:text=Sarah%20F.%20Porter%2C%20“Writing%20to%20Paul%3A%20Using%20Interactive%20Fiction%20to%20Explore%20Early%20Christian%20Worlds%2C”%2023–47

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Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · Jun 3

#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday "Fan Art"

So hey! I'm looking for some cool art to use for the cover of an upcoming book on Tolkien and Religion/Spirituality. I'd be especially curious to see some non-Western, non-Christian iconography. Whatcha got for me, Bluesky?

"The Music of the Ainur" by Jef Murray. At the center of a rainbow sunburst stands Eru, the God of Tolkien's Silmarillion, with arms outstretched. His robed figure is surrounded by rotating circles of angelic beings singing the world into being.

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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · Jun 2

Why did Renaissance thinkers retreat into rooms of one’s own—and what did they hope to find there?

Book now for our upcoming talk 'The Soul in the Studiolo: On Renaissance Libraries, Solitude, and the Self'

warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/the-s...

16 June 2025, 6 - 8pm | 📍 Warburg Institute

The Soul in the Studiolo: On Renaissance Libraries, Solitude, and the Self

warburg.sas.ac.uk

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Dr Julia Lindenlaub @julialindenlaub.bsky.social · Jun 2

So happy for you two!! Huge congratulations, friend 😊

Dr Julia Lindenlaub @julialindenlaub.bsky.social · May 31

Congratulations, Tom!

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · May 30

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Gospel of Marcion, compiled by Mark Bilby and Markus Vinzent. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · May 29

Socio-legal criminologist Dr. Simon Mackenzie provides compelling discussion of an important question: what deters antiquities #looting and #trafficking? In his FirstView article, Mackenzie considers how #criminological knowledge can enhance our understanding of deterrence in #illicitantiquities.

What Deters Antiquities Looting and Trafficking? | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

What Deters Antiquities Looting and Trafficking?

www.cambridge.org

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Christopher W. Skinner @skindawg73.bsky.social · May 29

This book is dropping two months from today. If you are interested, you can pre-order it. It could work for a course on the Synoptics or on Mark or as a resource for non-specialists and others interested in the subject matter. Thanks in advance for considering!

www.amazon.com/Mark-New-Wor...

Mark, Volume 2 (2) (New Word Biblical Themes: New Testament)

Mark, Volume 2 (2) (New Word Biblical Themes: New Testament) [Skinner, Christopher W., Gupta, Nijay K.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mark, Volume 2 (2) (New Word Biblical Themes: New Testament)

www.amazon.com

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Bloomsbury Religious Studies @bloomsburyrs.bsky.social · May 29

Esotericism in Western Culture by ‪@wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social‬ explores esotericism as a vital dimension of Western culture.

"An outstanding guide for anyone venturing into the multifaceted world of esotericism." (Henrik Bogdan, Uni. of Gothenburg)

Out now! bit.ly/4khcyQz

#esotericsky #AcRel

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Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · May 29

Great news for fans of not buying books but still having access to them: Reimaging the Magdalene has been added to the @tandtclark.bsky.social Jesus Library, so if your library subscribes you can now access a digital version.

t&t clark Jesus Library
Reimaging the Magdalene by Siobhan Jolley

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