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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 19h

Begins Oct. 27 2025 [+ Part 2 Offered early January 2026]

Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 23h

My course "Learning Coptic through the Gospel of Thomas" offers students affordable Coptic instruction from an expert.

Asynchronous or Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) + Lifetime access to course videos and instruction materials authored by me

www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 23h

My course "Learning Coptic through the Gospel of Thomas" offers students affordable Coptic instruction from an expert.

Asynchronous or Synchronous (Mondays 9am Atlanta, GA time) + Lifetime access to course videos and instruction materials authored by me

www.religiondepartment.com/learning-cop...

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

www.religiondepartment.com

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 1d

Coptic (L4) word of the day
ⲧⲥⲉⲃⲟ, ⲧⲥⲉⲃⲁ/ⲟ⸗
"teach"

as in CBKph 423.26-27 (ed. Gardner, BeDuhn, Dilley)
ⲁⲩⲧⲥⲉⲃⲁⲩ ⲁⲧⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲩⲁⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲧϩⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲥϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲥ
ⲁⲩⲧⲥⲉⲃⲁⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧϥ̅ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧϥ̅

"they taught them what the land of light is like;
they taught them, too, about hell and where it is"

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 5d

oh that is interesting!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 7d

I host a storytelling roundtable in the second day where students share the stories they researched and what they learned. It's so fun for students (and myself)!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 7d

Teaching one of my favorite into to rel. lessons about indigenous creation stories. I have students research a place they consider home with the native-land.ca tool and then research one creation story from a tribal nation from their home using this story as a model: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfcz...

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 9d

I will be teaching a Coptic intro course starting 10/27 with The Religion Department. Come for some accessible + fun philology!

All materials authored by me and based on my 12+ years of daily reading and expertise. DM for any questions.

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

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

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Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social · 8d

If you would like to hear me talk about the main interventions of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity, check out this podcast interview with @mikemotia.bsky.social His careful engagement with my work really made this a great experience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... @ancientjewreview.bsky.social

Jennifer Barry,

Podcast Episode · New Books in Late Antiquity · 09/29/2025 · 52m

podcasts.apple.com

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 9d

I will be teaching a Coptic intro course starting 10/27 with The Religion Department. Come for some accessible + fun philology!

All materials authored by me and based on my 12+ years of daily reading and expertise. DM for any questions.

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

Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)

www.religiondepartment.com

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 10d

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)

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 10d

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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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, absolutely! Especially the specification of the type of cloth. i'm more curious what life this imagery has in other martyr literature as a evolving citation of that bridal imagery

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 14d

ooh thank you! I'll check these first ones and peruse the rest of the AM volumes!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 15d

oh! that seems like a super interesting read no matter what! thanks!

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 15d

**some linen cloth, not a

Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 15d

Late Antiquity Friends:
Came across a curious detail in Martyrdom Victor. Angels wrap Victor's soul in a fine-linen-cloth before ascent. Do you know of other examples?
"ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲉⲁⲩⲥⲟⲩⲉⲗⲟⲩⲱⲗⲥ ϩⲛϩⲉⲛⲙⲁⲡⲡⲁ ⲛϣⲛⲥ/He saw that they wrapped the soul of Apa Victor in a linen cloth"(89.8)

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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · 18d

I'm so excited about the work the Crossroads Project fellows have done and hope you will check out the new projects and teaching resource.

The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · 18d

New projects and a teaching resources added to the Crossroads Project's online gallery at SPIRIT HOUSE! Designed by @mpgphd.bsky.social, the site features 37 original projects exploring Black religious histories, communities and cultures. 1/2

Visit the site: www.crossroads-spirithouse.org

Black and white image of a river baptism with the words SPIRIT HOUSE: A Crossroads Project added.

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · 22d

New pod! Mike interviews Tina Shepardson about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0HyD...

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · 23d

New pod! Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney on Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration

You can now subscribe to the show too.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vys...

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 29d

Very exciting! Congratulations!

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Sep 1

You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Sep 8

"The academic career is framed as a privileged but high-risk venture that ppl knowingly choose to embark on so they must endure the consequences or find a way to cope, thus obscuring deliberate adoption of biz models that [deprioritize] investment in staff + render large sections of the workforce 🗑️"

‘You just have to learn to play the game’: survival, resentment and resignation in women academics’ narratives of precarity

This paper discusses precarious academic labour and its implications for gender and interrelated inequalities, drawing on narrative interviews with temporarily employed UK women academics. It ident...

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Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social · Sep 4

🐣 Our SBL Review Symposium for Mike Chin’s new monograph “Life” has just been published with Religious Studies Review 51/2. Have a look here, especially if you are interested in ancient natural history or new ways of writing old history:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17480922...

Religious Studies Review: Vol 51, No 2

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · Sep 3

Xenia Chan brings a decolonial lens to The Prophetic Body:
"The task ahead in repairing the violence done by the dualistic mind/body hierarchy—and especially the notion of some bodies and their worth as superior/inferior—is not simply an individual task, but a communal one."

The Decolonial Prophetic Body — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

The task ahead in repairing the violence done by the dualistic mind/body hierarchy—and especially the notion of some bodies and their worth as superior/inferior—is not simply an individual task, but…

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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · Aug 28

This Week in Teaching Religion + Sexuality: Laying out some key terms and a brief history of the study of sexuality. Using snippets of Gayle Rubin and Evelynn Hammonds to help define some core questions about how to study sex/uality and religion.

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