Apparently Stephanie Seglenieks thought I needed to do better at marketing my book

I’ll be in San Diego for SBL etc in November so if anyone wants to catch up, let me know! Especially happy to chat with PhD students and will even buy you coffee!

Back from a social media break with not 1, not 2, but 3 announcements! My first Mohr Siebeck Religion monograph is out, as well as the recently published volume edited with my marvellous collaborator Dr. Chance Bonar. But most importantly, my fur baby Osiris is making his internet debut!

JSNT on decolonising NT studies has been made freely and openly available by the publishers, but only until 11 November! Make sure to check it out! journals.sagepub.com/toc/JNT/current

Australian HDR students in Biblical Studies/Theology who are going to SBL/AAR, I’m organising a meet-up of Aussie HDR students at SBL like last year. The plan is to meet from 11:45 to 12:15 on the Saturday. If you’re interested, please let me know!

As a Johannine scholar I have to put something from John first - probably John 4. But I do sometimes wonder at the stories behind some things in Paul. Like why did he leave his cloak behind? Did he just forget it in the rush to pack, or did he lend it to a friend?

🚨Book Giveaway🚨 This month we are giving away the new two-volume commentary on Numbers by Michael Morales! Follow and RT to enter. Tag a friend for an extra entry. Read our interview w/ the author: everyvoicekingdomdiversity.org/2024/11/02/nov… Sponsored by Inter-Varsity Press

📢 Unique opportunity! 📚 Get brand new copies of the Mohr Siebeck Religion volumes "Hidden Criticism?" and "God and the Faithfulness of Paul" (co-edited by Michael F. Bird & J. Thomas Hewitt) for just $25/€25—this offer won't come again! early-christian-narratives.com/order-form

For those of you headed to San Diego later this month, come here me talk about Revelation, genre, and purpose

This is what I call a perfect pair

About 2 hours out from my paper on the letters of Revelation, genre and purpose

🎁 Ethiopian NT scholars would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. From this bundle, we will offer 3 of the books by Sofanit T. Abebe, Tekalign Duguma and me from Mohr Siebeck Religion, & Bekele Anshiso (Langham Publishing) & Bruk Asale (Wipf and Stock Publishers). Follow, retweet & tag for a chance to win!!

Many thanks to Chris Skinner for joining me One the Way to discuss his excellent new book (edited with Chris Seglenieks), The Johannine Community in Contemporary Debate. open.spotify.com/episode/3BtWB8…

For those of you thinking about plans for conferences in 2026, including #sbl can I let you know that international SBL will be in Adelaide, Australia in July 5-9. We have lots of good wine, cute animals, and we are unlikely to randomly refuse entry to the country

Proofs time!

The men in charge can't even give a QUOTE to defend a woman assaulted and betrayed and lied about over and over again. They can't even give a quote. Pass another resolution on why men are the ones who are supposed to lead, SBC.