has anyone written an introductory undergrad level explainer on NPP and Paul within Judaism contrasting their approach to each other and to "Old perspectives" maybe with some examples?? I feel like I need to write one myself, but don't want to reinvent the wheel?

A schedule and list of preliminary participants for Part I (June 10-12) of the online Enoch Seminar conference on "Reading the New Testamanet within Judaism?" is now available: enochseminar.org/reading-the-ne…

My preorder copy finally just arrived today. Here is a line from the introduction that perfectly captures why a book like this one is important in biblical studies: (1/3)

Book Launch! Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ (Oxford University Press) has been released today. Thanks to a very generous donor, a free PDF of the book can be found here josephusandjesus.com/purchase-page/ Share widely and follow for more updates — TC Schmidt

looks tasty!

UK Bible Scholars: anyone part of the *Annual Seminar on the Jewish Scriptures in Earliest Christianity* can put me in touch or tell me the dates for 2026 please? (trying to plan some research leave)

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always keep the short title in Zotero? too easy. zotero.org/styles/society…

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book recommendations wanted please: what are the key important eco-theology / creation care books / resources that a theological library should have in stock?

new blogs in the theology/bible space xenos-theology.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-fres…

darn it. all the long titles and epic subtitles and series and multiple authors and editors really make a dent in your word count. gonna have to start excluding scholarship from my essay based on the length of the bibliographic entry

Blessed are the yoghurt lid recyclers, for they will inherit the earth.

i solemnly swear i will never publish a chapter in a volume in a sub-series of a series with subtitles at every level and multiple editors

while i'm on the subject: "The identity of Artemis in first-century Ephesus" "The first-century Ephesian Artemis: ramifications of her identity" Same author, same journal, same year, mostly the same words in the titles . . . two different articles. This has caused some confusion.

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Urgh. I actually quite like the human response here, but the idea that people are reviewing with LLMs is gross. theguardian.com/technology/202…

proofs day! (first article on Luke, hopefully not my last)

Actual footage of what it's like anyone on Twitter who isn't a RW troll / troll-bot

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