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Associate Professor at University of Divinity, Australia. Writes about Religion, historical materialism, New Testament, historical Jesus from below, etc. www.robertjmyles.com
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Ep. 5 of this great BBC podcast is out, in which Dirk Obbink gets doorstepped!

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Those who don't wear suits to SBL will henceforth be accused of disrespecting the mighty USA. #sblaar2025 #satire

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The AHA Executive Committee has issued a statement in response to the proposed definition of antisemitism put forward by Universities Australia. Read the full statement here:

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Brent Nongbri has provided some helpful corrections to Wes Huff’s recent comments to Joe Rogan about P52: brentnongbri.com/2025/01/11/p...

submitted 57 days ago • 5 comments

Re: Jordan Peterson's references to the Terminator franchise & the Bible. I forgot to mention I actually published an article on the Terminator (specifically the Sarah Connor Chronicles) & the Bible over 10 years ago which may help to explain things... relegere.org/relegere/art...

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I'll be chatting with @benburgis.bsky.social and Robert Myles about Peterson's new book. Review for @jacobinmag.bsky.social forthcoming www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjh7...

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My latest at Philosophy for the People takes a close look at all the passages about Karl Marx in Jordan Peterson's new book "We Who Wrestle with God":

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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This is disastrous for HASS research in Aotearoa New Zealand. Speechless.

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

Coming to the anti-intellectual manosphere this advent... www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_o...

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

In case you missed this in the rush before #aarsbl, check out BCT’s fabulous anniversary issue (open access!).

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

New issue of Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Vol. 22, No. 3 (2024) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @srollens.bsky.social @isaactsoon.bsky.social

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Finally the niche Starter Pack you've been waiting for: go.bsky.app/K2f27AU

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

Who knows how long this will last, but Im currently having a great time on this platform. Nice to be able to reconnect with old friends & colleagues & to hear what they are up to. That algorithm in that other place turned real dark

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I'm relieved this Amazon review of Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict solely blames @jc01229.bsky.social for being a Marxist! But seriously, lazy pot shots like this are frustratingly easy to counter - had this reviewer made it to p.2 of the book he would have encountered the text in the 2nd image.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

Special 20th anniversary issue of the Bible & Critical Theory journal, available open-access. Including a short piece from me on my stint as co-managing editor (2016-2020). bibleandcriticaltheory.com/issues/volum...

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The field of Historical Jesus research is evolving, and the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus is best positioned to be at the forefront

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For today's #MosaicMonday a representation of a fish-skeleton on a so-called asarotos oikos mosaic found in a private house in Aquileia, dating 1st century BC. Asarotos oikos ("unswept room") mosaics decorated the floors of triclinia, dining rooms. The foor... 🧵 1/2 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

submitted 112 days ago • 2 comments

Is this like the old days??

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JSHJ’s last issue of the year is officially out! Editorial by yours truly, followed by some other great pieces! Enjoy! brill.com/view/journal...

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

Check it out. Final version of issue 3 of JSHJ for 2024 should be dropping very soon.

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Okay, giving Bluesky a try because F#&@ Elon!

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

The next issue of JSHJ is coming out *very* soon and will include this wonderful (open-access!) reflection on pedagogy and the HJ from Justin Meggitt. Just the latest in our new pedagogy series, and more are in the pipeline--so stay tuned! brill.com/view/journal...

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