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Andrew Jacobs may refer to:Andrew Jacobs (journalist), reporter for The New York Times and documentary film director and producer Andrew Jacobs (lawyer) (1906–1992), lawyer, judge, and Congressman from Indiana Andrew Jacobs Jr. (1932–2013), lawyer, Indiana state legislator, and Congressman from Indiana Andy Jacobs, British sports personality .. more

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · Sep 20

well good morning, new followers! get ready for occasional pictures of my cat, musings/RTs of ancient religion & history, a smattering of politics and pop culture

I had two books come out last year that you might like 1/2

Gospel Thrillers: scalar.usc.edu/works/gospel...

Gospel Thrillers: Get your copy of Gospel Thrillers

Gospel Thrillers: Conspiracy, Fiction, and the Vulnerable Bible is available in print and digital formats:Directly from the publisher, Cambridge University Press (digital and print)From an indepe...

scalar.usc.edu

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 3h

Good movie! The changes turned it into something wholly it's own but still thematically tired to the original play. I also will never be attending an academic house party.

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 4h

the last Gavin and Stacey Christmas special just nailed this song

NPR @npr.org · 4h

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache. n.pr/4ot3Aky

Opinion: My kind of holiday song

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.

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NPR @npr.org · 4h

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache. n.pr/4ot3Aky

Opinion: My kind of holiday song

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.

n.pr

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 6h

very prominent scholar of early Christianity; in the 80s he became very politically conservative just as the field was opening up to various forms of progressive politics and theory

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 6h

ugh when Wilken was making his ultra-conservative turn

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 7h

Nerding out over the @aarweb.bsky.social repository of annual meeting program books going back to 1938 (still the National Association of Biblical Instructors at the time). Amazing resource for studying the history of the field. #AARSBL25 #SBLAAR25

digital.pitts.emory.edu/s/digital-co...

digital.pitts.emory.edu

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 8h

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NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop
Samuel Cook
University of Exeter
"The Monastic Use of Coptic Apocrypha: A Case Study on the Monastery of Saint Macarius"
Friday, December 5, 2025 EST
https://www.nasscal.com/first-fridays-workshops
NASSCAL Workshops are open to the public but RSVP is required. Email nasscalworkshop@gmail.com for a Zoom invitation and a copy of the pre-circulated paper.

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 8h

Join us Friday, Dec. 5 for NASSCAL's final First Friday Workshop of 2025 with Samuel Cook. Details for how to participate in the poster below.

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 9h

too soon!

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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social · 10h

I got to do something AMAZING with my Christmas tree this year.

An eight-foot skeleton with its arms outstretched around a seven-foot Christmas tree with lights and ornaments on it

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 11h

honestly the closest analog today is probably in Moscow...

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 11h

they needed a Constantine to corral them

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Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social · 11h

Also you can get it (and everything else from Edinburgh UP) at 50% off this weekend for their St Andrew’s Day sale.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 12h

Based on what I saw of this bit, it is classic “technically about discrimination, really about laughing at har-har fat people,” plus he throws in some completely irrelevant mean bullshit about trans people. Being uninterested in him is not complicated. www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

included some of the best comedy that
C.K. has ever performed, including a discussion of a news story about an obese woman who had to go to the zoo to get an MRI and an extended riff on

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

the alt text is perfect

Jack @wakeupangry.bsky.social · 1d

We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.

A bad ass who solves crimes and Tom Selleck.

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

watching WICKED FOR GOOD and the last episode of DEATH BY LIGHTNING one day after the other is weirdly resonant

(Chester A. Arthur is Glinda)

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

loving that Netflix is all in on Bradley Whitford Is in Surprising Proximity to the Oval Office scenarios

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Jack @wakeupangry.bsky.social · 1d

We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

everything with trump has always been projection and "clocked out president who doesn't know what the fuck he's signing" is just one more example

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

ha ha I thought of you when I was translating that!

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

yes Theodora of Alexandria! there's a whole pile of lives of saints born as women living as male monks. I link to a few of the more famous stories in the intro to my translation, although I should probably add Theodora for its similarities to Susanna!

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

added! thanks again!

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

terrific! will add a link. thanks!

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Centre for Patristics and Early Christianity @patristicsearlyxty.bsky.social · 1d

Join us in Toronto, May 26-28 for the annual meeting of our Canadian Society of Patristic Studies. Robust scholarship, friendly community, great fun. The CFP is below.

cspsacep.ca/appel-de-com...

Appel de communications / Call for Papers

©Mona Tokarek LaFosse, 2019 2026 APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS/CALL FOR PAPERS La 51e rencontre annuelle de l’Association canadienne des études patristiques aura lieu du 26 au 28 mai 2026 au St. Augustine…

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Jason Combs @jasoncombs.bsky.social · 1d

I just got my hands on Shaily Patel’s new book! Can’t wait to dive in! @vox-magica.bsky.social #CriticalBible #SBL

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't watch SUCCESSION so Matthew Macfadyen is a revelation to me, so fantastic

Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

thanks I'm glad they're helpful!

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Kim Fowler @drkimfowler.bsky.social · 1d

We now have a website for the project I've been working on the with Garrick Allen, Emanuele Scieri, and Maxim Venetskov on Codex H, the manuscript preserving the earliest Greek evidence of the Euthalian annotation and presentation system for the New Testament.

codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home

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Annotating the New Testament

codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 1d

This weekend @edinburghup.bsky.social is doing a massive 50% discount. Which means you can even get a paperback of 'Late Roman Italy' for only 15 quid! An absolute steal for a 500-page tome.

Late Roman Italy

edinburghuniversitypress.com

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