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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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And-BOO 👻 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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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 2h

only because you said "please"!

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what a fun timeline! (bebo! keek! meerkat!)

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Timeline of social media - Wikipedia

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2h

Please reskeet: CFP is open for the North American Patristics Society meeting, May 21-23, 2026 in Chicago

Submit abstracts either for the general call or to a pre-arranged theme, or you can submit a whole planned session!

Deadline is Nov 19th, details at link:

www.patristics.org/annual-meeti...

Call for Papers – NAPS – The North American Patristics Society

www.patristics.org

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

Brown University has rejected the Trump administration’s compact, saying it would “restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance”

Brown University rejects Trump administration compact

President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 said that the compact would “restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance.”

www.browndailyherald.com

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 3h

🎉 #EverTrue
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Brown University rejects Trump administration compact

Serving the Brown University community since 1891

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Megan Nutzman @megannutzman.bsky.social · 3h

It's publication day for "Asclepius, Jesus, and Healing by Touch: A Reevaluation"!
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/journal/e...

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Reposted by Jennifer Bussell, Michael W. Kraus, Andrew Jacobs , and 2 more Jennifer Bussell, Michael W. Kraus, Andrew Jacobs, Stuart White, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 3h

Brown is out! They had to do more dancing in their letter because they previously capitulated and needed to reference their previous agreement but, at its core, this reiterates MIT's letter.

The clock is now on for all other institutions.

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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Reposted by Mirya R. Holman, Alan Richardson, Caroline T. Schroeder , and 6 more Mirya R. Holman, Alan Richardson, Caroline T. Schroeder, Andrew Jacobs, Margot C. Finn, Mary L. Dudziak, David Murakami Wood, David S. Tanenhaus, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 4h

And congratulations to @jamellebouie.net for winning the American Historical Association's Tikkun Olam Prize for promoting public historical literacy www.historians.org/award-grant/...

Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy – AHA

The Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy honors individuals whose work has promoted literacy in public culture.

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 7h

& consider I haven't been full time faculty since 2018-19

folder status bar: Dropbox>correspondence>507 items

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Christy Cobb @christycobb.bsky.social · 7h

My recent volume, Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts, is currently on sale through Amazon for only $4. If you’re interested, here’s the link!

a.co/d/2CiYMh6

Amazon.com

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 9h

New book — The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies, ed. by Leora Batnitzky, Eve Krakowski, and Steven Weitzman.
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19057

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 9h

*smh* the coupon game has gotten too political

And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 9h

for real krazy you need the Krazy Koupon Lady

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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · 10h

A new #review on AJR! Briana Grenert writes about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity by Christine Shepardson #lateantiquity #syriacstudies @ucpress.bsky.social www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/9/...

A Memory of Violence — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW

A Memory of Violence offers a useful overview for anyone interested in understanding Chalcedon and its effects at a more detailed level, as well as those interested in the history of Christianity…

www.ancientjewreview.com

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 11h

I am not fully convinced this was a hospital yet, but hospitals do emerge around the 4th century forward. The medical instruments are very cool but can also indicate a surgeon’s workshop or house, as well as a medical complex. Still! Cool. bookshop.org/p/books/from...

From Monastery to Hospital: Christian Monasticism and the Transformation of Health Care in Late Antiquity

Christian Monasticism and the Transformation of Health Care in Late Antiquity

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Reposted by David Rothschild, Bonnie Honig, Smith , and 4 more David Rothschild, Bonnie Honig, Smith, Andrew Jacobs, Mark Rice, Lisa Diedrich, Ann Bartow

Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 14h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 21h

four oscar winners at a black jack table on a streaming service #OMITB

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David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 22h

Also not to relitigate the fascism debate yet again, but seemingly every Republican staffer under 40 expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler should be pretty conclusive evidence of the fascistic dimensions of the modern American right.

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Arthur Urbano @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 22h

People who use the phrase "a few bad apples" leave out or don't know the whole saying.

"A few bad apples spoils the bunch."

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 22h

why am i like this :(

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Jeremiah Coogan @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social · 23h

Excited to be presenting at this conference at UCLA this weekend!

www.cmrs.ucla.edu/event/post-c...

Post-Classical Libraries Conference - UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies

Libraries occupied a central place in the organization and reproduction of pre-modern knowledge cultures. Texts had been assembled in archives of various kinds from the Bronze Age, but most were...

www.cmrs.ucla.edu

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David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

If only someone had written a book warning about this…

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

If I wanted to associate Marilyn Monroe with an unstable dynasty that keeps crashing their modes of transportation I’ve got (deep breath) freakin HISTORY

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

NAPS! Call for papers!

13 (!!) amazing looking thematic sessions to apply to, plus the general call for papers!

www.patristics.org/annual-meeti...

Call for Papers – NAPS – The North American Patristics Society

www.patristics.org

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 1d

Usually, to show an author love, the first rule is: buy the book. And, you can totally buy this book---but, it's also available OA, which means you can in a few weeks' time get it for free.
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1...

So, the updated rule: to show an author love, get her book and read it!

Things Unseen | University of California Press

How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowl...

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

www.ucpress.edu/books/things...

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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

he's the best, I love his emails! I can't wait for all of antiquity to collapse into a singularity like an episode of ST:TNG!

And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

I actually remember it from one of the early episodes of KNOTS LANDING! When Val and Gary Ewing move to LA someone says, "Welcome to the Southland" or something like that. I didn't know what it meant then.