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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · 7d

Minneapolitans say #NoKings!

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · 21d

One odious side effect of efforts like this, which in practice are routinely Christianity-centric despite lip service about "Judeo-Christian" values, is the effective relegation of Jewish students to second-class social status--an unofficial but still consequential kind of antisemitism.

Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 22d

More on the Christianization of Texas Public Schools
open.substack.com/pub/warrenth...

More on the Christianization of Texas Public Schools

The Texas Tribune on the escalation of Christian nationalism in Texas schools

open.substack.com

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · 28d

Superb discussion about the Hebrew Bible between two clear, cordial thinkers, @timoneill.bsky.social and @maklelan.bsky.social, both able to move past their fundamental disagreements about the existence of the Almighty and the utility of US football analogies.

Tim O'Neill - History for Atheists @timoneill.bsky.social · 28d

Just uploaded to the History for Atheists channel, my conversation with Dr Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social
on the Hebrew Bible, its texts, contexts and misconceptions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7kS...

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Sep 14

28 Years Later: Essentially how I'd imagine an art-house adaptation of a zombie apocalypse graphic novel. Stunning visual and sound design, dialog that veers between poetic and silly, contrived character decisions, and some truly tense and gruesome set pieces. Looking forward to the sequel.

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Sep 13

No biggie, just Fox News hosts calmly floating the definitely not-fascist idea of executing undesirables who've committed no crimes. 😳

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Sep 1

The number is preposterously, insanely dishonest on its own, yes, but it's also worth pointing out this is a preposterously, insanely dishonest boast about a massive tax increase on US businesses and ultimately consumers.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 1

The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thanks for the hospitality, Ben!

(You might get a chuckle out of this, @atpgeo.bsky.social.)

Ben - the Amateur Exegete @amateurexegete.bsky.social · Aug 31

A (cheeky) guest post over at my website, by @lexlata.bsky.social.

Ben - the Amateur Exegete @amateurexegete.bsky.social · Aug 31

Irrefutable Scientific Evidences for the Historicity of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Guest Post by Lex Lata, Parody Apologist)

Irrefutable Scientific Evidences for the Historicity of the Epic of GilgameshGuest post by Lex Lata, Parody Apologist Modern atheists contend that the Epic of Gilgamesh is…

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 27

Team Trump restoring that weedfighter spirit . . . .

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Aug 27

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.

Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 25

What kind of degenerate monster takes only the first book of a complete trilogy I put in our Little Library??

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 22

Finally, some content from @drkippd.bsky.social that doesn't contain any swear words (probably).

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 21

No cheating, last photo of your pet.

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 19

Cannot believe my nerdar didn't pick this up until today--basically the Woodstock of contemporary Exodus scholars (and a welcome sequel to the outstanding 2013 conference). Lectures are all on YouTube!

FYI, @amateurexegete.bsky.social and @atpgeo.bsky.social

exodus2.ucsd.edu

Exodus2 – Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective Conference at Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego – June 25-27

exodus2.ucsd.edu

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 18

WHY DOES MY NEW RAZOR HAVE A USB CONNECTOR INSTEAD OF A NORMAL PLUG THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 16

Excellent and energetic discussion of epistemology, historiography, and the traditional Exodus/Conquest narrative, courtesy of @atpgeo.bsky.social, Aaron Adair, and Critical Faculty.

www.youtube.com/live/kf1RjFi...

The Story of Moses and YHWH

YouTube video by Critical Faculty

www.youtube.com

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dome of the Tempio Maggiore, the Great Synagogue of Rome.

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Jul 15

Wes Huff (around the 2:20 mark): "don't confuse confidence for actual expertise and competency in a field . . . . Confidence does not equal competency."

Oy vey.

Thought you and Mark might get a kick out of that, @amateurexegete.bsky.social

youtu.be/csVdw9LCZw4?...

Can this Fresh-Faced Apologist Refute the Grizzled Godless? (Wes Huff response)

YouTube video by Paulogia

youtu.be

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Jun 12

Alternate title: Bible Nerds Spread the Gospel of Nicholas Cage.

Ben - the Amateur Exegete @amateurexegete.bsky.social · Jun 12

Amateur Hour #15 – Hebrew Names in an Egyptian Papyrus? Lex Lata Responds (part 2)

Part 2 of our discussion with Lex Lata concerning apologetic claims about Brooklyn Papyrus 35.1446.

Amateur Hour #15 – Hebrew Names in an Egyptian Papyrus? Lex Lata Responds (part 2)

Part 2 of our discussion with Lex Lata concerning apologetic claims about Brooklyn Papyrus 35.1446.

amateurexegete.com

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Jun 5

Copious thanks to @amateurexegete.bsky.social and Mark Edwards for the hospitality and conversation.

Ben - the Amateur Exegete @amateurexegete.bsky.social · Jun 5

Amateur Hour #14 – Hebrew Names in an Egyptian Papyrus? Lex Lata Responds (part 1)

According to some Christian apologists, the presence of Semitic names in a papyrus housed in the Brooklyn Museum lends weight to the Exodus narrative, namely that prior to their departure from Egypt the Israelites…

Amateur Hour #14 – Hebrew Names in an Egyptian Papyrus? Lex Lata Responds (part 1)

According to some Christian apologists, the presence of Semitic names in a papyrus housed in the Brooklyn Museum lends weight to the Exodus narrative, namely that prior to their departure from Egypt the Israelites were indeed enslaved there. Does this hold any water? Lex Lata (i.e., Pat) offers his thoughts on the matter.

amateurexegete.com

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Jun 4

An artful, concise history of the Hebrew alphabet(s) from Aaron Koller. The tale is more complicated and intriguing than you might expect.

www.thetorah.com/article/the-...

The Transformation of Hebrew Script: From Paleo-Hebrew to Aramaic - TheTorah.com

Before the exile, Israelites and Judahites wrote in Old Hebrew script. During the Second Temple period, Aramaic script slowly replaces Old Hebrew to the extent that the rabbis even disqualify a Torah ...

www.thetorah.com

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Jun 4

... In which Ola Wikander's straining bookshelves fill me with both envy and anxiety.

But seriously. Well said.

Ola Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social · Jun 4

... In which I talk about what Biblical Studies is and is not, and about three possible objections to it:

youtu.be/z3CiMaPQ30s?...

3 Objections to Academic Biblical Studies, and Why They're Wrong - Ola Wikander's Banal/Awesome #11

YouTube video by Ola Wikander – [Baalcycle]

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · Jun 3

Team Trump has promised to respond by raising tariffs on the Canadian smoke, shooting it with 2nd Amendment rights, and remigrating it to an overcrowded prison in El Salvador.

www.startribune.com/air-quality-...

Wildfire smoke extends Minnesota air-quality alert through Wednesday morning

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to spread across Minnesota.

www.startribune.com

Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · May 29

Amen! There's only a deficit if you haven't fired the accountants who calculate the deficit.

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · May 6

I WILL CRUSH YOU.

Text me, k?

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Lex Lata @lexlata.bsky.social · May 4

And of course the serious problem isn't the threat to low-cost optional goods--it's the threat to the supply of *necessary* items. Not just whole goods, but replacement parts and assemblies for vehicles, toilets, industrial machinery, etc., etc., etc. The doll rhetoric is a cynical distraction.

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Ben - the Amateur Exegete @amateurexegete.bsky.social · May 1

The Roundup – 5.1.25

Here's just a few of the books, articles, blog posts and more I've enjoyed over the last month or so. Books, Articles, & Reviews I recently finished Kyle Greenwood's and David Schreiner's Ahab's House of Horrors: A Historiographic Study of the Military Campaigns of the House…

The Roundup – 5.1.25

Here's just a few of the books, articles, blog posts and more I've enjoyed over the last month or so. Books, Articles, & Reviews I recently finished Kyle Greenwood's and David Schreiner's Ahab's House of Horrors: A Historiographic Study of the Military Campaigns of the House of Omri (Lexham Press, 2023). It's a short book and relatively interesting. One of the things they argue for is that when the Deuteronomic author fails to identify a ruler by name, foreign or Israelite, it isn't a sign that the account was written down much later but rather it is a deliberate literary technique or "historiographic convention" intended to zero in on specific institutions for critique.

amateurexegete.com

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