Thanks to @allisonbarbee.bsky.social for letting me know!

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

And I just learned today that this isn’t a typical academic practice!

My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts will be available tomorrow wherever you get podcasts! But you can watch or listen now for $5 a month on Patreon. Thanks to @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social for the copy.

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My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slaver and Its New Testament Contexts from @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social will be out wherever you get podcasts next Wednesday. But you can hear or watch it now for $5 a month on Patreon.

Biblical stories of enslaved people appear to treat them as mere props for the ‘real’ story, causing modern readers to miss the forces at work. Listen to the #BibleAndBeyond podcast interview with @clcobb629 discussing forced prostitution as one example.
earlychristiantexts.com/enslaved-bib...

Baptism font in the temple of Jupiter at Cumae. The temple was transformed into a church in the 5th c.

📷 flic.kr/p/ePJvXk

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This looks amazing, Shaily! Congratulations!

and you can preorder my second book too! though i might wait. i’m hoping OUP gives me one of those special discount codes.

hey friends, you can now pre-order my element.

and if you don’t want to pre-order, don’t worry! it’ll be free for download for about two weeks after publication.

Congratulations!!

Today on AJR, Joseph Foltz reviews Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years (Princeton University Press, 2024).

The Annual Kirk Lecture is Tuesday, May 6th, with speaker Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld discussing: "Defiance and Power: Gendered Resistance in First-Century Judaea"

Location: Community Commons 1700.
Time: Tuesday, May 6. Light refreshments at 6:00, lecture at 7:00.

RSVP: click.ecomm.du.edu?qs=537b8c8fd...

This is so so helpful! Thank you @kholob.bsky.social

Proofs! Excited for this to appear in the forthcoming volume “Writing, Enslavement, and Power”

So excited for this to be out in the world!

✨ proofs day ✨ for God, Slavery, and Early Christianity! I’m thrilled that the dissertation-turned-book will be out in the world some time this fall, and hope that folks enjoy wading through hundreds of pages about the Shepherd, slavery, spirit possession, and the formation of Christian ethics.

I just had an article published in Source: Notes in the History of Art titled "(I’ve Got the) Magic Stick: The Virgus and Vitis in Roman Imperial and Early Christian Art."

Always pleased to slip in a reference to Lil' Kim in a piece on imperial iconography: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/6TCKK...