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Andrew Jacobs (he/him)
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andrewjacobs.org | Advising Fellow, virginia.edu | ed., Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity (bit.ly/cup-erla) | 👑🐝 = Queen Bee in NYT Spelling Bee

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

History 38%
Philosophy 18%
Pinned
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...
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i thought i was moving back to the south!
MONDAY: Snow showers start before sunrise & taper around sunset. Setup & accumulation spread will be VERY similar to last Friday. Mountains could see higher amounts than range contours indicate. Biggest takeaway: roads will be slippery & travel tricky. Be safe!

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MONDAY: Snow showers start before sunrise & taper around sunset. Setup & accumulation spread will be VERY similar to last Friday. Mountains could see higher amounts than range contours indicate. Biggest takeaway: roads will be slippery & travel tricky. Be safe!

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Going to be at AJS? Come hear my truly wild paper, as part of the panel "Getting Together, Splitting Up: Representations and Realities of Marriage and Divorce in Premodern Jewish Communities." Mon, December 15, 3:15 to 4:45pm.
Movie theaters forever

Abba David will solve it all this year, I have faith!

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oh no ELSBETH coming for Bellicheck...the Kings are merciless

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are you working for the devil for free? you know the devil can pay you. you shouldn't be an advocate for the devil for free.
Our book, _War and Community in Late Antiquity_, is out in January and is edited by Tina Sessa and Susanna Elm. My chapter is on the literary and archaeological mapping of Roman troop billeting (no Third Amendment in Ancient Rome!) Excited to see this in print soon. www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
War and Community in Late Antiquity | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org

wake up, babe, new apocryphal infancy gospel dropped
Folks you may have been baffled by the “Kevin Costner presents the first Christmas” ad you just saw on ABC

And I am here to make it worse by sharing with you the official poster for this blessed event

dozy snowy #Caturday

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Folks you may have been baffled by the “Kevin Costner presents the first Christmas” ad you just saw on ABC

And I am here to make it worse by sharing with you the official poster for this blessed event

this was an episode of SCRUBS!
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."

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"I SAID, 'HAPPY #CATURDAY'"

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I never get tired of talking about “The Myth of Disenchantment.” If you too are up for more, I had a great convo with Khalid Khatri on his Incisive Thoughts podcast. Give it a listen! : youtu.be/7gKeqOmL4bo
Science’s Hidden History of Magic and Spirits w/ Dr. Jason Josephson Storm
YouTube video by Incisive Thoughts
youtu.be

lol

can we refrain from calling this "inaugural" until they award a second one? my guess is either he gets it every year or it's a one-off
From @theathletic.com: “This is truly one of the great honors of my life.”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded President Trump a new golden trophy, a golden medal and a certificate, and told him: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” nyti.ms/44Gy4s6

the mountain is back! but fog is creeping back in..
all the Best First Article Prize details are here: www.patristics.org/grants-and-p...

NB: the piece does not have to have been published in JECS to be considered!
Grants and Prizes – NAPS – The North American Patristics Society
www.patristics.org

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📣Did you read someone's great first article from either 2024 or 2025? Is the author a NAPS member? Would they like cash money?

Nominate them by sending a PDF of their piece to [email protected] by January 31, 2026

Best First Article prize and a cool $250 awarded at the NAPS annual meeting!
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company

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📣Are you a NAPS member? Did you publish your first article in 2024 or 2025? Do you like cash money?

Send a PDF of that first article to me at [email protected] by January 31, 2026

Best First Article prize and a cool $250 awarded at the NAPS annual meeting!

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From @theathletic.com: “This is truly one of the great honors of my life.”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded President Trump a new golden trophy, a golden medal and a certificate, and told him: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” nyti.ms/44Gy4s6

in Early Zoom days some version I had allowed you to see your Zoom room from inside Zoom and copy it to paste in an email and that's just gone and it is veeeery annoying!
this shit is just beyond parody, man

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The monster snorkel:
allows your child to breathe comfortably without exposing vulnerable parts to
an attack.