Jeremiah Coogan
@jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social
Gospels, material texts, philology, Late Antiquity | Assistant Professor of New Testament
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It was a really stark and sobering contrast to go from the tremendous session @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social arranged at the Boston Athanaeum, where we reveled in the craft and care that has poured into the material text in the history of biblical studies… /1
Very here for these shots being fired. I know that academic publishing is a tough business and margins are tight, but the precipitous drop in production quality across the board in recent years (without a corresponding drop in prices!) has really been something to behold.
I recently got a volume from Brill's series, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, and the poor quality of the paper and binding would be surprising at any price: much more so at over $200. Caveat lector et emptor.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It was a really stark and sobering contrast to go from the tremendous session @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social arranged at the Boston Athanaeum, where we reveled in the craft and care that has poured into the material text in the history of biblical studies… /1
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Probably the best session for me at this year‘s SBL. Offsite: Material Texts at Boston Atheneum with the Ancient Education program unit. Thank you @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social for organizing.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Probably the best session for me at this year‘s SBL. Offsite: Material Texts at Boston Atheneum with the Ancient Education program unit. Thank you @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social for organizing.
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Hey #SBLAAR25, looking for funding for your project on the Ancient Mediterranean? We're accepting applications through February 1 for the Shohet Scholars Grant.
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hey #SBLAAR25, looking for funding for your project on the Ancient Mediterranean? We're accepting applications through February 1 for the Shohet Scholars Grant.
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Laura Nasrallah's hot take: "Leave Paul alone" or "give Paul a sabbatical."
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Laura Nasrallah's hot take: "Leave Paul alone" or "give Paul a sabbatical."
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Kathy Ehrensperger's hot take: (bonus: Paul perhaps focuses on gentiles also experiencing Roman colonization) Paul's pharisaism was flexible and adaptable rather than rigid (and thus in line with the sort criticized by the Qumran sectarians), thus he is "well-equipped" to guide and include gentiles
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Kathy Ehrensperger's hot take: (bonus: Paul perhaps focuses on gentiles also experiencing Roman colonization) Paul's pharisaism was flexible and adaptable rather than rigid (and thus in line with the sort criticized by the Qumran sectarians), thus he is "well-equipped" to guide and include gentiles
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Michael Peppard's hot take: 2 Timothy when considered on its own has a good case for being accepted as authentic. There is also evidence that 2 Tim circulated in some cases as 1 Tim.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Michael Peppard's hot take: 2 Timothy when considered on its own has a good case for being accepted as authentic. There is also evidence that 2 Tim circulated in some cases as 1 Tim.
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Paula Fredriksen's hot take: Rom 1:4 should be read as Christ's designation in power by the resurrection of the dead plural and in reference to the broad resurrection of the dead rather than his own
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Paula Fredriksen's hot take: Rom 1:4 should be read as Christ's designation in power by the resurrection of the dead plural and in reference to the broad resurrection of the dead rather than his own
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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@jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social delivers his A.R. Pete Diamond award-winning paper “Synoptic Work: Compositional Practices, Invisible Labor, and the Synoptic Problem”. Brent Nongbri responds. Follow QR code for Jeremiah’s notes. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social delivers his A.R. Pete Diamond award-winning paper “Synoptic Work: Compositional Practices, Invisible Labor, and the Synoptic Problem”. Brent Nongbri responds. Follow QR code for Jeremiah’s notes. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25
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New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
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Conference advice from and for #AARSBL25 folks!
okay, friends, let's do something community-oriented and helpful. #sblaar25 veterans, drop your best conference advice for first-time attendees. be sure to signal boost so folks across bluesky can add on/peruse.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Conference advice from and for #AARSBL25 folks!
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Congratulations to Jeremiah Coogan, recipient of the A. R. Pete Diamond Award for Integrative Scholarship for his paper “Synoptic Work: Compositional Practices, Invisible Labor, and the Synoptic Problem.” buff.ly/cGfwZes
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Congratulations to Jeremiah Coogan, recipient of the A. R. Pete Diamond Award for Integrative Scholarship for his paper “Synoptic Work: Compositional Practices, Invisible Labor, and the Synoptic Problem.” buff.ly/cGfwZes
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#NAPS2026 paper deadline extended to Erev Thanksgiving (Nov. 26)! Same link below. 👇🏻
NAPS! Call for papers!
13 (!!) amazing looking thematic sessions to apply to, plus the general call for papers!
www.patristics.org/annual-meeti...
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
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#NAPS2026 paper deadline extended to Erev Thanksgiving (Nov. 26)! Same link below. 👇🏻
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⭐ ANOTHER WIN! 🥇
Congratulations to our author Mark Lester! His book ‘Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition’ was selected ‘Best Book on the Hebrew Bible’ at the 2025 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards📜
Get your copy here 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#AARSBL #SBL #AcRel
Congratulations to our author Mark Lester! His book ‘Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition’ was selected ‘Best Book on the Hebrew Bible’ at the 2025 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards📜
Get your copy here 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#AARSBL #SBL #AcRel
BOOK AWARD 📚🏆| Brill author Mark Lester is honored with a 2025 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, for his book "Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition" (VTS 198, 2024). @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social
brill.com/display/titl...
brill.com/display/titl...
Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition
"Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition" published on 28 Feb 2024 by Brill.
brill.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
⭐ ANOTHER WIN! 🥇
Congratulations to our author Mark Lester! His book ‘Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition’ was selected ‘Best Book on the Hebrew Bible’ at the 2025 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards📜
Get your copy here 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#AARSBL #SBL #AcRel
Congratulations to our author Mark Lester! His book ‘Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition’ was selected ‘Best Book on the Hebrew Bible’ at the 2025 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards📜
Get your copy here 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#AARSBL #SBL #AcRel
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okay, friends, let's do something community-oriented and helpful. #sblaar25 veterans, drop your best conference advice for first-time attendees. be sure to signal boost so folks across bluesky can add on/peruse.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
okay, friends, let's do something community-oriented and helpful. #sblaar25 veterans, drop your best conference advice for first-time attendees. be sure to signal boost so folks across bluesky can add on/peruse.
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This year at #AARSBL, the #AncientEducation and #BookHistory program units are teaming up to host an off-site session at the Boston Athenaeum, just a short walk from the Convention Center. bostonathenaeum.org 1/
Home - Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum is a unique combination of library, museum, and cultural center in a magnificent landmark building.
bostonathenaeum.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This year at #AARSBL, the #AncientEducation and #BookHistory program units are teaming up to host an off-site session at the Boston Athenaeum, just a short walk from the Convention Center. bostonathenaeum.org 1/
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
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UMass-Amherst is hiring “a specialist in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world” !
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
UMass-Amherst is hiring “a specialist in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world” !
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Very grateful to see this roundtable of responses to my book *Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin* ( @dukepress.bsky.social ) out now in Method & Theory in the Study of Religion!
This grew out of a book session at last year's American Academy of Religion annual meeting. ->
This grew out of a book session at last year's American Academy of Religion annual meeting. ->
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Very grateful to see this roundtable of responses to my book *Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin* ( @dukepress.bsky.social ) out now in Method & Theory in the Study of Religion!
This grew out of a book session at last year's American Academy of Religion annual meeting. ->
This grew out of a book session at last year's American Academy of Religion annual meeting. ->
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I am so excited that this edited volume on the critical after lives of José Esteban Muñoz’s work for #biblicalStudies and #religiousstudies is out in the world at the Bible & Critical Theory. I am so honored to have worked with the contributors: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
VOLUME 21, NO 2 (2025)
bibleandcriticaltheory.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I am so excited that this edited volume on the critical after lives of José Esteban Muñoz’s work for #biblicalStudies and #religiousstudies is out in the world at the Bible & Critical Theory. I am so honored to have worked with the contributors: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
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“Faces in the Crowds: The So-Called Fayyum Portraits and the Aftereffects of Photography” From @emuehlbe.bsky.social’s new book, Things Unseen, on UC Press’ website for free!
www.luminosoa.org/chapters/m/1... A few of my own pics of Fayyum portraits below from Yale University Art Gallery.
www.luminosoa.org/chapters/m/1... A few of my own pics of Fayyum portraits below from Yale University Art Gallery.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“Faces in the Crowds: The So-Called Fayyum Portraits and the Aftereffects of Photography” From @emuehlbe.bsky.social’s new book, Things Unseen, on UC Press’ website for free!
www.luminosoa.org/chapters/m/1... A few of my own pics of Fayyum portraits below from Yale University Art Gallery.
www.luminosoa.org/chapters/m/1... A few of my own pics of Fayyum portraits below from Yale University Art Gallery.
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Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
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Reminder, deadline approaching: 2026-30 Junior Research Fellowship in New Testament Studies, Keble College, Oxford. FT/Fixed Term: 4 years. Deadline 28 November, start early April or ASAP thereafter. nt4ox.link/keble26
Vacancies - Keble College
Explore the available vacancies at Keble College, University of Oxford.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Reminder, deadline approaching: 2026-30 Junior Research Fellowship in New Testament Studies, Keble College, Oxford. FT/Fixed Term: 4 years. Deadline 28 November, start early April or ASAP thereafter. nt4ox.link/keble26
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The “Material Texts at the Boston Athenaeum” (S24-150) will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 24th. We will meet at the Boston Athenaeum (10½ Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108). All are welcome! #AARSBL maps.app.goo.gl/4vE6cRbvpq3W... 3/
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November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The “Material Texts at the Boston Athenaeum” (S24-150) will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 24th. We will meet at the Boston Athenaeum (10½ Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108). All are welcome! #AARSBL maps.app.goo.gl/4vE6cRbvpq3W... 3/
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There is still time to apply for one of our 50+ Visiting Fellowships @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the 2026-27 academic year! A vibrant interdisciplinary research centre in the heart of one of the world’s great libraries!
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There is still time to apply for one of our 50+ Visiting Fellowships @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the 2026-27 academic year! A vibrant interdisciplinary research centre in the heart of one of the world’s great libraries!