Michael DeVries
@michaeldevries.bsky.social
PhD @unibirmingham.bsky.social | Second Temple Judaism | Dead Sea Scrolls | Researching ritual, cognition, and the Qumran movement | Adjunct Professor
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New issue of Revue de Qumran Vol. 37, No. 1 (2025) poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?... @peeterspublishers.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
New issue of Revue de Qumran Vol. 37, No. 1 (2025) poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?... @peeterspublishers.bsky.social
You don’t say?!! How surprising.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
You don’t say?!! How surprising.
Alexandra Wormley and Adam Cohen's *Religion and Food* (Elements in Psychology of Religion series with @universitypress.cambridge.org) is OPEN ACCESS until 2 December. Be sure to check this out!
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www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Religion and Food
Cambridge Core - Applied Psychology - Religion and Food
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November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Alexandra Wormley and Adam Cohen's *Religion and Food* (Elements in Psychology of Religion series with @universitypress.cambridge.org) is OPEN ACCESS until 2 December. Be sure to check this out!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Check out this thread for great conference hacks! #sblaar25.
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 8:14 PM
Check out this thread for great conference hacks! #sblaar25.
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Bologna, November 2025
📸 Alex Lake
📸 Alex Lake
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bologna, November 2025
📸 Alex Lake
📸 Alex Lake
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“A decline in international students is not just a matter for next year’s enrollment cycle for universities — it’s a strategic setback for America’s role as a hub of global talent, science and innovation.”
Nine percent fewer international students have applied to study at U.S. colleges next year.
The largest drops occurred among applicants from Asia and Africa.
The largest drops occurred among applicants from Asia and Africa.
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“A decline in international students is not just a matter for next year’s enrollment cycle for universities — it’s a strategic setback for America’s role as a hub of global talent, science and innovation.”
Robert Jones (@rej3.bsky.social) reviews Andrew Perrin's *Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance: Commentary on the Levi, Qahat, and Amram Qumran Aramaic Traditions* for RBL. #DeadSeaScrolls
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SBLCentral
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November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Robert Jones (@rej3.bsky.social) reviews Andrew Perrin's *Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance: Commentary on the Levi, Qahat, and Amram Qumran Aramaic Traditions* for RBL. #DeadSeaScrolls
www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDet...
www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDet...
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New podcast!
Join historian Tupá Guerra, an expert in demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as she explores the tapestry of the past. Through insightful conversations with fellow experts, we make academic history accessible to everyone.
youtube.com/@umatupanote...
Join historian Tupá Guerra, an expert in demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as she explores the tapestry of the past. Through insightful conversations with fellow experts, we make academic history accessible to everyone.
youtube.com/@umatupanote...
Uma Tupá no Tempo
Uma Tupá No Tempo – História e mistérios, na companhia de Tupá Guerra! 👹❤
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November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New podcast!
Join historian Tupá Guerra, an expert in demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as she explores the tapestry of the past. Through insightful conversations with fellow experts, we make academic history accessible to everyone.
youtube.com/@umatupanote...
Join historian Tupá Guerra, an expert in demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as she explores the tapestry of the past. Through insightful conversations with fellow experts, we make academic history accessible to everyone.
youtube.com/@umatupanote...
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
For those of you making your #sblaar25 schedule, consider swinging by the Ritual and Anxiety (S23-241) session on Sunday from 1:00-3:30 pm. We will be examining the connection between ritualized behavior and anxiety reduction in antiquity. Hope to see some of you there!
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For those of you making your #sblaar25 schedule, consider swinging by the Ritual and Anxiety (S23-241) session on Sunday from 1:00-3:30 pm. We will be examining the connection between ritualized behavior and anxiety reduction in antiquity. Hope to see some of you there!
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New issue of Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 32, No. 3 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New issue of Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 32, No. 3 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social
Pro Tip: When you get an email with the subject line “<NOT SPAM> Know the REAL Christ”—there’s a pretty good chance it is, in fact, spam.
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Pro Tip: When you get an email with the subject line “<NOT SPAM> Know the REAL Christ”—there’s a pretty good chance it is, in fact, spam.
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Madrid, November 2025
📸 Alex Lake
📸 Alex Lake
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Madrid, November 2025
📸 Alex Lake
📸 Alex Lake
Klawan's original May 2025 piece for @ancientjewreview.bsky.social calling for the retraction of *Gleanings from the Caves* as well as other publications is well worth the read. It's excellent. #DeadSeaScrolls
To read Klawans' original piece, see: www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/5/...
The Case for Retraction of Academic Authentications of Forged Fragments — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
This position paper issues a call for editors and publishers with oversight over peer-reviewed publications of inauthentic post-2002 Dead Sea Scroll-like fragments to embark on the processes that woul...
www.ancientjewreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Klawan's original May 2025 piece for @ancientjewreview.bsky.social calling for the retraction of *Gleanings from the Caves* as well as other publications is well worth the read. It's excellent. #DeadSeaScrolls
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In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...
Gleanings from the Caves
PUBLICATION RETRACTED:In June 2025 the Publishers were made aware that many of the fragments discussed in this book have been discovered, since publication, to…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...
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The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham
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November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8
Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Well done. Shame on you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Well done. Shame on you.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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