Jeremiah Bailey
@ntecprof.bsky.social
Historian of Early Christianity. Occasional speculative fiction writer. Constant speculator about the occasion of ancient documents.
Your element got a nice shout out in the session I presented in.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Your element got a nice shout out in the session I presented in.
The session structure was 10-15 min to present a hot take + 15-20 minutes for discussion. They didn't all list list their hot takes at the top and the takes were intentionally not printed in the program! Hope the payoff was worth it in the end. 😂 I didn't expect so much authorship stuff.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The session structure was 10-15 min to present a hot take + 15-20 minutes for discussion. They didn't all list list their hot takes at the top and the takes were intentionally not printed in the program! Hope the payoff was worth it in the end. 😂 I didn't expect so much authorship stuff.
Thank you, Prof. Heilmann, for this note. Could you say who has written the dissertation?
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thank you, Prof. Heilmann, for this note. Could you say who has written the dissertation?
This was mentioned in the session as well, but you are right, of course, about cross-linguistic neglect.
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This was mentioned in the session as well, but you are right, of course, about cross-linguistic neglect.
By this she means, we should focus on the people around Paul and his environment more than on the "great man" himself.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
By this she means, we should focus on the people around Paul and his environment more than on the "great man" himself.
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."
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
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.
Burning the roof of your mouth prevents too much passion from accumulating.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Burning the roof of your mouth prevents too much passion from accumulating.
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
4) Romans is possibly written with the knowledge of James, 5) [main hot take] Romans is a refined version of Paul's typical speech given in synagogues during his missionary activity
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
4) Romans is possibly written with the knowledge of James, 5) [main hot take] Romans is a refined version of Paul's typical speech given in synagogues during his missionary activity
Jason Staples' hot takes: 1) 2 Thess will become widely accepted, 2) Skeptical that the Christ hymn in Phil is pre-Pauline and thinks maybe Paul wrote it for didactic reasons, 3) Against his prior opinion, Paul in Philemon is asking for Onesimus' manumission as proven by multiple refs to the Jubilee
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Jason Staples' hot takes: 1) 2 Thess will become widely accepted, 2) Skeptical that the Christ hymn in Phil is pre-Pauline and thinks maybe Paul wrote it for didactic reasons, 3) Against his prior opinion, Paul in Philemon is asking for Onesimus' manumission as proven by multiple refs to the Jubilee
If you had to go to Corpus, I'd say you were already punished.
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If you had to go to Corpus, I'd say you were already punished.