Congratulations to my Advising Fellow @drewjakeprof.bsky.social on proving why he is a legendary
06.03.2026 17:28
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Congratulations to my Advising Fellow @drewjakeprof.bsky.social on proving why he is a legendary
oh I will
“A Clear Account of the Codex Simonideios:” Ideological Infrastructures of Biblical Vulnerability in the Nineteenth Century In: Philological Encounters Author: Andrew S. Jacobs Online Publication Date: 24 Feb 2026 Abstract Metadata References Metrics Abstract Soon after Constantin Tischendorf (1815–74) publicized his “discovery” of the Codex Sinaiticus, notorious manuscript broker (and forger) Konstantinos Simonides stunned elite literary circles by announcing that Simonides himself had produced this biblical codex in his youth as a gift for the Russian tsar. Simonides claimed that his “Codex Simonideios” was illicitly being passed off as an ancient biblical codex after being mutilated and disfigured. I argue that this brief but explosive debate about manuscripts, forgeries, and “find” narratives produces a biblical text liable to revision and emendation, due to new discoveries or new methods, and so vulnerable to mischievous actors manipulating the possibilities of new discoveries and methods. The iterative process of attack and defense on display in this codicological debate has remained, in various guises, from collegial disagreement to scorched earth campaigns, an ideological component of critical biblical studies.
well helloooooo
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2026 ASCH Book Prizes and Research Fellowships nominations now open in white text on a red background
Nominations for the 2026 ASCH Book Prizes and Research Fellowships are now open!
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Stay tuned as we highlight each of our prizes/fellowships on social media in the coming days!
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that's too many courses
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at some point everyone just becomes Young and you stop noticing
Matthew Macdadyen as Inspector Neele in the New Marple POCKET FULL OF RYE
Baby Matthew Macfadyen in MARPLE!
ADAM BURSI On the Pattern of God's Throne: The Ka'ba as Paradise in the First Centuries of Islam • ABSTRACT This article suggests that the idea of the Ka'ba as a piece of Paradise on earth was a significant lens through which early Muslims understood this holy site. It highlights evidence that associations between the Ka'ba and Paradise were made already in the early Islamic period, likely going back to the early 2nd/ 8th century. The dating suggests a particular religio-political environment within which such ideas about the Ka'ba circulated: debates about the emerging Islamic sacred geography, and particularly the dialogue between Mecca and Jerusalem. Keywords: Ka'ba, Paradise, Mecca, Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock
Sent back proofs for this article on the early figuration of the Ka’ba as a piece of paradise on earth: part of a special issue on the Ka’ba for Annales islamologiques, coming out sometime this year
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Me and three new Assistant Directors pose in front of the Advising Bus
maybe someone on the team has musical skills and can do a Purim spiel–style rewriting of the lyrics, boom, theme song
Get on board, Chuck!
my new phone came with an auto "we will delete 2FA codes texted to you after 24 hours" feature and yes it's a baby step toward liberation from Texted Code Hegemony but the mills of justice etc.
A graphic soliciting SBL proposals for the Space, Place, & Lived Experience in Antiquity unit by March 9. 1) A panel on space, place, affect, and atmosphere. Possible treatments might be the relation of space, place, affect as they relate to spooky or haunted places; terrifying spaces and experiences of terror; disgusting spaces; ones that are associated with ecstasy; spaces associated with insanity and its experiences; etc. Proposals should include a statement of the theoretical apparatus (for example, cognitive science, Deleuzian frameworks, psychological theories, biological frameworks, etc.) deployed to discuss such dimensions; 2. Open call.
submiiiiiiit #aarsbl26 #sblaar26 #affectivespaces #ancientreligion
FYI I have had "Advising Bus" ringing through my head to the tune of The Who's "Magic Bus" all day because of this project
I mean, he posted before he told noem he had fired her, maybe he hadn’t asked mullin if he wanted the job yet either
Screenshot, reading: TABLE OF CONTENTS Pier Franco Beatrice †, Chromatius of Aquileia and the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles Vittorio Secco, Zur Frage eines möglichen Verweises auf die sogenannte Epistula Apostolorum bei Schenute von Atripe Witold Witakowski & Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, The Miracle of the Mixed Inks: A Rare Episode of the Ethiopic Infancy Gospel Lukas J. Dorfbauer, A New Witness to the Insular Tradition of the Apocryphal Letter Exchange between King Abgar and Jesus Christ Alexis Balmont, L’influence des écrits apocryphes dans les textes des manuscrits chrétiens chinois Takakusu et Tomioka Alain Corbellari, La Venjance Nostre Seigneur : un apocryphe en forme de chanson de geste Dario Bullitta, Date and Sources of the Transitus beatae Mariae Virginis by Pseudo-Joseph of Arimathea Recensions & livres reçus
Check it out: volume 35 of the journal Apocrypha is now available!
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
great line-up!
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in a post-credit scene, Dan Crenshaw appears in Noem's apartment and tells her he's putting a team together
your new DHS secretary, everyone:
"The Shield of the Americas"?
please do not offer recommendations, this is my journey
yeah i should have just taken the gamble!
Next week's forecast day: hi/low Monday: 77/56 Tuesday: 84/64 Wednesday: 85/57 Thursday: 62/34 Friday: 53/44
It is going to be in the 80s and the 30s next week; Virginia weather, be serious
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