Klaus-Peter Adam reviews Thomas Kazen's outstanding monograph *Dirt, Shame, Status: Perspectives on Same-Sex Sexuality in the Bible and the Ancient World* for RBL. Spoiler: Adam also thinks it is outstanding. @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
New open-access HTR article by Richard Last entitled “Turning to Christ, Communicating with the Roman Gods: Interpretatio Christiana and ‘Christian Polytheism’ in the Early Roman Empire”:
Just signed the four copies of The Bible Says So on the shelf at the Barnes & Noble in front of the Fashion Place mall in Murray, UT, in case anyone’s interested.
“Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in the Exegesis on the Soul (NHC II,6)” is out today with Harvard Theological Review—and is open access thanks to UVA!
Please give it a read if you’re interested in ancient sexual violence, Coptic, or monasticism
If you’re in or around the Boston area on Friday, April 17, my Data Over Dogma cohost Dan Beecher & I will be giving the keynote address for the Religious Trauma Symposium at Harvard Divinity School. Event starts at 5:30 PM ET!
If you’re in or around the Boston area on Friday, April 17, my Data Over Dogma cohost Dan Beecher & I will be giving the keynote address for the Religious Trauma Symposium at Harvard Divinity School. Event starts at 5:30 PM ET!