Bethany Grainger
@bethanyjoanna.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate (New Testament), Wheaton College | Dissertating on female patronage & benefaction in Greco-Roman world & Southern Levant | Epigraphy & Material Culture
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I’d love to connect with other female scholars in New Testament Studies. This is just the beginnings of a list, so please let me know if you’d like to be added!
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This is fantastic news.
📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess?
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fantastic news.
Reposted by Bethany Grainger
Does anyone have a Greek epigraphy reading list that they'd be willing to share? We have a grad student who is interested in complementing their work in Latin epigraphy, and while I've done some work on inscriptions, I am certainly not an epigrapher!
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October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Does anyone have a Greek epigraphy reading list that they'd be willing to share? We have a grad student who is interested in complementing their work in Latin epigraphy, and while I've done some work on inscriptions, I am certainly not an epigrapher!
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Reposted by Bethany Grainger
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
Anyone know how to add these small square open brackets (highlighted) to a Word document on a Mac? I’ve tried everything I know and am at a loss.
Who knew when working with inscriptions one of the harder things would be adding diacritical marks? 🤷🏼♀️
Who knew when working with inscriptions one of the harder things would be adding diacritical marks? 🤷🏼♀️
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone know how to add these small square open brackets (highlighted) to a Word document on a Mac? I’ve tried everything I know and am at a loss.
Who knew when working with inscriptions one of the harder things would be adding diacritical marks? 🤷🏼♀️
Who knew when working with inscriptions one of the harder things would be adding diacritical marks? 🤷🏼♀️
Excited for Susan’s monograph to be out in the wild!
The print order is in, and my book will be out in 4 weeks!
If you want to request it for your university or seminary library, its ISBN is 978-3-16-163463-5
I’m grateful for the publishing staff’s patience (and Baylor IT’s help) with a bunch of weird glitches that kept me on my toes the last month 😝
If you want to request it for your university or seminary library, its ISBN is 978-3-16-163463-5
I’m grateful for the publishing staff’s patience (and Baylor IT’s help) with a bunch of weird glitches that kept me on my toes the last month 😝
July 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Excited for Susan’s monograph to be out in the wild!
Love this graphic on understanding material culture.
Certainly encouraging public engagement in historical research, yet this @theguardian.com opinion piece, again, perpetuates an outdated notion:
🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.
🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.
July 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Love this graphic on understanding material culture.
As I’m eyeball deep in inscription archives this morning, I can’t stop thinking about how AI is shoved down our throats everywhere I turn but it really isn’t equipped to do what researchers and historians do.
I refuse to give the NYT my eyeballs, so I can't speak to the specifics of this article. But any historians attempting to use AI for either writing or research should be run out of the field. AI is inherently unable to do anything we need it to do to understand and communicate history.
Lots of commentary on this piece already, all of which I agree with.
For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.
To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.
And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.
To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.
And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
June 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As I’m eyeball deep in inscription archives this morning, I can’t stop thinking about how AI is shoved down our throats everywhere I turn but it really isn’t equipped to do what researchers and historians do.
My 1 year old really went, oh Mom has a writing deadline? Afternoon naps are for the birds.
May 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My 1 year old really went, oh Mom has a writing deadline? Afternoon naps are for the birds.
Roman Historian friends—wondering if you can help me out here on the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
I’m researching Antonia the Younger and wondering what you consider the most primary discussions of her? Thinking along the lines of major monographs or pivotal sources on her.
I’m researching Antonia the Younger and wondering what you consider the most primary discussions of her? Thinking along the lines of major monographs or pivotal sources on her.
May 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Roman Historian friends—wondering if you can help me out here on the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
I’m researching Antonia the Younger and wondering what you consider the most primary discussions of her? Thinking along the lines of major monographs or pivotal sources on her.
I’m researching Antonia the Younger and wondering what you consider the most primary discussions of her? Thinking along the lines of major monographs or pivotal sources on her.
Dissertation writing energy this morning.
Leslie GIF
Alt: Leslie Knope GIF. Leslie is listening to music and psyching herself up to do something.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Dissertation writing energy this morning.
Very very excited about this resource!
April 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Very very excited about this resource!
A pox on endnotes and having to go back and ILL them.
April 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A pox on endnotes and having to go back and ILL them.
Alas, not accepted to present an SBL paper this year, but I’m very excited to see all your lovely paper topic acceptances and root you on from the crowd. Keep posting about what you’re doing!
April 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Alas, not accepted to present an SBL paper this year, but I’m very excited to see all your lovely paper topic acceptances and root you on from the crowd. Keep posting about what you’re doing!
After you keep seeing a book come up in footnote after footnote, it’s probably time to just go ahead and buy it. Excited to finally get this monograph for researching.
April 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
After you keep seeing a book come up in footnote after footnote, it’s probably time to just go ahead and buy it. Excited to finally get this monograph for researching.
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com on the black church, the target boycott, and the power of the pocketbook
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Opinion | Don’t Like What Trump Is Doing? You Have More Power Than You Think. (Gift Article)
Church-led campaigns against businesses for retreating from D.E.I. promises are a form of pastoral ministry for those who feel ignored or forgotten.
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March 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This looks very cool and I truly wish I could hop over the pond to go.
There's a cool event happening at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by CSCO, on the intersection between classics & biblical studies. The #CallForPapers is open to postgrad students in Divinity and HCA, but anyone "interested in exploring the rich intersections between these fields" can attend.
March 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This looks very cool and I truly wish I could hop over the pond to go.
I am once again lamenting that there are too many Salomes in the Jewish world and woe to you in trying to find the right one if you’re happening to do research on any one of them.
bernie sanders is wearing a jacket with a hood and glasses while standing in the snow .
Alt: bernie sanders is wearing a jacket with a hood and glasses while standing in the snow .
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March 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I am once again lamenting that there are too many Salomes in the Jewish world and woe to you in trying to find the right one if you’re happening to do research on any one of them.
Thinking about submitting some proposals for SBL for the first time. Any veterans have advice for this process?
March 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thinking about submitting some proposals for SBL for the first time. Any veterans have advice for this process?
Calling all Romanists, we really need to know! 💅
Can someone who knows things about Roman cosmetics fill me in here? How did the Romans make nail polish? (yes, this is the "Questions that came up in class" category of "page the classics internet" curiosity)
February 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Calling all Romanists, we really need to know! 💅
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I have some news. I can now take on PhD candidates at the Australian University of Theology. So if you want to do further research in the New Testament or the early Christian church 1st-3rd centuries, I might be able to help you.
aut.edu.au/research/fin...
aut.edu.au/research/fin...
Find a Supervisor – Australian University of Theology
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February 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I have some news. I can now take on PhD candidates at the Australian University of Theology. So if you want to do further research in the New Testament or the early Christian church 1st-3rd centuries, I might be able to help you.
aut.edu.au/research/fin...
aut.edu.au/research/fin...
Really loving this starter pack by @andrewconnor.bsky.social for Roman History and the like!
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January 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Really loving this starter pack by @andrewconnor.bsky.social for Roman History and the like!
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Speaking of Herodians this morning, does anyone know of a robust Herodian family tree? I need one that includes both men and women.
Tal Ilan’s is a good starting point for me but I’m wondering if there’s a more comprehensive one I’ve missed?
Tal Ilan’s is a good starting point for me but I’m wondering if there’s a more comprehensive one I’ve missed?
January 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Speaking of Herodians this morning, does anyone know of a robust Herodian family tree? I need one that includes both men and women.
Tal Ilan’s is a good starting point for me but I’m wondering if there’s a more comprehensive one I’ve missed?
Tal Ilan’s is a good starting point for me but I’m wondering if there’s a more comprehensive one I’ve missed?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, HBO really sleeping on a Games of Thrones-like show with the Herodians (albeit minus the dragons).
January 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, HBO really sleeping on a Games of Thrones-like show with the Herodians (albeit minus the dragons).