Eric Foster-Whiddon
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Eric Foster-Whiddon
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Assistant Prof of Biblical Studies, Tabor College | PhD Uni of St Andrews (Divinity & Classics) | NT, Gospel of John, ancient novels & philosophy
Heading back to the UK soon for graduation and a few research presentations. Many thanks to London School of Theology and the Schools of Divinity at University of St Andrews and University of Aberdeen for having me.

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June 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy and humbled to report that my doctoral thesis will be published in the Biblical Interpretation series. Fingers crossed that “John as Divine Romance: Reading the Fourth Gospel with the Ancient Novel” makes an appearance at SBL 2025! @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Looking forward to this, both the tea and the read! ☕️📖 @andyjudd.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Reposted by Eric Foster-Whiddon
December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Reposted by Eric Foster-Whiddon
Every academic right now
November 29, 2024 at 9:58 PM
How I love ending feedback on exegetical papers with “You should be proud of this.”
November 24, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Real-time reactions from grading papers… a freshman in my 100-level Intro to NT class (who is not a Bible & Theology major) references Stendhal and discusses the Damascus road Christophany as Paul’s prophetic call (contra conversion) and I AM SO HAPPY! Huzzah! She found this via her own research!
November 24, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Instead of listening to papers at #SBLAAR24, I’m grading a stack of papers… most of which are the first attempts of undergrads at doing a baby exegesis assignment. It’s actually encouraging; lots have made good effort and are showing progress!
November 23, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Bible nerds… what NT (or other BibStudies-related) books are you excited about this year that should be on my radar? I’m missing #SBLAAR24 but plan to assuage the FOMO by taking advantage of publishers’ online discount codes.
November 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Anybody made a BibStudies starter pack yet?
November 12, 2024 at 2:35 PM
An unexpected benefit of the PhD journey is the secondhand elation I feel when a friend passes a viva or lands an academic job. It’s a nice counter-balance in a space that can be so anxiety ridden.
December 11, 2023 at 9:24 PM
~1400 words today, thinking about the Odyssey, Callirhoe, and the Gospel of John. It’s slow, tedious, fun work.
December 8, 2023 at 4:37 PM
~500 words yesterday, ~1100 today. Feels good to see months of research shape up into an argument on a page. It’s been unusually hard to get into a writing headspace for this chapter.
December 6, 2023 at 5:06 PM