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I.T. Soon (YEUNG)
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Writer of music, fiction, and scholarship. Recovering nihilist. https://linktr.ee/yeungmusic
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proofs!

thanks to @greggiven.bsky.social & @danielpicus.bsky.social for inviting me to their show!
“A Clear Account of the Codex Simonideios:” Ideological Infrastructures of Biblical Vulnerability in the Nineteenth Century Andrew S. Jacobs | ORCID: 0000-0003-4886-6287 College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA andrew@andrewjacobs.org Received 24 June 2025 | Accepted 17 January 2026 | Published online 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. Keywords Tischendorf – Simonides – Codex Sinaiticus – biblical criticism – manuscript studies
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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We have a PhD position open (four years, full funding):

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Doctoral student in Religious Studies/Theology
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January 29, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Today's mail. AJP146.4
Picture of article from american journal of philology. State of play. Computing Homer
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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greggiven.bsky.social
Everything is terrible. Grateful to have a ready excuse today to retreat from the world for a couple of hours and proofread.
Screenshot of the first page of an article from the Brill journal Philological Encounters: "The Critical Edition as Technology: a View from Biblical Studies" by J. Gregory Given and Daniel Picus. The Abstract is as follows: "The critical edition, as the primary interface through which specialist textual critics shape the interpretations of historians and literary scholars, is an indispensable tool of philology and its successor disciplines. In this introductory essay to a special issue of Philological Encounters, we offer an approach to analyzing the role of the critical edition in the history and ongoing practice of scholarship on ancient texts, and explain the circumstances in the field of biblical studies from which this issue emerged. We argue that the niggling failures of critical editions can productively spark an infrastructural disposition in scholars who work with ancient texts—a renewed attentiveness to the labor, material affordances and constraints, technological capacities, and institutional structures oriented around the mediation of the past for the present. The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology illustrates the analytical value of such a disposition through a collection of compelling case studies." The Keywords are: infrastructure, philology, Society of Biblical Literature, Q, textual criticism, Nestle-Aland, metacriticism.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!

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January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Sign the petition! www.change.org/Save_Classic...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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vox-magica.bsky.social
#2 advice as grad application season heats up: this is impossible for a lots of folks, but if you’ve the luxury of a choice: choose your program based on who you want to go to work with everyday.

i chose my program based on people; never regretted it. (hi, triangle folks! 💙🩵❤️)
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 33, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... Intersectional Investigations into the Complexity of Social Life in Early Judaism Elisa Uusimäki & @hannatervanotko.bsky.social eds. @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @jwmartens.bsky.social @peterjatkins.bsky.social
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January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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before you see the movie, read the book!

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January 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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ICYMI: the registration link for the Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is live!

this year's edition will be completely online, and thus so easy to attend, with incredible keynotes from Evren Savcı @evrensavci.bsky.social and Lamya H!

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UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion
UCR Conference on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion Queering the Academic Conference since 2019 UCR-QTSR VIII – February 13-15, 2026 Theme: Sanctuary and Struggle   We’re happy to welcome Evren Savc...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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catacombsociety.bsky.social
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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There's no cover image yet, but look what's coming out next year:

Do you like bureaucracy? early Christianity? both?

Robin Whelan has got you covered:

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Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity
Cambridge Core - Church History - Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity
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January 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Hasskei Majeed, Justine McConnell, Olakunbi Olasope, and Luke Roman, building on the Classics &/in Africa conference at UCL this summer. "Classics and Africa" resdifficiles.com/classics-and...
Classics and Africa CFP
As members of a global collaborative project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Classics at the Crossroads: Partnership, Mobility, and Exchange Between Ghana, …
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October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology at University of Oxford

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Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology at University of Oxford
An academic position as a Senior Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional…
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January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
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January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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We are looking for expressions of interest for guests for Season 5 of @peoplingthepast.bsky.social podcast! Please share widely with your networks if you think this may be of interest.
Deadline is February 15th 2026!
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Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
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January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
Hugo Lundhaug, Oslo “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries” RSVP: nasscalworkshop@gmail.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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How did early readers think about the relationship between the gospels?

Repost to enter a drawing to win a free book.
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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The advice we all need
emuehlbe.bsky.social Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 5d
Protip for writers: you want to do the weird thing, you gotta just *do it*

If AC/DC can pull off a *bagpipe break* in It's A Long Way To The Top, you can get us to care about your weird little thing
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Today on AJR we begin a forum on the experience of academics who have chosen to teach in secondary education. Classicist Jonathan Warner kicks off the forum, "Secondary Scholarship," with his reflection on teaching Latin in a public high school. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/1/...
Sine Qua Non: Teaching Latin in Public School
Secondary-turned academics are indispensable not merely for their banausic training and credentials. At their best, scholars of the humanities embody love of learning and wisdom over mere appearance and sophistry. Where institutions of learning tilt toward test-prep and job training, PhD-trained teachers must fight to keep alive a humanistic appreciation of learning for its own sake.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Have returned to candle-making in an effort to resist despair…

sales start in Lent

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January 24, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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This is an excellent review of the current state of biblical studies and the challenge it poses to theology. I’m very invested in this conversation. I have an article coming out in Biblical Theology Bulletin that critically analyzes recent theology in light of Paul Within Judaism research.
January 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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A Radically-Reinterpreted New Testament somethinggrand.ca/2026/01/07/a...
A Radically-Reinterpreted New Testament
Last fall my friend Dr Christine Jamieson asked if I might contribute to an upcoming issue she was editing for the Canadian-based journal Critical Theology. I wrote a short piece inviting theologia…
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January 11, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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The Department of Theology at Marquette University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in New Testament beginning August 2026.

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Assistant Professor of Theology (New Testament)
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January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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greggiven.bsky.social
Very pleased to be able to finally announce "The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology," a special issue of Philological Encounters edited by me and @danielpicus.bsky.social out this Spring.
Screen shot from an email, which reads: PHEN 11.1–2: Special issue "The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology," edited by J. Gregory Given and Daniel Picus. 1. J. Gregory Given and Daniel Picus: "The Critical Edition as Technology: A View from Biblical Studies." 2. Gregory Fewster: "Edition as Communication: David Wilkins's 3 Corinthians in the Eighteenth-century Republic of Letters." 3. Kristine Palmieri: "Philology and the Politics of Self-Promotion: F. A. Wolf's Symposium (1782) as Critical Edition and School Text." 4. Andrew S. Jacobs: "'A Clear Account of the Codex Simonideios:' Ideological Infrastructures of Biblical Vulnerability in the Nineteenth Century." 5. Isaac Landes: "Our Most Pressing Need is the Critical Edition: J. N. Epstein and the Rise of Talmudic Philology." 6. Jennifer Knust: "The New Testament Apparatus and the Rise of the American Cold War." 7. Mark Vessey: "Afterpiece - Roads, Bridges, Precincts, Thresholds: The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology since Late Antiquity."
January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM