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Michael DeVries
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PhD @unibirmingham.bsky.social | Second Temple Judaism | Dead Sea Scrolls | Researching ritual, cognition, and the Qumran movement | Adjunct Professor | הוא/אותו
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Pro Tip: When you get an email with the subject line “<NOT SPAM> Know the REAL Christ”—there’s a pretty good chance it is, in fact, spam.
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Madrid, November 2025

📸 Alex Lake
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Klawan's original May 2025 piece for @ancientjewreview.bsky.social calling for the retraction of *Gleanings from the Caves* as well as other publications is well worth the read. It's excellent. #DeadSeaScrolls
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...
Gleanings from the Caves
PUBLICATION RETRACTED:In June 2025 the Publishers were made aware that many of the fragments discussed in this book have been discovered, since publication, to…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham
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November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Well done. Shame on you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Reading and Contemplation in Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Talk by Arjen Bakker, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Groningen
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Gleanings from the Caves has been retracted (via Jonathan Klawans)
#post2002DSS
Gleanings from the Caves
PUBLICATION RETRACTED:In June 2025 the Publishers were made aware that many of the fragments discussed in this book have been discovered, since publication, to…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
michaeldevries.bsky.social
Seriously, Cornell? Unbelievable. All capitulation does is invite more interference and abuse of power.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal
Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal
Powered by a pounding rhythm section, the crowd dance to even the tricksiest drum patterns at Radiohead’s first gig in seven years – one that demonstrates the pure joy this band can bring
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November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Excited to share the sessions that the "Exile (Forced Migrations) in Biblical Literature" unit has for you all this upcoming #aarsbl25 @sblsite.bsky.social!
at the top in a light blue box with cream text, it says "Exile (forced Migrations) in biblical literature" SBL Annual 2025" in a mustard colored box beneath it, in forest green text, it says: Migration and Gender Saturday, November 22 | 9:00-11:30A | Eric M. Trinka, Chair Falmouth (4th Floor) Marriott Copley Place Erik DiVietro, Independent Scholar “Liminal Return: Ruth in a Postexilic World” Rae Fujimori, University of Edinburgh “Reimagining Diasporic Masculinities: Language, Gender, and Imperial Power in the Book of Esther” Paul Wilson, University of Edinburgh “In/visible Luminaries: The Mobility and Agnecy of the Four Prophets of Caesarea” Donghyun Jeong, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary “Circumcision, Migration, and the Disruptive Imagination in the Acts of the Apostles” There is a small light orange box beneath this to finish the image. at the top in a light blue box with cream text, it says "exile (Forced migrations) in biblical literature) SBL annual 2025" in a light orange box with cream text underneath it, it says: Diaspora and the Hebrew Bible - Panel Saturday, November 22 | 4:00-6:30P | Alexiana Fry, Chair Yarmouth (4th Floor) Marriott Copley Place TK Mapfeka, American Baptist College “Diaspora Narratives and Identity Formation” Soo Kim Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology “’Are You Keniym?’: A Diasporic Reading of the Ethics of the Gate in the Joseph Narrative, Waiting for Godot, and Modern Thresholds” Martien Halvorson-Taylor, University of Virginia “Metaphors, Translations, and Other Literary Methods” Frederik Poulsen and Kacper Ziemba, University of Copenhagen “Studying ‘Judean Diaspora’ in the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Period: Results and Reflections from a Copenhagen-based Research Project” a light kelly green box is beneath it to complete the image At the top in a light/muted kelly green box with cream text, it reads "exile (forced migrations" in biblical literature sbl annual 2025" In a light blue box underneath this with dark blue text, it reads: Open Session Tuesday, November 25 | 9:00-11:30A | Allen Jones, Chair Newbury (3rd Floor) Sheraton Rebekah Elizabeth Van Sant, Oxford “The Ambiguities of Exile and Return in Second Isaiah” Eric M. Trinka, Emory & Henry University “Dislodging the Notion of Judahite Refugee Camps in Exilic Babylonia” after this, there is a mustard yellow box with a muted orange star in the middle to finish the image.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
michaeldevries.bsky.social
T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls is now out in paperback! Had the privilege of being a part of the editorial process on this volume. It's amazing. Be sure to check it out if you have not already!
tandtclark.bsky.social T&T Clark @tandtclark.bsky.social · 12d
Out now: T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls

This companion comprises over 70 articles, exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4nMKB4P
Read a preview: https://bit.ly/4gTuHmq
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Out now: T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls

This companion comprises over 70 articles, exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4nMKB4P
Read a preview: https://bit.ly/4gTuHmq
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
michaeldevries.bsky.social
John Collins reviews Etienne Nodet's *A Gate to Heaven: Essenes, Qumran: Origins and Heirs* (T&T Clark, 2023). I also have a review current in publication on this volume and agree with Collins' assessment.
www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDet...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
michaeldevries.bsky.social
What an incredible Game 7 of the World Series. Unreal. #DodgersWin
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
michaeldevries.bsky.social
Getting ready for our paper at SBL on ritual and anxiety. Co-presenting with Jutta Jokiranta on Sunday afternoon. Swing by if you can!
Abstract for the paper "The Psychology of Rituals: An iIntegrative Review and Process-Based Framework" "Traditionally, ritual has been studied from broad sociocultural perspectives, with little consideration of the psychological processes at play. Recently, however, psychologists have begun turning their attention to the study of ritual, uncovering the causal mechanisms driving this universal aspect of human behavior. With growing interest in the psychology of ritual, this article provides an organizing framework to understand recent empirical work from social psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience. Our framework focuses on three primary regulatory functions of rituals: regulation of (a) emotions, (b) performance goal states, and (c) social connection. We examine the possible mechanisms underlying each function by considering the bottom-up processes that emerge from the physical features of rituals and top-down processes that emerge from the psychological meaning of rituals. Our framework, by appreciating the value of psychological theory, generates novel predictions and enriches our understanding of ritual and human behavior more broadly."
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Today on AJR, Alex P. Jassen previews his new book exploring the diverse ways social contestation and violence were perceived and imagined by the Dead Sea Scrolls Sectarians! www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/10...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away
josephscales.bsky.social Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Sep 19
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
stecacareers.bsky.social stecacareers.bsky.social @stecacareers.bsky.social · Sep 19
STECA Autumn Activities:

- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat

All online!!

Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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it’s officially book promo time! so, hey, i wrote this book; it comes out in a week! would you mind signal boosting and asking your library to buy it? if you’d like a copy, the code AUFLY30 will get you 30%off.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale. [...] There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. [...]” --Clarissa Pinkola Estes
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Thanks to Freddie Freeman I can finally go to bed now. Whew. #DodgersWin
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Op D.V. 4 november 2025 om 19.45 uur vindt er op de TUA weer een lezing plaats van het genootschap Ex Oriente Lux.
De lezing (door dr. M.N. van der Meer) gaat over 'De Bijbelteksten van Qumran'.
Belangstellenden zijn van harte welkom om deze lezing bij te wonen!
Info: www.tua.nl/nl/agenda/qu...
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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noester.bsky.social
Biblical Hebrew language colleagues! Could you recommend course books you like? My colleague is disappointed with the German ones (very few exercises, ancient didactical design: Seems German Semitic studies do not concentrate on applying newer language didactics to their field).
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Stephanie Wong discusses ancient Halloween traditions, including Oaxacan pumpkins 🎃 💀 Then, reading ancient texts in Braille, AI for Chinese calligraphy, Sanskrit philosophy, the sons of Attila, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!
Pasts Imperfect (10.23.25)
It is almost Halloween! Spooky season means that the internet is full of creepy content, but your editors are here to sort through the chaff and get you the best of the best from the ancient world. 🎃 ...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM