Angela Erisman
@torahgirl.bsky.social
Biblical scholar, editor, writer, student of rhetoric, Moses fan-girl. Boy-mom, musician, champagne drinker, CEO. “Seek the wholeness of the city to which I have sent you...for in its wholeness, you will find your own.” - Jeremiah 29:7
Cheers, everyone, for a great #aarsbl25! As we think ahead to next year, who would be game for an online seminar with pro tips on presentation design, from minimizing the risk of tech challenges to making a slide deck that will slay? LMK in the comments!
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cheers, everyone, for a great #aarsbl25! As we think ahead to next year, who would be game for an online seminar with pro tips on presentation design, from minimizing the risk of tech challenges to making a slide deck that will slay? LMK in the comments!
In Boston next weekend for SBL/AAR? Come find out why the Siloam tunnel inscription is a ROYAL inscription. Yes, you read that right. Yes, I'm aware it doesn't mention any king. Yes, it sounds insane. But I promise you it's not... See you there!
November 23, 4–6:30
Hynes Convention Center, 304
November 23, 4–6:30
Hynes Convention Center, 304
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In Boston next weekend for SBL/AAR? Come find out why the Siloam tunnel inscription is a ROYAL inscription. Yes, you read that right. Yes, I'm aware it doesn't mention any king. Yes, it sounds insane. But I promise you it's not... See you there!
November 23, 4–6:30
Hynes Convention Center, 304
November 23, 4–6:30
Hynes Convention Center, 304
I am super excited that my book, The Wilderness Narratives in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge University Press) has received Honorable Mention in the Biblical Archaeology Society's Publication Awards for Best Book in Hebrew Bible!
BAS 2025 Publication Awards Winners
Announcing the winners of the 2025 BAS Publication Awards. This bi-annual awards recognizes the best new research over the last two years.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I am super excited that my book, The Wilderness Narratives in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge University Press) has received Honorable Mention in the Biblical Archaeology Society's Publication Awards for Best Book in Hebrew Bible!
Thrilled and deeply honored that my book, The Wilderness Narratives in the Hebrew Bible, has been included in this list, along with some pretty amazing company! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Five Crucial Books for the Study of the Hebrew Bible
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Thrilled and deeply honored that my book, The Wilderness Narratives in the Hebrew Bible, has been included in this list, along with some pretty amazing company! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Now is the time to be curious about our universe, to be imaginative about all its possibilities, including the potential for humans to live in good and sustainable relations with each other and the ecosystems that we depend upon.
This is a time of stubborn freedom dreaming.
This is a time of stubborn freedom dreaming.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Now is the time to be curious about our universe, to be imaginative about all its possibilities, including the potential for humans to live in good and sustainable relations with each other and the ecosystems that we depend upon.
This is a time of stubborn freedom dreaming.
This is a time of stubborn freedom dreaming.
You’re welcome. youtu.be/Yqa4Mc_ApzI?...
ABC song to John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" feat. Tay Zonday (Chocolate Rain) + Trombone
YouTube video by Paul The Trombonist
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You’re welcome. youtu.be/Yqa4Mc_ApzI?...
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Here’s looking at you, Walter Benjamin
July 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here’s looking at you, Walter Benjamin
"Truly, ignorant people lament their [bygone] times
and praise the days that have already passed." — Abu l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Commentary on Ecclesiastes (1143)
and praise the days that have already passed." — Abu l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Commentary on Ecclesiastes (1143)
July 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"Truly, ignorant people lament their [bygone] times
and praise the days that have already passed." — Abu l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Commentary on Ecclesiastes (1143)
and praise the days that have already passed." — Abu l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Commentary on Ecclesiastes (1143)
This is why I became a serious student of thr Bible. I can’t bear to see it so horribly misused. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
Taking the Lord's name in vain
It's not just a theological problem
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is why I became a serious student of thr Bible. I can’t bear to see it so horribly misused. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
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Key lesson of the horrific losses in Texas is that we are not at all ready for the catastrophes of climate change and we desperately need good government to get ready. It’s the fundamental challenge of our time.
July 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Key lesson of the horrific losses in Texas is that we are not at all ready for the catastrophes of climate change and we desperately need good government to get ready. It’s the fundamental challenge of our time.
Sometimes the Bible is shocking. And sometimes that's just what we need.
A Good, Swift Kick in the Gut
I will rebuke your descendants, and I will throw shit on your faces—the shit of your festival offerings—and you will be carried off to the shitpile along with it. — Malachi 2:3 Translations of the Bib...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sometimes the Bible is shocking. And sometimes that's just what we need.
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Happy 4th of July, Batman.
July 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Happy 4th of July, Batman.
In case you were wondering: "One who is a Torah scholar should not eat standing, lick his finger, or burp in front of another person. He should minimize conversation, laughter, sleep, pleasure, and an overemphasis of 'yes' or 'no, no.'” — Derekh erets zuta
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In case you were wondering: "One who is a Torah scholar should not eat standing, lick his finger, or burp in front of another person. He should minimize conversation, laughter, sleep, pleasure, and an overemphasis of 'yes' or 'no, no.'” — Derekh erets zuta
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“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”
― Octavia Butler
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
― Octavia Butler
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”
― Octavia Butler
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
― Octavia Butler
#WritingSky #AcademicSky
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Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
June 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
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I just pulled out my copy of Newton's Principia, a book that was originally written in Latin, and noticed that the translation I am using was completed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has basically been destroyed
Science depends on the humanities 🧪
Science depends on the humanities 🧪
June 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I just pulled out my copy of Newton's Principia, a book that was originally written in Latin, and noticed that the translation I am using was completed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has basically been destroyed
Science depends on the humanities 🧪
Science depends on the humanities 🧪
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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
What's the deal with Moses's wife? Here's a novel answer. Check out my latest at TheTorah.com!
Miriam Complains of Moses’ Cushite Wife: Hezekiah Married the Wrong Empire! - TheTorah.com
In the 8th century B.C.E., Egypt’s Nubian (Cushite) rulers pledged support to Hezekiah’s rebellion against Assyria—but ultimately failed to deliver. Miriam’s complaint about Moses’ Cushite wife serves...
www.thetorah.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What's the deal with Moses's wife? Here's a novel answer. Check out my latest at TheTorah.com!
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we should teach literature in schools as though following a long, complicated narrative is a desirable skill
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
we should teach literature in schools as though following a long, complicated narrative is a desirable skill
Some say the Torah is unreadable. Is that really true? Come think about this with me at the Moses Chronicles.
Why We CAN Read the Torah, Fractures and All
We run up against it from the very beginning. In the first chapter of Genesis we read that “God created the man in his image; in the image of God he created him—male and female he created them” (Ge…
angelaroskoperisman.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Some say the Torah is unreadable. Is that really true? Come think about this with me at the Moses Chronicles.
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“I’m trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it’s difficult is because I’m changing all the time.”
— Charles Mingus
dreaminginthedeepsouth
— Charles Mingus
dreaminginthedeepsouth
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“I’m trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it’s difficult is because I’m changing all the time.”
— Charles Mingus
dreaminginthedeepsouth
— Charles Mingus
dreaminginthedeepsouth
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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it's Keith Jarrett's birthday. unplug yourself from the timeline long enough to play Bremen/Lausanne or the Japanese solo shows from '76 or Bregenz/Munich '81 or the Carnegie Hall show. Just hit play and close your eyes long enough to get inside the music. You will be glad you did.
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
it's Keith Jarrett's birthday. unplug yourself from the timeline long enough to play Bremen/Lausanne or the Japanese solo shows from '76 or Bregenz/Munich '81 or the Carnegie Hall show. Just hit play and close your eyes long enough to get inside the music. You will be glad you did.
Check out my latest on The Moses Chronicles! If you're a Substacker, you can find it there as well. angelaroskoperisman.com/2025/04/18/t...
The Flood
Today is Good Friday in the Christian world, a day that commemorates the execution of an innocent man because it was convenient for those who happened to hold political power. Mostly I’m goin…
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April 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Check out my latest on The Moses Chronicles! If you're a Substacker, you can find it there as well. angelaroskoperisman.com/2025/04/18/t...