Amy Brown Hughes
@amybrownhughes.bsky.social
Historical theologian of early Christianity at Gordon College. Lover of all things ancient and all things geeky. Co-author: Christian Women in the Patristic World. Co-host of OnScript podcast.
I know I'm never on here...sorry about that.
Who on here is going to Bible and religion nerd prom (aka SBLAAR)? It's in my backyard in Boston this year so I'll be there! Would love to say hi if you will be too.
Who on here is going to Bible and religion nerd prom (aka SBLAAR)? It's in my backyard in Boston this year so I'll be there! Would love to say hi if you will be too.
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I know I'm never on here...sorry about that.
Who on here is going to Bible and religion nerd prom (aka SBLAAR)? It's in my backyard in Boston this year so I'll be there! Would love to say hi if you will be too.
Who on here is going to Bible and religion nerd prom (aka SBLAAR)? It's in my backyard in Boston this year so I'll be there! Would love to say hi if you will be too.
This is the worse case of déjà vu ever.
Complete with all the talking heads going "You know, I think this is actually going to make America safer!"
For pete's sake, READ A HISTORY BOOK or watch a documentary whatever just...can we not do this AGAIN?!
Complete with all the talking heads going "You know, I think this is actually going to make America safer!"
For pete's sake, READ A HISTORY BOOK or watch a documentary whatever just...can we not do this AGAIN?!
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is the worse case of déjà vu ever.
Complete with all the talking heads going "You know, I think this is actually going to make America safer!"
For pete's sake, READ A HISTORY BOOK or watch a documentary whatever just...can we not do this AGAIN?!
Complete with all the talking heads going "You know, I think this is actually going to make America safer!"
For pete's sake, READ A HISTORY BOOK or watch a documentary whatever just...can we not do this AGAIN?!
Reposted by Amy Brown Hughes
Circulating this growing list of women NT/EC scholars again if any one else wants to add their name!
Please share if you can!
tinyurl.com/WomenNTECsch...
Please share if you can!
tinyurl.com/WomenNTECsch...
Women Scholars of NT and Early Christianity
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June 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Circulating this growing list of women NT/EC scholars again if any one else wants to add their name!
Please share if you can!
tinyurl.com/WomenNTECsch...
Please share if you can!
tinyurl.com/WomenNTECsch...
There are still some seats in my #Theology as Dialogue in Early Christianity class in July at Regent College in Vancouver.
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together.
Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together.
Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
Theology as Dialogue in Early Christianity
In
this course, we will work through several examples of early Christian dialogues
from writers such as Justin Martyr, Origen of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, and
Augustine of Hippo, and consider what...
www.regent-college.edu
June 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There are still some seats in my #Theology as Dialogue in Early Christianity class in July at Regent College in Vancouver.
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together.
Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together.
Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
Y'all, @caromein.bsky.social came through and was able to provide a transcription for these. This work + Gemini gave me a good idea of what these texts are! Further confirmation and study needed but:
A late 14th-century scholastic commentary
A early 15th-century Gradual or Antiphonary for Pentecost
A late 14th-century scholastic commentary
A early 15th-century Gradual or Antiphonary for Pentecost
Hey #medievalsky manuscript friends!
Found in our archives. One is a Psalter from 1425 (maybe?).
The other? No idea. Can anyone help identify what this Latin fragment from the late 1300s (supposedly) is? This is definitely not my wheelhouse.
Any further info on either is welcome.
Found in our archives. One is a Psalter from 1425 (maybe?).
The other? No idea. Can anyone help identify what this Latin fragment from the late 1300s (supposedly) is? This is definitely not my wheelhouse.
Any further info on either is welcome.
June 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Y'all, @caromein.bsky.social came through and was able to provide a transcription for these. This work + Gemini gave me a good idea of what these texts are! Further confirmation and study needed but:
A late 14th-century scholastic commentary
A early 15th-century Gradual or Antiphonary for Pentecost
A late 14th-century scholastic commentary
A early 15th-century Gradual or Antiphonary for Pentecost
Hey #medievalsky manuscript friends!
Found in our archives. One is a Psalter from 1425 (maybe?).
The other? No idea. Can anyone help identify what this Latin fragment from the late 1300s (supposedly) is? This is definitely not my wheelhouse.
Any further info on either is welcome.
Found in our archives. One is a Psalter from 1425 (maybe?).
The other? No idea. Can anyone help identify what this Latin fragment from the late 1300s (supposedly) is? This is definitely not my wheelhouse.
Any further info on either is welcome.
June 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hey #medievalsky manuscript friends!
Found in our archives. One is a Psalter from 1425 (maybe?).
The other? No idea. Can anyone help identify what this Latin fragment from the late 1300s (supposedly) is? This is definitely not my wheelhouse.
Any further info on either is welcome.
Found in our archives. One is a Psalter from 1425 (maybe?).
The other? No idea. Can anyone help identify what this Latin fragment from the late 1300s (supposedly) is? This is definitely not my wheelhouse.
Any further info on either is welcome.
These T Swift lyrics have been in my head since Jan 20:
The whole school is rolling fake dice.
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
...
American stories burning before me
I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed
Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?
Darling, I'm scared.
The whole school is rolling fake dice.
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
...
American stories burning before me
I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed
Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?
Darling, I'm scared.
June 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
These T Swift lyrics have been in my head since Jan 20:
The whole school is rolling fake dice.
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
...
American stories burning before me
I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed
Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?
Darling, I'm scared.
The whole school is rolling fake dice.
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
...
American stories burning before me
I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed
Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?
Darling, I'm scared.
Humans made in the image of God are being starved and slaughtered in Gaza. Grief and rage at this atrocity does not diminish the horror of October 7th. One atrocity does not condone another.
There is no justification for killing civilians, let alone children and the wounded. Absolutely none.
There is no justification for killing civilians, let alone children and the wounded. Absolutely none.
May 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Humans made in the image of God are being starved and slaughtered in Gaza. Grief and rage at this atrocity does not diminish the horror of October 7th. One atrocity does not condone another.
There is no justification for killing civilians, let alone children and the wounded. Absolutely none.
There is no justification for killing civilians, let alone children and the wounded. Absolutely none.
What theologians here find themselves doing historical #theology work in the 1500ish-now space?
Obviously that's a large span of time and everyone has a focus (mine is early Christianity) but I'd love to meet some new friends who work in that space.
Introduce yourselves! What do you work on?
Obviously that's a large span of time and everyone has a focus (mine is early Christianity) but I'd love to meet some new friends who work in that space.
Introduce yourselves! What do you work on?
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What theologians here find themselves doing historical #theology work in the 1500ish-now space?
Obviously that's a large span of time and everyone has a focus (mine is early Christianity) but I'd love to meet some new friends who work in that space.
Introduce yourselves! What do you work on?
Obviously that's a large span of time and everyone has a focus (mine is early Christianity) but I'd love to meet some new friends who work in that space.
Introduce yourselves! What do you work on?
Just wrapped up listening to a fabulous plenary from an Argentinian scholar on Origen’s Commentary on John at #NAPS2025.
International faculty and students in the US are blessings. They honor us with their presence and their work. Treating them with violence is abhorrent.
International faculty and students in the US are blessings. They honor us with their presence and their work. Treating them with violence is abhorrent.
May 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Just wrapped up listening to a fabulous plenary from an Argentinian scholar on Origen’s Commentary on John at #NAPS2025.
International faculty and students in the US are blessings. They honor us with their presence and their work. Treating them with violence is abhorrent.
International faculty and students in the US are blessings. They honor us with their presence and their work. Treating them with violence is abhorrent.
Hey #NAPS2025! Can’t wait to see y’all.
I’m presenting on Gregory of Nyssa in the first paper of the first session (the equivalent of winning the lottery at a conference, I think).
Bonus: I’m coming from Boston’s North Shore and skipping an impending rare May nor’easter to hang out with y’all 😁
I’m presenting on Gregory of Nyssa in the first paper of the first session (the equivalent of winning the lottery at a conference, I think).
Bonus: I’m coming from Boston’s North Shore and skipping an impending rare May nor’easter to hang out with y’all 😁
May 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Hey #NAPS2025! Can’t wait to see y’all.
I’m presenting on Gregory of Nyssa in the first paper of the first session (the equivalent of winning the lottery at a conference, I think).
Bonus: I’m coming from Boston’s North Shore and skipping an impending rare May nor’easter to hang out with y’all 😁
I’m presenting on Gregory of Nyssa in the first paper of the first session (the equivalent of winning the lottery at a conference, I think).
Bonus: I’m coming from Boston’s North Shore and skipping an impending rare May nor’easter to hang out with y’all 😁
Hey all, the FDA has a comment section open for the next three days! Tell them what you think of their ridiculous and harmful decision to not approve the Covid-19 vaccine yearly for the majority of people.
The vaccine is safe, effective, and should be widely available.
regulations.gov/comme…
The vaccine is safe, effective, and should be widely available.
regulations.gov/comme…
Regulations.gov
https://regulations.gov/comme…
May 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Hey all, the FDA has a comment section open for the next three days! Tell them what you think of their ridiculous and harmful decision to not approve the Covid-19 vaccine yearly for the majority of people.
The vaccine is safe, effective, and should be widely available.
regulations.gov/comme…
The vaccine is safe, effective, and should be widely available.
regulations.gov/comme…
Our government wants us uneducated, scared to speak out, and also, apparently, sick.
This timeline continues to be the absolute WORST.
apnews.com/article/vacc...
This timeline continues to be the absolute WORST.
apnews.com/article/vacc...
New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.
apnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our government wants us uneducated, scared to speak out, and also, apparently, sick.
This timeline continues to be the absolute WORST.
apnews.com/article/vacc...
This timeline continues to be the absolute WORST.
apnews.com/article/vacc...
I'm teaching a new course on Theology as Dialogue in Early Christianity at Regent College in Vancouver this summer.
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together. Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together. Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
Theology as Dialogue in Early Christianity
In
this course, we will work through several examples of early Christian dialogues
from writers such as Justin Martyr, Origen of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, and
Augustine of Hippo, and consider what...
www.regent-college.edu
May 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I'm teaching a new course on Theology as Dialogue in Early Christianity at Regent College in Vancouver this summer.
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together. Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
It's for credit or audit, in-person or online.
We're going to read a bunch of weird and fun and delightful texts together. Join me!
www.regent-college.edu/summer/cours...
Hey Late Antiquity and early Christianity peeps!
Who's going to NAPS this week? I've not been in a bit and can't wait to catch up with y'all and meet new friends.
Who's going to NAPS this week? I've not been in a bit and can't wait to catch up with y'all and meet new friends.
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hey Late Antiquity and early Christianity peeps!
Who's going to NAPS this week? I've not been in a bit and can't wait to catch up with y'all and meet new friends.
Who's going to NAPS this week? I've not been in a bit and can't wait to catch up with y'all and meet new friends.
It’s the kind of day where I needed whatever this lemon lavender brioche thing is and I’m alternating between iced and hot coffee 😂
Oh, and that brand new book by Greg Lee on the City of God you see there? Yeah, it’s PHENOMENAL. Gonna chat with him this afternoon for a new episode of OnScript!
Oh, and that brand new book by Greg Lee on the City of God you see there? Yeah, it’s PHENOMENAL. Gonna chat with him this afternoon for a new episode of OnScript!
May 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It’s the kind of day where I needed whatever this lemon lavender brioche thing is and I’m alternating between iced and hot coffee 😂
Oh, and that brand new book by Greg Lee on the City of God you see there? Yeah, it’s PHENOMENAL. Gonna chat with him this afternoon for a new episode of OnScript!
Oh, and that brand new book by Greg Lee on the City of God you see there? Yeah, it’s PHENOMENAL. Gonna chat with him this afternoon for a new episode of OnScript!
What Jesus said.
Women are made in the image of God. Therefore, women have full agency and deserve protection from violence of any kind, regardless of what they wear or do or say or who they're in a relationship with.
Women are made in the image of God. Therefore, women have full agency and deserve protection from violence of any kind, regardless of what they wear or do or say or who they're in a relationship with.
May 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What Jesus said.
Women are made in the image of God. Therefore, women have full agency and deserve protection from violence of any kind, regardless of what they wear or do or say or who they're in a relationship with.
Women are made in the image of God. Therefore, women have full agency and deserve protection from violence of any kind, regardless of what they wear or do or say or who they're in a relationship with.
I have a lot of grading to do, a conference paper to write, and a book to work on so of course I made cinnamon rhubarb muffins.
May 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I have a lot of grading to do, a conference paper to write, and a book to work on so of course I made cinnamon rhubarb muffins.
I was obsessing about this cute gull fam on the roof and saw it live! Habemus papam!!!
May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I was obsessing about this cute gull fam on the roof and saw it live! Habemus papam!!!
Sure, let's go all in on AI doing all the things. Because obviously this is the kind of "ruler" Paul meant.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Sure, let's go all in on AI doing all the things. Because obviously this is the kind of "ruler" Paul meant.
🤪 🤣
🤪 🤣
Super niche ask on numismatics:
We have a Helena Augusta coin in our archives that's been identified as a medieval forgery. I know what I'm looking at with coins struck in late antiquity but I'm interested in the why and how of a forgery.
Numismatics peeps: I'd love to get your thoughts on it!
We have a Helena Augusta coin in our archives that's been identified as a medieval forgery. I know what I'm looking at with coins struck in late antiquity but I'm interested in the why and how of a forgery.
Numismatics peeps: I'd love to get your thoughts on it!
May 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Super niche ask on numismatics:
We have a Helena Augusta coin in our archives that's been identified as a medieval forgery. I know what I'm looking at with coins struck in late antiquity but I'm interested in the why and how of a forgery.
Numismatics peeps: I'd love to get your thoughts on it!
We have a Helena Augusta coin in our archives that's been identified as a medieval forgery. I know what I'm looking at with coins struck in late antiquity but I'm interested in the why and how of a forgery.
Numismatics peeps: I'd love to get your thoughts on it!
Love me a good story with great characters, especially ones that inspire us to directly challenge exploitative power and oppression.
May the Fourth be with you, fellow rebel scum.
May the Fourth be with you, fellow rebel scum.
a woman is standing in front of a building and saying `` may the force be with you . ''
Alt: General Organa saying "may the force be with you."
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May 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Love me a good story with great characters, especially ones that inspire us to directly challenge exploitative power and oppression.
May the Fourth be with you, fellow rebel scum.
May the Fourth be with you, fellow rebel scum.
Look this crumb, y’all 🤩
And it’s the most delicious sandwich bread so far. Shout out to Sally’s Baking for this perfect recipe.
I used old fashioned oats for this loaf.
And it’s the most delicious sandwich bread so far. Shout out to Sally’s Baking for this perfect recipe.
I used old fashioned oats for this loaf.
May 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Look this crumb, y’all 🤩
And it’s the most delicious sandwich bread so far. Shout out to Sally’s Baking for this perfect recipe.
I used old fashioned oats for this loaf.
And it’s the most delicious sandwich bread so far. Shout out to Sally’s Baking for this perfect recipe.
I used old fashioned oats for this loaf.