Brandon W. Hawk
@brandonwhawk.bsky.social
Professor of English at Rhode Island College (views my own). I’m a nerd for medieval things, biblical apocrypha, Star Wars, LotR, & Magic (TCG). He/him.
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
Happy new Taylor album release day to all who celebrate! 🔥 🔥🔥
October 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy new Taylor album release day to all who celebrate! 🔥 🔥🔥
Pretty weird & disturbing that here we are in the Year of Our Lord 2025, after yet another failed Rapture prophecy. What was it that was said about false prophet in Deuteronomy 13:5 & Deuteronomy 18:20-22?
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Pretty weird & disturbing that here we are in the Year of Our Lord 2025, after yet another failed Rapture prophecy. What was it that was said about false prophet in Deuteronomy 13:5 & Deuteronomy 18:20-22?
This guy now lives in my office, & I couldn’t be prouder. A few weeks ago, on an impulse, I stopped by a yard sale, & there before me were 2 porcelain dolls of Pope John Paul II—so I snagged one for me, & one for my partner.
September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This guy now lives in my office, & I couldn’t be prouder. A few weeks ago, on an impulse, I stopped by a yard sale, & there before me were 2 porcelain dolls of Pope John Paul II—so I snagged one for me, & one for my partner.
There’s something amazing about a concert that’s not only great music but also fantastic spectacle. My Chemical Romance performing at Fenway last hit both marks perfectly.
September 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There’s something amazing about a concert that’s not only great music but also fantastic spectacle. My Chemical Romance performing at Fenway last hit both marks perfectly.
Shiny! New book on #apocrypha by Tobias Nicklas & @janetspittler.bsky.social!
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Shiny! New book on #apocrypha by Tobias Nicklas & @janetspittler.bsky.social!
I hate everything about the fact that the TIME100 AI 2025 list exists.
September 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I hate everything about the fact that the TIME100 AI 2025 list exists.
I have (because of the continued interest of the children & me) upgraded our hyperfixation with minerals: say hello to the newest toy, a double barrel (2x3lbs) rock tumbler.
August 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I have (because of the continued interest of the children & me) upgraded our hyperfixation with minerals: say hello to the newest toy, a double barrel (2x3lbs) rock tumbler.
Getting packed for a long weekend camping & rockhounding with my two little rock fiends. I think we’re ready.
July 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Getting packed for a long weekend camping & rockhounding with my two little rock fiends. I think we’re ready.
Found this T-O map on the local beach. Which one of you needs did this? #MedievalSky
July 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Found this T-O map on the local beach. Which one of you needs did this? #MedievalSky
Whoa, I was just reminded that 7 years ago today, I received copies of my first book. This is a striking reminder for me, especially because of how much younger I looked.
July 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Whoa, I was just reminded that 7 years ago today, I received copies of my first book. This is a striking reminder for me, especially because of how much younger I looked.
Look what arrived! It’s such an honor to have my piece in this wonderful Catalogue edited by @themedievaldrk.bsky.social & Melek Karataş!
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Look what arrived! It’s such an honor to have my piece in this wonderful Catalogue edited by @themedievaldrk.bsky.social & Melek Karataş!
A bit late for actual sunset at my pond, but still a pretty nice view. Plus, there are fireflies starting to come out.
June 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A bit late for actual sunset at my pond, but still a pretty nice view. Plus, there are fireflies starting to come out.
These are the collections I usually recommend. For a standard collection, James is very good, as is the Elliott (basically an update of James's work). The Hennecke-Schneemelcher has more scholarly apparatus.
May 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
These are the collections I usually recommend. For a standard collection, James is very good, as is the Elliott (basically an update of James's work). The Hennecke-Schneemelcher has more scholarly apparatus.
A day in the Brown Rockefeller Library researching #apocrypha feels so very good. Yes, all of those blue books are volumes of the Œuvres complètes de Voltaire.
May 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A day in the Brown Rockefeller Library researching #apocrypha feels so very good. Yes, all of those blue books are volumes of the Œuvres complètes de Voltaire.
What a pleasant surprise: my book Apocrypha for Beginners is back up to #1 best seller in the Christian Bible Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha category on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/Apocrypha-Be...
www.amazon.com/Apocrypha-Be...
May 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What a pleasant surprise: my book Apocrypha for Beginners is back up to #1 best seller in the Christian Bible Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha category on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/Apocrypha-Be...
www.amazon.com/Apocrypha-Be...
Congrats to @maklelan.bsky.social on release day for his book! Can’t wait to dig into this one!
April 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Congrats to @maklelan.bsky.social on release day for his book! Can’t wait to dig into this one!
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It’s a good day for #apocrypha! Just received the brand new Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, Volume 2, edited by James R. Davila & Richard Bauckham.
March 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s a good day for #apocrypha! Just received the brand new Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, Volume 2, edited by James R. Davila & Richard Bauckham.
Prompted by others, I decided to check & see if any of my own books were among those in LibGen, which has been used to train #AI at Meta on stolen intellectual property. It looks like the database includes my first book, Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England (2018).
March 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Prompted by others, I decided to check & see if any of my own books were among those in LibGen, which has been used to train #AI at Meta on stolen intellectual property. It looks like the database includes my first book, Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England (2018).
