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Candida Moss
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Professor. Writer. Columnist. Erratic historian. Typo Queen.
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Lots of exciting new books for those who work on ancient slavery and writing arriving in the next few months! First up @chancebonar.bsky.social’s God, Slavery, and Early Christianity from @universitypress.cambridge.org
Black Book cover featuring a bilingual ancient inscription and the title “God, Slavery, and Early Christianity: Divine Possession and Ethics in the Shepherd of Hermes”
August 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/book/60683
Book cover. The background in sepia tones Showa man dictating to scribes. A cream box in the center has light brown writing that contains the title (Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean) and the words "Edited by Jeremiah Coogan, Candid R. Moss, and Jospeh A. Howley.
July 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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When your friends take great pictures of you.. thanks @sarahebond.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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When a you are on set @cbsnews.com but take a moment to fan girl over Anthea Butler!!
May 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Therapist: Can you pinpoint when your anxiety began?
Me: So, there's this chimney...

#conclave #conclave2025 #Pope
Image of thin chimney on the roof of the sistine chapel at the Vatican during conclave
May 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I'm excited to join everyone @georgemasonu.bsky.social this Thursday to give the inaugural lecture on NT on enslaved literate workers, Christianity and my book God's Ghostwriters. Come one come all!

religiousstudies.gmu.edu/events/16802

@unibirmingham.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I cannot say enough good things about this new book Immaculate Forms by @helenking.bsky.social. It is an astonishing work of entertaining medical history. But a warning: you will not be able to stop reading. Available from Basic books and wherever books are sold.
Book cover for immaculate forms features a composite woman's body divided horizontally in four parts. The top section, the head, in an ancient sculpture. The second piece is a woman's torso in a bra. The third section is a pregnant woman's belly and the bottom quarter is a woman's pelvis and thighs covered by a leaf.
January 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Thanks to TIME magazine for featuring my work and book God’s Ghostwriters in their 2024 Jesus edition @unibirmingham.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
Magazine cover with picture of long haired bearded man (Jesus) in white garment. Title reads “Jesus” Image of magazine article entitled “who wrote the gospels?” By candida moss
December 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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If you are going to AAR/SBL next weekend come to the panel on my book God's Ghostwriters. Featuring responses from @christycobb.bsky.social @zafulotus.bsky.social Matthew Larsen Katherine Shaner and Jennifer Glancy. Sunday November 24 @ 4pm Upper Level 2 of the Convention Center
Screen shot of the details of the Slavery, resistance, and freedom panel on God's Ghostwriters Cover of Moss's book. It shows a scroll with the words "god's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible" and the name Candida Moss. The scroll is above a partial image of St. Paul writing at a desk
November 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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The finished copies of my book have arrived! So excited to share this with the world and so honored by these endorsements from Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Catherine Nixey, Tim Whitmarsh, A-J Levine, and others. It's 20% off today on the Hachette website:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/candi...
February 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Hello friends. My book God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible is available 25% off at @barnesandnoble.bsky.social now! (Flash sale ends 1/26) Link to purchase: bit.ly/Moss_BN Discount code: PREORDER25 at checkout #Classics #Bible #Christianity #BookHistory #Book
January 25, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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For anyone who doesn't already know about this book check out Esther Hamori's God's Monsters. It is fascinating and takes monsters as a serious topic. It's also refreshingly accessible.
Book cover in grey and orange with a blue emblem in the center that reads "God's Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures and Divine Hitmen of the Bible"
November 8, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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This ATM line is sensational.
November 4, 2023 at 6:58 PM