Elikplim Zanthia
@elizanthia.bsky.social
budding scholar of Hebrew Bible, studying the composition of the Pentateuch & all things ritual, meaning-making across traditions. within the study of religion, i examine categories that structured religion as primitive/modern, superstitious/rational.
2026 feels like 2020 on full reset, and we’re only eight days in
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
2026 feels like 2020 on full reset, and we’re only eight days in
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God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
On the Function of the Fetish
Across the world, material representations of deities are ubiquitous. It was these representations that would become what Portuguese merchants called "fetish" upon encountering West African cultic objects.
Across the world, material representations of deities are ubiquitous. It was these representations that would become what Portuguese merchants called "fetish" upon encountering West African cultic objects.
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On the Function of the Fetish
Across the world, material representations of deities are ubiquitous. It was these representations that would become what Portuguese merchants called "fetish" upon encountering West African cultic objects.
Across the world, material representations of deities are ubiquitous. It was these representations that would become what Portuguese merchants called "fetish" upon encountering West African cultic objects.
this is urgent! black biblical scholars, it’s time to whip up the interest of black students in biblical studies. just finished reading a 200+ page monograph on violence in the hebrew bible, and not once did the author cite a black scholar. the erasure is staggering. sigh!
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
this is urgent! black biblical scholars, it’s time to whip up the interest of black students in biblical studies. just finished reading a 200+ page monograph on violence in the hebrew bible, and not once did the author cite a black scholar. the erasure is staggering. sigh!
me people say “only when the rain beats the goat does it learn the way home.”
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
me people say “only when the rain beats the goat does it learn the way home.”
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No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
January 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.
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How To Be a Writer, #111:
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
January 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
How To Be a Writer, #111:
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
we shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice
—martin luther king jr
—martin luther king jr
January 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
we shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice
—martin luther king jr
—martin luther king jr
doublethink. yes, that’s the one word which describes our current zeitgeist.
January 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
doublethink. yes, that’s the one word which describes our current zeitgeist.
legislations have made it illegal for the burial of blacks and whites in the same cemetery. but for some unknown reasons many black people hold the belief that at the end of time, they will share eternity with white people in heaven.
January 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
legislations have made it illegal for the burial of blacks and whites in the same cemetery. but for some unknown reasons many black people hold the belief that at the end of time, they will share eternity with white people in heaven.
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From the classroom to communities, YDS students are equipped to inspire hope and lead lives of transformative service. Your gift to the Annual Fund ensures that no student is denied the chance to receive a transformative theological education.
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December 30, 2024 at 3:38 PM
From the classroom to communities, YDS students are equipped to inspire hope and lead lives of transformative service. Your gift to the Annual Fund ensures that no student is denied the chance to receive a transformative theological education.
Make your year-end gift today! https://buff.ly/3DDljUI
Make your year-end gift today! https://buff.ly/3DDljUI
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There's not much Mr Asimov says that I don't agree with . . . 📚 📖 📚
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
December 29, 2024 at 3:43 AM
There's not much Mr Asimov says that I don't agree with . . . 📚 📖 📚
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
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if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."
December 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM
if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."
The three things that cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
— Buddha
— Buddha
December 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The three things that cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
— Buddha
— Buddha
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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November 28, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Dog woke me up on urgent business and as I took her outside I was confronted with the first sky dandruff of the season
November 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Dog woke me up on urgent business and as I took her outside I was confronted with the first sky dandruff of the season
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Breaking News: The ICC issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former Israeli defense minister for war crimes in Gaza. It also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief.
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ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: Israel-Hamas War Live Updates
The International Criminal Court rejected Israel’s challenges to its jurisdiction, and also issued a warrant for a top Hamas official. Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes in Gaza.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Breaking News: The ICC issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former Israeli defense minister for war crimes in Gaza. It also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
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The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the former Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes in Gaza. It also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the former Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes in Gaza. It also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif.
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/40Xlq6T
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/40Xlq6T
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