Hugo Méndez
@hugomendez.bsky.social
Associate Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Author, The Gospel of John: A New History (OUP 2025) and The New Testament, 8th ed. (OUP 2024). #LGM
Personal site: http://www.hugomendez.com
New Book: https://amzn.to/4jT6pJZ
Personal site: http://www.hugomendez.com
New Book: https://amzn.to/4jT6pJZ
If you're looking to grab a copy of my latest title, OUP has a 30% off discount code for my new book (AUFLY30).
Enjoy it!
Enjoy it!
August 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're looking to grab a copy of my latest title, OUP has a 30% off discount code for my new book (AUFLY30).
Enjoy it!
Enjoy it!
I'm back from Europe, and guess what greeted me on my desk!
Really, I'm so thankful to all of you—friends, family, and colleagues—for your encouragement. And I'm really looking forward to all that this book might inspire, challenge, and reshape!
(Enjoy a taste here: doi.org/10.1093/9780...)
Really, I'm so thankful to all of you—friends, family, and colleagues—for your encouragement. And I'm really looking forward to all that this book might inspire, challenge, and reshape!
(Enjoy a taste here: doi.org/10.1093/9780...)
August 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm back from Europe, and guess what greeted me on my desk!
Really, I'm so thankful to all of you—friends, family, and colleagues—for your encouragement. And I'm really looking forward to all that this book might inspire, challenge, and reshape!
(Enjoy a taste here: doi.org/10.1093/9780...)
Really, I'm so thankful to all of you—friends, family, and colleagues—for your encouragement. And I'm really looking forward to all that this book might inspire, challenge, and reshape!
(Enjoy a taste here: doi.org/10.1093/9780...)
Print copies of my book are weeks away, but its ebook versions are now out on Kindle and Nook for $23.99! To celebrate, then, today's teaser comes from the introduction to ch. 2 in the Kindle preview (a.co/d/dQkhE24).
academic.oup.com/book/60236
academic.oup.com/book/60236
July 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Print copies of my book are weeks away, but its ebook versions are now out on Kindle and Nook for $23.99! To celebrate, then, today's teaser comes from the introduction to ch. 2 in the Kindle preview (a.co/d/dQkhE24).
academic.oup.com/book/60236
academic.oup.com/book/60236
My book on the Gospel of John is coming out this month! Over the next few weeks, I'll be leaving teasers from its pages. Here's a key quote that sets up a major argument of chs. 1 and 2—namely, that the author of John was conversant with, and developed, the thought of Paul. (a.co/d/6rj76Qj).
July 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My book on the Gospel of John is coming out this month! Over the next few weeks, I'll be leaving teasers from its pages. Here's a key quote that sets up a major argument of chs. 1 and 2—namely, that the author of John was conversant with, and developed, the thought of Paul. (a.co/d/6rj76Qj).
New SBL website drop.
June 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New SBL website drop.
“Luke could’ve used Matthew and Q.”
May 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“Luke could’ve used Matthew and Q.”
I'm just shocked UNC Religious Studies hasn't given all of us an official Bart Ehrman mug.
(www.etsy.com/listing/4306...)
(www.etsy.com/listing/4306...)
May 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm just shocked UNC Religious Studies hasn't given all of us an official Bart Ehrman mug.
(www.etsy.com/listing/4306...)
(www.etsy.com/listing/4306...)
So happy to be back at #Stanford (this time to share my work on the Epistles of John). This place is always so stunning, always so inviting and warm. It’s such a special place to me.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So happy to be back at #Stanford (this time to share my work on the Epistles of John). This place is always so stunning, always so inviting and warm. It’s such a special place to me.
Forget the seagulls. This is when I knew who would be Pope.
May 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Forget the seagulls. This is when I knew who would be Pope.
Folks, this book is going to be gorgeous.
(For years, I wrote the manuscript with this contemporary Greek-Catholic icon by Ivanka Demchuk sitting on the front page... It's stunning to see it now adorn the cover proofs. Coming out this summer!)
(For years, I wrote the manuscript with this contemporary Greek-Catholic icon by Ivanka Demchuk sitting on the front page... It's stunning to see it now adorn the cover proofs. Coming out this summer!)
April 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Folks, this book is going to be gorgeous.
(For years, I wrote the manuscript with this contemporary Greek-Catholic icon by Ivanka Demchuk sitting on the front page... It's stunning to see it now adorn the cover proofs. Coming out this summer!)
(For years, I wrote the manuscript with this contemporary Greek-Catholic icon by Ivanka Demchuk sitting on the front page... It's stunning to see it now adorn the cover proofs. Coming out this summer!)
So... UNC will now have the (just-retired, Republican) NC Senate Majority Leader as its General Counsel, advising UNC on responses to campus protests, applying new federal policies, etc.
This is where we are.
This is where we are.
March 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So... UNC will now have the (just-retired, Republican) NC Senate Majority Leader as its General Counsel, advising UNC on responses to campus protests, applying new federal policies, etc.
This is where we are.
This is where we are.
It's proofs time for this one!
(And thank you to those friends who've volunteered to help me catch errors in these proofs. I'm so appreciative.)
(And thank you to those friends who've volunteered to help me catch errors in these proofs. I'm so appreciative.)
March 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's proofs time for this one!
(And thank you to those friends who've volunteered to help me catch errors in these proofs. I'm so appreciative.)
(And thank you to those friends who've volunteered to help me catch errors in these proofs. I'm so appreciative.)
Please do consider submitting to the "Connecting John" unit at SBL this year! Excited to see your proposals!
February 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Please do consider submitting to the "Connecting John" unit at SBL this year! Excited to see your proposals!
I'm in a few episodes of the new season of History's Greatest Mysteries, which premiers Monday. You can also catch me on Mysteries Unearthed on Fridays.
Keep an eye out!
Keep an eye out!
January 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm in a few episodes of the new season of History's Greatest Mysteries, which premiers Monday. You can also catch me on Mysteries Unearthed on Fridays.
Keep an eye out!
Keep an eye out!
This one's done and coming in 2025! Excited to see it take shape.
December 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
This one's done and coming in 2025! Excited to see it take shape.
Here we go:
Which biblical studies books do you think have the most attractive covers?
Let’s see the most stunning ones!
I’ve always loved this (now oft-imitated beauty) by @choklotubbe.bsky.social
Which biblical studies books do you think have the most attractive covers?
Let’s see the most stunning ones!
I’ve always loved this (now oft-imitated beauty) by @choklotubbe.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Here we go:
Which biblical studies books do you think have the most attractive covers?
Let’s see the most stunning ones!
I’ve always loved this (now oft-imitated beauty) by @choklotubbe.bsky.social
Which biblical studies books do you think have the most attractive covers?
Let’s see the most stunning ones!
I’ve always loved this (now oft-imitated beauty) by @choklotubbe.bsky.social
Achievement unlocked: being cited in someone else’s conference abstract. 🔐🔓🏆
November 22, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Achievement unlocked: being cited in someone else’s conference abstract. 🔐🔓🏆
I'm getting that lots of you have new views of James... 🙂
November 21, 2024 at 3:46 PM
I'm getting that lots of you have new views of James... 🙂
I take it we no longer care about that 3am phone call thing?
July 4, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I take it we no longer care about that 3am phone call thing?
Sadly, this has to be a virtual year for me at the Catholic Biblical Association annual meeting. But wherever you are—in DC or online—tune in August 4 for this presentation: a summary of grant-funded research.
June 28, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Sadly, this has to be a virtual year for me at the Catholic Biblical Association annual meeting. But wherever you are—in DC or online—tune in August 4 for this presentation: a summary of grant-funded research.
I've had fun as a regular expert on multiple History Channel shows, covering topics anywhere across ancient history and religion. Tonight, though, will be a doubleheader! Look for me on History's Greatest Mysteries and the series premiere of Holy Marvels (9 and 10pm EDT).
June 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I've had fun as a regular expert on multiple History Channel shows, covering topics anywhere across ancient history and religion. Tonight, though, will be a doubleheader! Look for me on History's Greatest Mysteries and the series premiere of Holy Marvels (9 and 10pm EDT).
Please consider "Connecting John" for your next SBL paper!
It's three panels this year: Paul and John, Interrelations of the Gospel, and an open call. (That's right—Pauline scholars are especially welcome.)
It's three panels this year: Paul and John, Interrelations of the Gospel, and an open call. (That's right—Pauline scholars are especially welcome.)
March 14, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Please consider "Connecting John" for your next SBL paper!
It's three panels this year: Paul and John, Interrelations of the Gospel, and an open call. (That's right—Pauline scholars are especially welcome.)
It's three panels this year: Paul and John, Interrelations of the Gospel, and an open call. (That's right—Pauline scholars are especially welcome.)