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Jon Berglund
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PhD Candidate in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen. Los Angeles to Scotland.
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***#twitterstorians***

Tenure-track job postings in History or History-related fields, March 2025

A thread.

(I will add more postings over the course of the month)

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March 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Tomorrow:

FROM THE SCALPEL TO THE LOOM: Reclaiming the Art of the Torah’s Composition

at the Association for Jewish Studies annual meeting.

Including a sneak preview of Eva Mroczek's forthcoming "Tales from the Cave: Losing and Finding the Biblical Past"
As much as the Hebrew Bible has usually been seen as a source of world literature, we also have much to learn from seeing it as an example of it. In particular the Torah's emphatically woven quality can offer a uniquely illuminating view into ancient ideas and practices of literary production.Seeing its literary form as an example of a global phenomenon suggests that the Torah may be the clearest instance of a remarkably cross-culturally pervasive image for literary creativity: the *textile* mode of production. Rather than the medical metaphor of a scalpel, or the animist metaphor of a living community, cultures from Babylon to Greece and Medieval Europe have used the image of weaving, intertwining, or knotting words together to form a text (literally, “woven thing”). Sophus Helle* recently argued that this may be the most productive way to theorize authorship historically, a “middle ground“ between pure originality, with the lone genius who creates everything ex nihilo, and pure convention, a text as entirely a function of its history and environment. *Helle, 2019. “What Is an Author? Old Answers to a New Question.” Modern Language Quarterly 80: 113–39.
December 15, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Coming April 15, 2025, but now available for pre-order!

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Authentic Paul, The | McGill-Queen’s University Press
McGill-Queen’s University Press
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December 14, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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All facts. (Also, I really missed the mark on accessibility with my presentations and want to do better next time.)
kevinofarrell.bsky.social Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · Nov 27
Some lessons from #sblaar. Book panels are most stimulating/high quality. Blitzing the book hall at the end pays dividends. Presentation accessibility has a long way to go. Ticket scarcity at receptions is a real thing. People are mostly nice. Aberdeen still has the best people.
November 28, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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*sees a grafted citrus tree*

Omg I can use this in class to explain Romans 11
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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#SBLAAR24 folks: come join me at 1pm at the Omni for an excellent invited panel on everyone’s (least) favorite verse, Gal 3:28.

There will be puns! There will be pithy side comments! There’s a rogue Bill Clinton reference!
Screenshot of the SBL page for the 1 pm Paul and Politics/Feminist Hermeneutics session Screenshot of the SBL 1 pm Paul and Politics/Feminist Hermeneutics session
November 24, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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The joy of reunion with fellow Aberdeen Divinity friends! So grateful 🥰 #aarsbl24 @abdndivinity.bsky.social @jlberglund.bsky.social @melissacmtan.bsky.social @jeanninemhanger.bsky.social @lmigram.bsky.social @lydiasomanglee.bsky.social @mattemeyer.bsky.social @wagesofcyn.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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Some tips for those who may be attending #SBLAAR for the first time:
November 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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For folks attending #sblaar24, I’ll be presenting two different papers on Ephesians, incarceration, and enslavement. Would love to see you there if you can make one.
November 22, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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Hello! I’m figuring out how to be a NT scholar and first year professor in Kansas teaching a 4:4 load from Hebrew to gen eds. Big transition from finishing my PhD in Scotland in June. I love seeing what others are writing and posting your successes! Survival encouragement welcome!
November 16, 2024 at 8:13 PM