Michael Kochenash
@mkochenash.bsky.social
New Testament/early Christianity | PhD, Claremont | pronounced "CAUTION-osh" | he/him
Setting up camp at the nonprofit repository: hcommons.org/members/mkoc...
Michael Kochenash – Knowledge Commons
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September 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Setting up camp at the nonprofit repository: hcommons.org/members/mkoc...
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University of Oregon is planning to close dept and lay off faculty—incl many *tenured* faculty—& among those impacted are Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Holocaust Studies. Here is a link to a petition asking the president to reconsider actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...
Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...
actionnetwork.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
University of Oregon is planning to close dept and lay off faculty—incl many *tenured* faculty—& among those impacted are Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Holocaust Studies. Here is a link to a petition asking the president to reconsider actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...
Very cool to be able to share that my nomination for membership in SNTS has been approved! Many thanks to Dennis MacDonald and @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social for nominating me!
August 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Very cool to be able to share that my nomination for membership in SNTS has been approved! Many thanks to Dennis MacDonald and @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social for nominating me!
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
H/t @miriamjane5.bsky.social “How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents”
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Explore this post and more from the privacy community
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May 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
H/t @miriamjane5.bsky.social “How to turn off AI-scraping from your Word documents”
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Here’s the playbook: raid public coffers, dismantle public services, use the breakdown of infrastructure they engineer to scapegoat and repress political enemies, and to further privatize what was, is, and should be public.
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here’s the playbook: raid public coffers, dismantle public services, use the breakdown of infrastructure they engineer to scapegoat and repress political enemies, and to further privatize what was, is, and should be public.
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How to opt-out of Cambridge University Press emails inviting authors and editors to allow their work to be given to provides of AI (heading usually includes "AI subsidiary aggregation addendum")
Open the email and then follow these steps: (1/3)
Open the email and then follow these steps: (1/3)
January 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
How to opt-out of Cambridge University Press emails inviting authors and editors to allow their work to be given to provides of AI (heading usually includes "AI subsidiary aggregation addendum")
Open the email and then follow these steps: (1/3)
Open the email and then follow these steps: (1/3)
Inspired by a misinterpretation of maritime law, the Bluths find themselves entangled in a scheme to sell the naming rights to the Gulf of Mexico. It's Arrested Development.
January 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Inspired by a misinterpretation of maritime law, the Bluths find themselves entangled in a scheme to sell the naming rights to the Gulf of Mexico. It's Arrested Development.
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CRINT Essay Prize in Early Jewish and Christian Studies
€1,000. (Post-)graduate students and those who received their PhD no earlier than Jan. 1, 2020 are eligible. Essay not exceeding 10,000 words (including footnotes) to Dr. Albertina Oegema (crintessay@gmail.com) by July 1, 2025.
€1,000. (Post-)graduate students and those who received their PhD no earlier than Jan. 1, 2020 are eligible. Essay not exceeding 10,000 words (including footnotes) to Dr. Albertina Oegema (crintessay@gmail.com) by July 1, 2025.
Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
"Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum" published on 01 Jan 1974 by Brill.
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January 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
CRINT Essay Prize in Early Jewish and Christian Studies
€1,000. (Post-)graduate students and those who received their PhD no earlier than Jan. 1, 2020 are eligible. Essay not exceeding 10,000 words (including footnotes) to Dr. Albertina Oegema (crintessay@gmail.com) by July 1, 2025.
€1,000. (Post-)graduate students and those who received their PhD no earlier than Jan. 1, 2020 are eligible. Essay not exceeding 10,000 words (including footnotes) to Dr. Albertina Oegema (crintessay@gmail.com) by July 1, 2025.
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Happy new year! My conversation with @mkochenash.bsky.social on his article “The Census in Luke 2: Using Josephus to Make Sense of Luke’s Irreconcilable Chronology” is available wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also support the podcast for $5/month on Patreon www.patreon.com/ItMeansWhatI...
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January 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy new year! My conversation with @mkochenash.bsky.social on his article “The Census in Luke 2: Using Josephus to Make Sense of Luke’s Irreconcilable Chronology” is available wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also support the podcast for $5/month on Patreon www.patreon.com/ItMeansWhatI...
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The preview of the eleven interviews recorded for 2025 so far will be available for free tomorrow wherever you listen to podcasts! Then my conversation with @mkochenash.bsky.social will be available for free on the first.
December 31, 2024 at 12:04 AM
The preview of the eleven interviews recorded for 2025 so far will be available for free tomorrow wherever you listen to podcasts! Then my conversation with @mkochenash.bsky.social will be available for free on the first.
This includes my article, "The Census in Luke 2: Using Josephus to Make Sense of Luke's Irreconcilable Chronology." You can read it here: www.academia.edu/124333656/Th...
New issue of Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 143, No. 3 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/53655
November 12, 2024 at 8:31 PM
This includes my article, "The Census in Luke 2: Using Josephus to Make Sense of Luke's Irreconcilable Chronology." You can read it here: www.academia.edu/124333656/Th...
University in Paris: *advertises permanent job in my specific discipline, requires instruction in French*
Me: Let's gooooooo!!! *opens Duolingo for the first time in three months*
Me: Let's gooooooo!!! *opens Duolingo for the first time in three months*
October 29, 2024 at 1:49 PM
University in Paris: *advertises permanent job in my specific discipline, requires instruction in French*
Me: Let's gooooooo!!! *opens Duolingo for the first time in three months*
Me: Let's gooooooo!!! *opens Duolingo for the first time in three months*
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The first interview for 2025 has been recorded! Thanks to @mkochenash.bsky.social for sitting down with me to discuss his article “The Census in Luke 2: Using Josephus to Make Sense of Luke’s Irreconcilable Chronology.”
October 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
The first interview for 2025 has been recorded! Thanks to @mkochenash.bsky.social for sitting down with me to discuss his article “The Census in Luke 2: Using Josephus to Make Sense of Luke’s Irreconcilable Chronology.”
Retweeting for weekend people
Thanks to the generosity of the Radboud Excellence Initiative, my article in the newest issue of 𝘑𝘉𝘓 is open access! Read it here: www.academia.edu/124333656/Th...
October 5, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Retweeting for weekend people
Thanks to the generosity of the Radboud Excellence Initiative, my article in the newest issue of 𝘑𝘉𝘓 is open access! Read it here: www.academia.edu/124333656/Th...
October 1, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Thanks to the generosity of the Radboud Excellence Initiative, my article in the newest issue of 𝘑𝘉𝘓 is open access! Read it here: www.academia.edu/124333656/Th...
Coming soon: October 14, 2024
Luke and Acts with(in) Second Temple Judaism
The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are nearly always attributed to a single gentile author writing for a gentile audience. Many studies thus concentrate on how Luke and Acts as gentile Ch...
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April 24, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Coming soon: October 14, 2024
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I have fantastic news! Today is the release day for my new book, "Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative: The Devouring Metaphor," and it's currently Open Access on the T&F website! Take a look if you're interested in Hebrew Bible, gender, or metaphor theory. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative | The Devouring Metaphor | Est
This book uses three examples of violent biblical stories about women, explored through the lens of conceptual metaphor theory in relation to culinary language
www.taylorfrancis.com
April 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
I have fantastic news! Today is the release day for my new book, "Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative: The Devouring Metaphor," and it's currently Open Access on the T&F website! Take a look if you're interested in Hebrew Bible, gender, or metaphor theory. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
Happy NEH Fellowship submission deadline day to all who submit!
April 10, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Happy NEH Fellowship submission deadline day to all who submit!
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Hey, that’s me (and @mkochenash.bsky.social)!
Latest review on Rhea!
Robert D. Heaton reviews Michael Kochenash, "Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God" (Lexington Books 2020).
Don't miss the discussion between author & reviewer after the review!
Robert D. Heaton reviews Michael Kochenash, "Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God" (Lexington Books 2020).
Don't miss the discussion between author & reviewer after the review!
Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God
Michael Kochenash, Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020). 9781978707351. Reviewed by Robert D. Heaton, Anderson University, rdheaton@anderson.edu. ...
rheaclassicalreviews.com
February 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Hey, that’s me (and @mkochenash.bsky.social)!
Many thanks to @robheaton.com for this thoughtful review of my book and to both Rob and @rheaclassical.bsky.social for the opportunity to state publicly what I think about accusations of parallelomania!
Latest review on Rhea!
Robert D. Heaton reviews Michael Kochenash, "Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God" (Lexington Books 2020).
Don't miss the discussion between author & reviewer after the review!
Robert D. Heaton reviews Michael Kochenash, "Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God" (Lexington Books 2020).
Don't miss the discussion between author & reviewer after the review!
Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God
Michael Kochenash, Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020). 9781978707351. Reviewed by Robert D. Heaton, Anderson University, rdheaton@anderson.edu. ...
rheaclassicalreviews.com
February 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Many thanks to @robheaton.com for this thoughtful review of my book and to both Rob and @rheaclassical.bsky.social for the opportunity to state publicly what I think about accusations of parallelomania!
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Newly published essay by Heather Macumber on gamifying the final exam in biblical studies classes. It's a game-changer! #biblicalstudies #gamification
www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2024/1/...
www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2024/1/...
Gamifying the Exam — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
“In this exercise, students are not simply studying and rereading material
but testing themselves repeatedly. The process of making the cards and even
coming up with helpful questions for their pe...
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January 22, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Newly published essay by Heather Macumber on gamifying the final exam in biblical studies classes. It's a game-changer! #biblicalstudies #gamification
www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2024/1/...
www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2024/1/...
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Raise your hand if there are currently more NFL coaching jobs open than tenure-stream positions in your academic discipline.
January 10, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Raise your hand if there are currently more NFL coaching jobs open than tenure-stream positions in your academic discipline.
In accordance with SBL's #OpenAccess policy, you can now read the full text of “Unbelievable: An Interpretation of Acts 12 That Takes Rhoda’s Cassandra Curse Seriously” here 👇
Unbelievable: An Interpretation of Acts 12 That Takes Rhoda’s Cassandra Curse Seriously
Journal of Biblical Literature 141 (2022): 337–57.
www.academia.edu
December 29, 2023 at 11:47 AM
In accordance with SBL's #OpenAccess policy, you can now read the full text of “Unbelievable: An Interpretation of Acts 12 That Takes Rhoda’s Cassandra Curse Seriously” here 👇