Dr. Nick Elder
@nickelder.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of NT | Ancient Media | Papyri | Positive Vibes Critical Pedagogy | Un/Specs Grading | 2000–2020s Dad Rock | Midwesterner
WHY DIDNT ANY OF YOU EVER TELL ME ABOUT THIS EASTER EGG IN CAPTAIN AMERICA?!!!!??!!?
July 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
WHY DIDNT ANY OF YOU EVER TELL ME ABOUT THIS EASTER EGG IN CAPTAIN AMERICA?!!!!??!!?
Are The Hunger Games just Jesus Christ Superstar redivivus?
People are asking.
People are asking.
May 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Are The Hunger Games just Jesus Christ Superstar redivivus?
People are asking.
People are asking.
Preparing to update my colleagues on this semester's scholarly activity at our annual faculty retreat:
April 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Preparing to update my colleagues on this semester's scholarly activity at our annual faculty retreat:
A Wabash Center blog I wrote in which Ramona Quimby’s Kindergarten teacher, Miss Binney, gives a practical lesson in giving a shit about students: bit.ly/4lPr5UH
April 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A Wabash Center blog I wrote in which Ramona Quimby’s Kindergarten teacher, Miss Binney, gives a practical lesson in giving a shit about students: bit.ly/4lPr5UH
How to build rapport with your seminary colleagues:
April 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
How to build rapport with your seminary colleagues:
Happy Bon Iver day!
April 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy Bon Iver day!
The Last Supper in Godspell (1973)
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Last Supper in Godspell (1973)
Assessing student work is so much more fun when these are the books they are reporting on:
March 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Assessing student work is so much more fun when these are the books they are reporting on:
The Synoptic Gospels program unit will have the following sessions at the 2025 annual meeting of the SBL. All are open for submissions:
–Two open sessions
–Synoptics and queer and/or trans hermeneutics
–Enslavement in the Synoptics
Consider submitting! CFP closes March 25.
–Two open sessions
–Synoptics and queer and/or trans hermeneutics
–Enslavement in the Synoptics
Consider submitting! CFP closes March 25.
March 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Synoptic Gospels program unit will have the following sessions at the 2025 annual meeting of the SBL. All are open for submissions:
–Two open sessions
–Synoptics and queer and/or trans hermeneutics
–Enslavement in the Synoptics
Consider submitting! CFP closes March 25.
–Two open sessions
–Synoptics and queer and/or trans hermeneutics
–Enslavement in the Synoptics
Consider submitting! CFP closes March 25.
Need assistance figuring out what Bible film to watch? I am here to help!
March 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Need assistance figuring out what Bible film to watch? I am here to help!
How will you be using the enddei.ed.gov site?
February 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How will you be using the enddei.ed.gov site?
Evangelicals have seen this before.
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Evangelicals have seen this before.
Lew Wallace's novel _Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ_ was published in 1880 and became a merchandise blockbuster.
At the beginning of the 20th cent., one could buy Ben-Hur themed coffee, cigars, flour, bicycles, shoes, perfume, and much more.
Or ride a Ben-Hur roller coaster.
At the beginning of the 20th cent., one could buy Ben-Hur themed coffee, cigars, flour, bicycles, shoes, perfume, and much more.
Or ride a Ben-Hur roller coaster.
February 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Lew Wallace's novel _Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ_ was published in 1880 and became a merchandise blockbuster.
At the beginning of the 20th cent., one could buy Ben-Hur themed coffee, cigars, flour, bicycles, shoes, perfume, and much more.
Or ride a Ben-Hur roller coaster.
At the beginning of the 20th cent., one could buy Ben-Hur themed coffee, cigars, flour, bicycles, shoes, perfume, and much more.
Or ride a Ben-Hur roller coaster.
The third operated at Kansas City's Electric Park from 1913 until the entire park burned down in a fire in 1925. Walter Cronkite apparently witnessed the fire, writing, “One night after closing it burned in a spectacular fire. The Ferris wheel seemed to turn as the flames climbed up its sides."
February 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The third operated at Kansas City's Electric Park from 1913 until the entire park burned down in a fire in 1925. Walter Cronkite apparently witnessed the fire, writing, “One night after closing it burned in a spectacular fire. The Ferris wheel seemed to turn as the flames climbed up its sides."
Another operated on the opposite American coast. "The Ben Hur Racers" operated on Coney Island from 1908–1923.
February 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Another operated on the opposite American coast. "The Ben Hur Racers" operated on Coney Island from 1908–1923.
The one pictured above in the first post above, "The Ben Hur Race" operated for just a year in 1914–1915 at Fraser’s Million Dollar Pier in Venice, CA before being destroyed by fire. It featured 4,200 feet of track and reached a height of 75 feet. Here's another view from a postcard.
February 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The one pictured above in the first post above, "The Ben Hur Race" operated for just a year in 1914–1915 at Fraser’s Million Dollar Pier in Venice, CA before being destroyed by fire. It featured 4,200 feet of track and reached a height of 75 feet. Here's another view from a postcard.
Today I am writing about Ben-Hur themed roller coasters in early 20th cent. American amusement parks
because Bible research has long tentacles.
because Bible research has long tentacles.
February 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today I am writing about Ben-Hur themed roller coasters in early 20th cent. American amusement parks
because Bible research has long tentacles.
because Bible research has long tentacles.
Day one was great!
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Day one was great!
It’s 🍌🍌🍌! Our “icy conditions:”
February 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s 🍌🍌🍌! Our “icy conditions:”
Out here, once again, doing the Lord's work in the quiz questions.
You're welcome, future homily/sermon hearers.
You're welcome, future homily/sermon hearers.
February 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Out here, once again, doing the Lord's work in the quiz questions.
You're welcome, future homily/sermon hearers.
You're welcome, future homily/sermon hearers.
It’s 51° in Iowa and so this is what work looks like this afternoon. Could be worse.
January 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s 51° in Iowa and so this is what work looks like this afternoon. Could be worse.
On a scale of Mr. Rogers to Samwise Gamgee, what’s your pedagogical kindness vibe?
January 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On a scale of Mr. Rogers to Samwise Gamgee, what’s your pedagogical kindness vibe?
Me: *uploads a lecture video on first-declension noun endings*
The LMS:
The LMS:
January 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Me: *uploads a lecture video on first-declension noun endings*
The LMS:
The LMS: