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Paul D. Wheatley, Ph.D.
@pauldwheatley.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. NT and Greek, Nashotah House Theol. Sem. Mark, Paul, Baptism, Greco-Roman ritual and reading, Rabbis, Origen, Classical Narratology. Manuscript looker, vinyl listener, dad style guru, too many boots and books. Episcopal Priest. Texas forever.
New Article Dropping Soon

I’m happy to report that my article “The Spirit Purifies All Foods: Baptism as Bodily Purification in the Jewish Matrix of Mark 7.1-23” has been accepted for publication with New Testament Studies (NTS) @cambridgeuniversitypress with minor revisions. Abstract below.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Paul D. Wheatley, Ph.D.
We just launched the first volume of AGNTS today with excellent contributions from Matthias Konradt, Peter Stuhlmacher, Oda Wischmeyer, @christophheilig.bsky.social , and Christine Jacobi, as well as a few historical pieces by William Wrede.

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September 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
June 12–15, 2025, I co-organized the Anima Theologiae conference w/ Charles Hughes-Huff and Gary Klump made possible by a grant from the @CatholicBiblica, integrating hist. and theological exegesis. Gary Anderson, Ephraim Radner, Edith Humphrey, Gregory Vall, and Aaron Pidel SJ.
More to come!
June 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’ve always loved @themountaingoats.bsky.social ‘s music, but now I love their cultural analysis.
I don't WANT to preach this morning -- JD Vance is not a serious person, he lacks the intellectual chops to do this kind of work, so rewarding his thirst with response is undignified -- but the Spirit demands at least a brief bit of sermonizing
January 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Oh, just submitting my book manuscript the day before I head to Rome for some manuscript research on a new project kinda vibes this frigid Tuesday.
January 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam
December 12, 2024 at 11:47 AM
It’s me.
Just had an idea
December 10, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Talking Mark and Judaism over Greek food with @paultsloan.bsky.social Logan Williams, John van Maaren, Jacob Mortensen, and Kasper Bro Larsen #sblaar24
November 26, 2024 at 6:47 AM
See you at 4pm?
Annual self-promotion 4 #AARSBL24. Do you like food? What about baths? Ever thought about baptizing your bed? Are you a fan of the 80s Australian AltRock group Midnight Oil?
You’re not alone! Come to my paper “‘How Do We Sleep While Our Beds Are Baptized?’ Tohorot and Baptism in Mark 7:4” Mon 11/25
November 25, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Another one! #sblaar24 run group on the Embarcadero! @nickelder.bsky.social @runhudi.bsky.social and more!
November 25, 2024 at 3:32 PM
This is the content we need at #sblaar24. Thanks @ryancollman.bsky.social !
First tacos of #sblaar24.

Adobado and lengua with a horchata.
November 24, 2024 at 1:11 AM
First #sblaar24 run group meeting in the books. @runhudi.bsky.social @nickelder.bsky.social @maklelan.bsky.social and others hit the road at 6:30 this morning.
November 23, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Taught two classes today. Recorded an online lecture before 6am. Rolled into the terminal at MKE five minutes before departure. Dodged a snow storm on the way.

My point? I’m on my way to #sblaar24 but I was never combobulated to begin with.
At MKEAirport
November 21, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Purchased! I had to pay shipping, so it totaled $21-ish. Grab @ryancollman.bsky.social ‘s excellent book on the cheap!
The paperback version of my book, The Apostle to the Foreskin, is currently £12.95/€13.96/$15.39 from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social.

Use code DGBHOLIDAY at checkout for 30% off the list price and free shipping.

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#sblaar24
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Annual self-promotion 4 #AARSBL24. Do you like food? What about baths? Ever thought about baptizing your bed? Are you a fan of the 80s Australian AltRock group Midnight Oil?
You’re not alone! Come to my paper “‘How Do We Sleep While Our Beds Are Baptized?’ Tohorot and Baptism in Mark 7:4” Mon 11/25
November 14, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Join us #aarsbl24
November 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
NT / EC Studies Hive Mind: I’m finishing up an intro exegesis course syllabus on Romans and I have a few slots for reception history. Any accessible seminary-level articles or patristic / modern passages of Romans interp you would recommend? 20pp.-ish
January 29, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I think my abstract has been accepted (or not?) to Oxford Patristics. See those of you who like Origen, Paul, or Origen and Paul there. Hopefully.
October 19, 2023 at 1:22 AM
My favorite day in Intro NT is my “Here’s some bits of Stoic physics… Now here’s Paul talking about baptism and the Spirit” lecture. The red dots are πνεύμα, drawn last week in my setup lecture. Today, I draw “clothing in Christ” and “Christ formed in you” in there.
October 2, 2023 at 3:38 PM
I am *very* interested in this!
And if you are interested in how late ancient Christians imagined the moment of death, boy do I have a book recommendation for you. @emuehlbe.bsky.social
September 28, 2023 at 3:37 PM
It’s one of those “Crushed moth on your student’s paper” days. My scribble reads: “Sorry (student)! A moth found its way into my grading folder and then got crushed in my bag! Sic transit gloria mundi.”
September 28, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Paul D. Wheatley, Ph.D.
Another extremely fascinating fragment from the Taylor-Schechter Genizah collection containing excerpts related to the life of Jesus (apparently not Toledot Yeshu) in Judeao-Arabic:
Literary text: T-S AS 157.386
Excerpts from the Gospels, or possibly Toldot Yeshu (though the depiction of Jesus seems too positive and faithful to the…
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September 19, 2023 at 6:28 AM
Reposted by Paul D. Wheatley, Ph.D.
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September 14, 2023 at 5:47 AM
This is a big deal
“TLG will be free, open, shareable – soon,” Maria Pantelia @ Patras today.
September 1, 2023 at 11:40 PM
“Is this the good place?”
September 1, 2023 at 9:04 PM