Reed Carlson
@reedcarlson.bsky.social
Old Testament, Hebrew Bible & Study of Religion | Episcopal priest | Prof at Sewanee: Univ of the South | Home Page: http://reedcarlson.com | Faculty page: https://theology.sewanee.edu/faculty-staff/reed-carlson/ | Book: https://doi.org/10.1515/97831106700
Academics are people who insert a passive aggressive "[sic]" into just the right part of a block quote and think that they've done all that was needed to signal that they regard the source material as complete trash and that's why I'm not worried about chatGPT replacing me yet.
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Academics are people who insert a passive aggressive "[sic]" into just the right part of a block quote and think that they've done all that was needed to signal that they regard the source material as complete trash and that's why I'm not worried about chatGPT replacing me yet.
My spouse has been working on immigration & the church for over a decade, first as the pastor of an immigrant church in Boston, then as an academic. Tonight she is giving a live streamed lecture. In a world of hot takes, here’s an opportunity to hear from a voice with experience and perspective.
Lecture: Sanctuary and Citizenship: A Theological Exploration of the US Immigration System, the Rev. Britta Meiers Carlson, Ph.D.
engage.theology.sewanee.edu
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My spouse has been working on immigration & the church for over a decade, first as the pastor of an immigrant church in Boston, then as an academic. Tonight she is giving a live streamed lecture. In a world of hot takes, here’s an opportunity to hear from a voice with experience and perspective.
Happy Problematic Sermons on Proverbs 31 Day to those who celebrate.
May 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy Problematic Sermons on Proverbs 31 Day to those who celebrate.
Reposted by Reed Carlson
New issue of Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 143, No. 4, 2024 muse.jhu.edu/issue/54645 @sblpress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @reedcarlson.bsky.social @samsquamptch.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New issue of Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 143, No. 4, 2024 muse.jhu.edu/issue/54645 @sblpress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @reedcarlson.bsky.social @samsquamptch.bsky.social
Hey folks, what's your favorite nonprofit alternative to academia .edu / Google Scholar / etc. ? I'm not interested in the social media aspects of these sites and I don't really need them for finding resources. I'm mostly looking for a place where I can post my own research.
April 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hey folks, what's your favorite nonprofit alternative to academia .edu / Google Scholar / etc. ? I'm not interested in the social media aspects of these sites and I don't really need them for finding resources. I'm mostly looking for a place where I can post my own research.
Student: (Brings up a scholar’s work in class not knowing it’s one of the prof’s grad school buddies)
Professor: Ok. So that’s a great connection you made and we should definitely talk about their contribution. First though I have to tell you this embarrassing story about them.
Professor: Ok. So that’s a great connection you made and we should definitely talk about their contribution. First though I have to tell you this embarrassing story about them.
February 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Student: (Brings up a scholar’s work in class not knowing it’s one of the prof’s grad school buddies)
Professor: Ok. So that’s a great connection you made and we should definitely talk about their contribution. First though I have to tell you this embarrassing story about them.
Professor: Ok. So that’s a great connection you made and we should definitely talk about their contribution. First though I have to tell you this embarrassing story about them.
What particularity of your name sometimes causes people to cite you incorrectly?
Here’s mine: my first name is more commonly a last name.
Here’s mine: my first name is more commonly a last name.
February 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What particularity of your name sometimes causes people to cite you incorrectly?
Here’s mine: my first name is more commonly a last name.
Here’s mine: my first name is more commonly a last name.
Ethan Schwartz and I have signed a contract for a coauthored book called, “We Are Israel: The Jewish Roots of Christian Supersessionism.” We’re grateful to Hendrickson for their enthusiasm for this project, and we’re excited to make this intervention. Here's a brief description from our proposal:
January 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ethan Schwartz and I have signed a contract for a coauthored book called, “We Are Israel: The Jewish Roots of Christian Supersessionism.” We’re grateful to Hendrickson for their enthusiasm for this project, and we’re excited to make this intervention. Here's a brief description from our proposal:
Academia is when you send an email to someone politely reminding them to send you that article that they promised to write for your thing, then respond to another email in which you apologize for having not yet sent the article you promised to write for someone else’s thing.
January 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Academia is when you send an email to someone politely reminding them to send you that article that they promised to write for your thing, then respond to another email in which you apologize for having not yet sent the article you promised to write for someone else’s thing.
The Journal of Biblical Literature has just published my article, "Spirit Possession and Intimate Partner Violence in the Law of Jealousy (Numbers 5:11–31)" (doi.org/10.15699/jbl...).
January 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Journal of Biblical Literature has just published my article, "Spirit Possession and Intimate Partner Violence in the Law of Jealousy (Numbers 5:11–31)" (doi.org/10.15699/jbl...).
“Actually, according to Acts 15, none of us should be eating blood sausage…”
-the uninvited thing my brain wants me to say any time I overhear someone talking about blood sausage.
-the uninvited thing my brain wants me to say any time I overhear someone talking about blood sausage.
January 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Actually, according to Acts 15, none of us should be eating blood sausage…”
-the uninvited thing my brain wants me to say any time I overhear someone talking about blood sausage.
-the uninvited thing my brain wants me to say any time I overhear someone talking about blood sausage.
This takeout box is one of my favorites from our family’s Seasonal Asherah Pole. My wife gave it to me for our first Christmas when we lived above a Chinese restaurant in Somerville, Mass. The apartment was small, in a significant state of disrepair, and it always smelled like lo mein. We loved it.
December 8, 2024 at 2:45 PM
This takeout box is one of my favorites from our family’s Seasonal Asherah Pole. My wife gave it to me for our first Christmas when we lived above a Chinese restaurant in Somerville, Mass. The apartment was small, in a significant state of disrepair, and it always smelled like lo mein. We loved it.
Outrageous
In order to write a book, you have to write a book.
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Outrageous
When someone asks a question during the Q&A that reveals that they had the same problem with the paper that you did #sblaar24
a woman is sitting at a table with a #schittscreek logo on the bottom
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a #schittscreek logo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:48 PM
When someone asks a question during the Q&A that reveals that they had the same problem with the paper that you did #sblaar24
#sblaar24 friends, this is going to be a fantastic session. Thea’s book offers a fascinating synthesis of several recent trends in scholarship so I think this will be a good opportunity to get several takes on the state of the field in prophetic literature.
November 20, 2024 at 3:38 PM
#sblaar24 friends, this is going to be a fantastic session. Thea’s book offers a fascinating synthesis of several recent trends in scholarship so I think this will be a good opportunity to get several takes on the state of the field in prophetic literature.