Tony Keddie
@tonyk.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, UT Austin. Specialist on the texts and material culture of ancient Jews and Christians, ancient imperialism and economics, and the modern politics of biblical interpretation.
Those going SBL, here’s a panel not to miss: a review session of Sarah Bond’s book Strike (Yale, 2025), with responses by Jen Quigley, Richard Last, Larry Welborn, and Laura Nasrallah. Should be a great conversation! Many thanks to Agnes Choi for taking the lead on organizing.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Those going SBL, here’s a panel not to miss: a review session of Sarah Bond’s book Strike (Yale, 2025), with responses by Jen Quigley, Richard Last, Larry Welborn, and Laura Nasrallah. Should be a great conversation! Many thanks to Agnes Choi for taking the lead on organizing.
Looking forward to this year’s ARROW sessions at SBL, which all look terrific! Grateful to the unit for allowing me and Jaimie Gunderson to plan a session on “Problematizing “Christianization” in Rough Cilicia and Isauria,” with a handful of colleagues who don’t usually make it to this conference.
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Looking forward to this year’s ARROW sessions at SBL, which all look terrific! Grateful to the unit for allowing me and Jaimie Gunderson to plan a session on “Problematizing “Christianization” in Rough Cilicia and Isauria,” with a handful of colleagues who don’t usually make it to this conference.
🚨 Very pleased to announce the publication of a new article I had the privilege of co-authoring with Lara Boleslawsky. “Antisemitic Charisma: A Critique of Max Weber’s Interpretations of Paul, Jews, and Charisma…” was just published online in MTSR. Happy to send a copy if you don’t have access!
January 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🚨 Very pleased to announce the publication of a new article I had the privilege of co-authoring with Lara Boleslawsky. “Antisemitic Charisma: A Critique of Max Weber’s Interpretations of Paul, Jews, and Charisma…” was just published online in MTSR. Happy to send a copy if you don’t have access!
Looking forward to catching up with friends and colleagues at ASOR in Boston this week! Particularly excited for our Antiochia ad Cragum (hybrid) sessions this coming Saturday!
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Looking forward to catching up with friends and colleagues at ASOR in Boston this week! Particularly excited for our Antiochia ad Cragum (hybrid) sessions this coming Saturday!
The Social-Scientific Criticism of the NT unit has planned some awesome sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting Nov. 23-26. If you’re heading to San Diego, I hope you can make it to some of these!!
October 31, 2024 at 12:22 AM
The Social-Scientific Criticism of the NT unit has planned some awesome sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting Nov. 23-26. If you’re heading to San Diego, I hope you can make it to some of these!!
A day of flight delays is a little less frustrating with such fabulous new late antiquity books on hand—and that’s saying a lot! 🤩
July 7, 2024 at 1:41 AM
A day of flight delays is a little less frustrating with such fabulous new late antiquity books on hand—and that’s saying a lot! 🤩
Thrilled to share that Religion in the Roman Empire 10.1, “Religion at Work: Jewish and Christian Experiences of Labour in the Roman World,” has been published and is fully open-access! Please check out these terrific contributions and share widely! www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/journal/r...
June 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Thrilled to share that Religion in the Roman Empire 10.1, “Religion at Work: Jewish and Christian Experiences of Labour in the Roman World,” has been published and is fully open-access! Please check out these terrific contributions and share widely! www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/journal/r...
Still a few weeks to submit proposals for the SBL Annual Meeting. The SSCNT unit enthusiastically welcomes proposals for two thematic sessions and an open session! See call below.
March 2, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Still a few weeks to submit proposals for the SBL Annual Meeting. The SSCNT unit enthusiastically welcomes proposals for two thematic sessions and an open session! See call below.
Planning to present at SBL in San Diego this Nov.? Please consider submitting a proposal to one of the Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament’s sessions! Don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions!
February 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Planning to present at SBL in San Diego this Nov.? Please consider submitting a proposal to one of the Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament’s sessions! Don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions!
Finally starting to work through this paradigm-shifting new commentary. My future students will be reading parts about the “radically genderqueer Lamb,” which makes you think differently about the whole text. Congrats to @lhuber.bsky.social on this phenomenal book, and to all others involved too!
November 30, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Finally starting to work through this paradigm-shifting new commentary. My future students will be reading parts about the “radically genderqueer Lamb,” which makes you think differently about the whole text. Congrats to @lhuber.bsky.social on this phenomenal book, and to all others involved too!
SBL-goers, The Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament & Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures units have each planned exciting sessions on the state and future of social scientific approaches in our fields. Please join us if you can!
November 10, 2023 at 10:54 PM
SBL-goers, The Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament & Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures units have each planned exciting sessions on the state and future of social scientific approaches in our fields. Please join us if you can!
Excited to share that our volume *Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East: Essays in Honor of Steven J. Friesen* is now at the printer and will be published in November. It’ll also be fully open-access in just under a year from now. Thanks and congrats to all involved!
October 16, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Excited to share that our volume *Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East: Essays in Honor of Steven J. Friesen* is now at the printer and will be published in November. It’ll also be fully open-access in just under a year from now. Thanks and congrats to all involved!
I’m so deeply humbled to see my book translated into Portuguese for a Brazilian audience faced with similar right-wing political uses of the Bible. Many thanks to Editora 14 and Márcio Pinheiro for this beautifully produced translation!
September 1, 2023 at 10:46 PM
I’m so deeply humbled to see my book translated into Portuguese for a Brazilian audience faced with similar right-wing political uses of the Bible. Many thanks to Editora 14 and Márcio Pinheiro for this beautifully produced translation!