@jlberglund.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen. Los Angeles to Scotland.
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Tenure-track job postings in History or History-related fields, March 2025
A thread.
(I will add more postings over the course of the month)
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As much as the Hebrew Bible has usually been seen as a source of world literature, we also have much to learn from seeing it as an example of it. In particular the Torah's emphatically woven quality can offer a uniquely illuminating view into ancient ideas and practices of literary production.Seeing its literary form as an example of a global phenomenon suggests that the Torah may be the clearest instance of a remarkably cross-culturally pervasive image for literary creativity: the *textile* mode of production. Rather than the medical metaphor of a scalpel, or the animist metaphor of a living community, cultures from Babylon to Greece and Medieval Europe have used the image of weaving, intertwining, or knotting words together to form a text (literally, โwoven thingโ). Sophus Helle* recently argued that this may be the most productive way to theorize authorship historically, a โmiddle groundโ between pure originality, with the lone genius who creates everything ex nihilo, and pure convention, a text as entirely a function of its history and environment. *Helle, 2019. โWhat Is an Author? Old Answers to a New Question.โ Modern Language Quarterly 80: 113โ39.
Tomorrow:
FROM THE SCALPEL TO THE LOOM: Reclaiming the Art of the Torahโs Composition
at the Association for Jewish Studies annual meeting.
Including a sneak preview of Eva Mroczek's forthcoming "Tales from the Cave: Losing and Finding the Biblical Past"
Coming April 15, 2025, but now available for pre-order!
www.mqup.ca/authentic-pa...
@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
It does seem like a lot of this turns on what โmeansโ means. lol.
I will say, IMHO, Fee was greatly helped by the fact that he was Pentecostal, and thus pro โcontinuing revelationโ. ๐ Iโm not sure thatโs true of the account that originally quoted him tho. ๐คจ
I lit have an 8 and 5yo. The younger hasnโt seen it, but the older one was convulsing the other day on the airplane to #sblaar24 and when I turned to look at her, I was relieved to see that she was watching Home Alone with her headphones and laughing so hard no sound was forthcoming. ๐
28.11.2024 07:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0All facts. (Also, I really missed the mark on accessibility with my presentations and want to do better next time.)
28.11.2024 07:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0SoCal will always hold pride of place in my heart, BUT I feel you on the expense. Also, why did they ban the e-scooters??? (I was also surprised how sprawling the setup was.)
28.11.2024 07:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Congrats!
28.11.2024 07:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
*sees a grafted citrus tree*
Omg I can use this in class to explain Romans 11
Screenshot of the SBL page for the 1 pm Paul and Politics/Feminist Hermeneutics session
Screenshot of the SBL 1 pm Paul and Politics/Feminist Hermeneutics session
#SBLAAR24 folks: come join me at 1pm at the Omni for an excellent invited panel on everyoneโs (least) favorite verse, Gal 3:28.
There will be puns! There will be pithy side comments! Thereโs a rogue Bill Clinton reference!
Thanks for being there and supporting! ๐
24.11.2024 14:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The joy of reunion with fellow Aberdeen Divinity friends! So grateful ๐ฅฐ #aarsbl24 @abdndivinity.bsky.social @jlberglund.bsky.social @melissacmtan.bsky.social @jeanninemhanger.bsky.social @lmigram.bsky.social @lydiasomanglee.bsky.social @mattemeyer.bsky.social @wagesofcyn.bsky.social
24.11.2024 07:00 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Some tips for those who may be attending #SBLAAR for the first time:
21.11.2024 13:28 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 6
For folks attending #sblaar24, Iโll be presenting two different papers on Ephesians, incarceration, and enslavement. Would love to see you there if you can make one.
22.11.2024 06:51 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hello! Iโm figuring out how to be a NT scholar and first year professor in Kansas teaching a 4:4 load from Hebrew to gen eds. Big transition from finishing my PhD in Scotland in June. I love seeing what others are writing and posting your successes! Survival encouragement welcome!
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