Dr. Laura–the other one

Celebrating the book release.
Empire Criticism of the New Testament
@mohrsiebeck.bsky.social
#sblaar2025

So fun to see a book you’ve contributed to in the wild!
#sblaar2025 #aarsbl2025

Scholars waited for books, patiently or impatiently, as the case may be. #aarsbl2025

Yes exactly!

A couple of years ago I made the decision to just assume that all academics are neurodivergent in some way (like me). It’s not true, but my guess is that I am right more often this way. And honestly? It has changed the way I interact with people SO much and for the better.

You may feel:
-lonely
-lost
-imposter syndrome
-overwhelmed
-exhausted

as well as all the good feelings.

Take at least five minutes every day to look outside and breathe.

#aarsbl25 Got an earful at check-in at the Commonwealth about the persecution of Christians in America 🙄🙄🙄

Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops

disability justice

From the weekend: my latest on Substack.

rohadi.substack.com

On disability justice.

The SBL Study Bible - Kindle edition by Society of Biblical Literature. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. The SBL Study Bible - Kindle edition by Society of Biblical Literature. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Amazon has a sale on the SBL Study Bible kindle version! Get your copy for $2.99

A #Roman tile fragment with some dog pawprints, impressed into the clay while it dried before firing #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Driving along listening to Michael Licona’s Jesus, Contracted and suddenly in chapter 3, a completely gratuitous sexist joke.

Zondervan, this was published in 2024. Do better.

Especially RIP to diversity at AAR/SBL

I love language and culture. But language includes more than words; it includes gestures too. Yesterday I discovered that thumbing one’s nose at people is no longer part of our set of communicative gestures in the US. I assume it’s been replaced by the L, loser sign and the finger?

Thinking how hard it is to just listen when someone is hurting and you can’t fix it…

while listening to a friend tell me how hard it was at a family funeral this week to just listen when you can’t fix it.

My philosophy studies son wants to know who Biblical scholars would substitute for Hegel…

NT/EC scholars who identify as women [at any career stage], please consider adding yourself to the Google Sheet I have created below (I’ve put myself first as an example). I’ve been part of several projects in the last few years where I and/or my fellow editors have struggled to achieve gender diversity in our project (which is, admittedly, only one dimension of diversity). How much easier it would be if we had a list to consult, especially if it connects us to people who are not in our typical networks. Feel free to share this post! Don’t worry, you’re not committing yourself to anything by putting your name on the list! You can always say no if you get invited to something thar you aren’t able to commit to. [It’s just that I just thrive on lists 😁] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-nJ2j1pqgELb80pXE0tm7GNElrer0jZiFqm6e1ZV3Gw/edit?usp=drivesdk

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

website views of PhD programmes up in Netherlands. canada, sweden etc

website views from outside the US down massively in the US, up elsewhere

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain 
economist.com/science-and-...

“You live in a great big spaceship, and you don’t have any chairs, and you don’t even notice because nobody ever come round.”
Doctor Who
🤣🤣🤣

Will do. And thank you. And same!

Stop Ohio's Discriminatory Alien Land Laws - H.B. 1 Ohio lawmakers are pushing a dangerous new bill — H.B. 1 — that would expand existing bans on land ownership by certain foreign individuals, businesses, and communities near military bases and infrast...

Another xenophobic bill from this legislature, which has the potential to impact international faculty and students. Click below to learn more and take action.

Yes! I am at the almost finished and I think I contradicted myself five times stage.

The formatting is right though 🤪

Bronze mirrors were luxury objects made primarily for wealthy women. The imagery used to decorate them can sometimes provide clues to the personal stories of those who commissioned and used them. This example has a handle in the form of a winged Lasa, a minor deity associated with Turan, the Etruscan goddess of love. The back depicts the Greek god of love, Eros. Both are fitting subjects for objects that young Etruscan women often received as wedding presents. They also show the way that Etruscan artists often employed imagery reflecting a free-flowing relationship between local religious practices and foreign mythology. Here, the lithe, naked body of the Lasa is used as a handle, with her wings spread upwards and supporting the mirror. She holds an aryballos - a long, slim perfume bottle - close against her left side, and her right hand is held to her mouth, making her look thoughtful. Her lean legs are crossed over one another, with her boots looking like ballet slippers with ribbons around the ankles. A nice dark brown patina, with golden, red, and green patches. Etruscan, 3rd century BCE, bronze. Art Institute of Chicago, anonymous loan (86.2011)

A truly beautiful detail from an Etruscan bronze mirror, depicting a winged Lasa, a protective deity (much like later Roman Lares) associated with Tuan, the Etruscan goddess of love. Perhaps a wedding present for a young bride, and later placed in her tomb. 🏺 #ancientbluesky

3rd c. BCE. #ARTIC
📸 me

This just went into production. It's a game-changer.

@laurarbnsn.bsky.social @winzenj.bsky.social

Yeah I did. 🤬

Ah! I see. I hadn’t put the Right’s attacks with Gerard before. Thank you for pointing that out.

So, I read Girard. He says human conflict escalates until we need a scapegoat and then we kill them and conflict dies down for awhile. Rinse repeat. But Jesus broke the cycle because he was innocent.

Am I remembering correctly? And what is Thiel doing with it?

Fun!!

Genau!!