Brandon Massey

Sunday, 1-3:30pm - come for the panel discussion of Radical Antiquity at the annual meeting for SBL/AAR/NAASR!

@plutopress.bsky.social

As we’re gearing up for #sblaar25 in Boston, I hope you’ll join us at the Historical Jesus section. I’m excited to share a session with these scholars and present my ideas on Christological closure, hidden criteria of authenticity in the field, and our attempts to discover a nonviolent Jesus.

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.

Reminder to everyone that the Democratic party doesn’t work for you, doesn’t care about you, and won’t do anything to stop the rise of fascism in the US.

I spent way too much time and effort on this very niche joke for this years Halloween decorations. But it’s simply too good.

Great mail day with new books from @cbzeichmann.bsky.social and @iannelsonmills.bsky.social!

Wow,this Antipas guy sure was generous when he “freed” people under the condition they could never leave Tiberius!

Why can’t NT scholars just call this out and stop portraying these rulers in positive light? I am reading on the Herodians and this type of comment is everywhere in the literature.

Fruit Bats tonight at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago!

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!

I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!

Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

The guys at Spectrum think I’m just some dumb hick. They said that to me at a dinner. @ityslmemes.com

Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions Abstract. Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is a book about how magic disappears from early Christian texts that feature

my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.

so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.

Hosted by Gavin Newsome and Ezra Klein

#BREAKING: Sinclair says it will air a one-hour tribute to Charlie Kirk on its ABC-affiliated stations in the time slot that is usually occupied for "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The special will air on Friday, per a Sinclair spokesperson.

Preview of the announcement:

Took my kids to the Kpop Demon Hunters sing along today. Sold out and kids standing in their chairs singing and dancing. Absolute madness.

Nothing like getting the kids up at 5 am for a flight and getting a flat 3 minutes away from the airport and the tow truck is so late we miss our flight. No other flight options. Now driving from IL to NC today…

My daughters are obsessed with the KPop Demon Hunters movie and soundtrack. Send help.

I wonder what series of events led to this rule being implemented

Swamp milkweed is blooming and the monarchs are loving it!

My royal catchflys are blooming! They’re my favorite and the hummingbirds love them.

Hurray for the Riff Raff tonight at Old Town School if Folk Music.

Great mail day. Very happy to have this re-press of one of my favorite 90s albums.

New blooms in the garden today- hoary vervain.

New blooms in the garden today- hoary vervain.

Meadow Geranium and Kalm’s St John’s Wort blooms from the garden

Sign added to the garden with the wild bergamot and fairies.

My yard is officially registered as a monarch waystation! I’ve replaced all the invasive plants and flowers over the last few years with milkweeds, flowers, and shrubs for the butterflies and bees. We’ve had a number of monarchs already this year!

I wrote up a small post about Eusebius's Palestinian identity & hope to spread the stories of those experiencing state-sanctioned violence in one of his less-studied texts: On the Martyrs of Palestine.

Check it and the rest of the EOPalestine series out!

DHS considering reality show in which immigrants compete for citizenship The competition series was pitched by Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born writer and producer who was behind A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” and Bravo’s “Millionaire Matchmaker.”

“The medium and the real are now a single nebula whose truth is indecipherable.”

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

James Felice’s new album arrived today. Playing all day. My favorite album of the year so far.