Dr Siobhán Jolley

We now have a website for the project I've been working on the with Garrick Allen, Emanuele Scieri, and Maxim Venetskov on Codex H, the manuscript preserving the earliest Greek evidence of the Euthalian annotation and presentation system for the New Testament.

codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/home

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Toot your own horn, or let us toot it for you BNTSers!

Poster for a book launch. There is a fabulous image of Pieter Lastman's "Jonah and the Whale" at the top showing a naked, ripped Jonah, dignity barely covered by a red cloak, being projectile vomited from a smug green fish. The book is "Co-texts and Contexts in the Book of Jonah" by Marian Kelsey. The launch is hosted by the Centre for Theology, Philosophy & Religion at the University of Nottingham. It is on Friday 28th November in Humanities A22 @ 4pm. The other poster text reads "Celebrating the publication of honorary fellow Dr Marian Kelsey's monograph in 'interlocking allusion' in the Hebrew Bible". Email address CTPR@nottingham.ac.uk.

Happening this Friday!

Anyone in the Nottingham area is welcome to join in person.

Email the address at the bottom if you would like to join online.

Excited to see my book pal’s book next to mine in the book hall! @siobhanjolley.bsky.social’s book is cooler because it has pictures!

A photo of Katrina Palmer‘s The Touch Report

Two sessions, two papers. ☑️ Now time to enjoy the rest of #AARSBL25

A title slide with a black and white version of the figures from Titian‘s Noli Me Tangere

Headed to day one of #AARSBL25 proper, and kicking off with bringing Titian to the Connecting John show and tell with @JuliaLindenlaub

Oh would love to hear more about this!

A title slide showing Mary Magdalene film stills and the title Putting on the New Self - Representing Conversion Through Costume Change

Such a treat to have @katieturnerphd.com at @uomreligion.bsky.social today for our Ehrhardt Seminar sharing her brilliant research.

📣 I’m teaching a National Gallery online course about Saints this December!

💡If you’re curious about art, storytelling, or just want to show off in an art gallery, then book now to join the fun.

🔗https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/sacred-stories-saints-in-art-december-2025-0

Ah thanks so much! 🙏

Very much looking forward to our seminar programme this semester. If you’d like to join (in person or online) then please drop me a line.

A temporary solution to try and limit academia[dot]edu taking my work for AI development and other commercial uses. I think I saw someone suggest this yesterday but have forgotten who.

Did my book fail to make it to a major conference for the second time in a row? Yes, yes it did.

Grateful to lovely Sarah from @tandtclark.bsky.social for trying to save the day, but let’s hope they remember to pack it for Boston! #BNTS2025

Our final paper comes from James Crossley, who is discussing the role of the Bible in the English uprising of 1381. #BNTS2025

I'm chairing our next session, which started with Cambry G Pardee on the reception history of the notion of the devil in disguise, and is continuing with U-Wen Low's analysis of Revelation and the body of Christ from the perspective of performance criticism. #BNTS2025

We're off to a great start in the new Reception, Critical Theory, and Interdisciplinary Studies seminar at #BNTS2025.

@tdbiii.bsky.social chaired our first session, which featured papers on decolonising hospitality, positionally and applying Bakhtin to Romans.

This is my news story of the week - a church in Sweden relocating their building!

2025 Conference logo

In-person booking for the conference may have closed, but online registration remains open until 31st August, at the lower rate of £60.

estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-...

Two of my favourite things - football and Mary Mag! Thanks for reading ❤️

YouTube video by Sandra Lauer Cretu Official Sandra Maria Magdalena

I for one have been singing the traditional anthem all day.

youtu.be/qwrrpBc7xWA?...

A very happy Feast of St Mary Magdalene to all who celebrate!

The winner of the book giveaway is @michaeldevries.bsky.social - congratulations!

Thanks to all who took part. Hopefully you can persuade your librarian to acquire a copy, but if you have difficulty, please DM me for assistance...

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Hi All: would love your help on identifying folks working at the intersection of migration and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament! MANY THANKS!

Just a day left to enter! I’ll do the draw at 2pm (BST) tomorrow.

Cynthia Erivo will be the most talked about Jesus of 2025 – but women have long retold the gospel Many ancient tellings of the Jesus story offer a distinctively female perspective.

Some thoughts on women retelling the gospel story.

theconversation.com/cynthia-eriv...

Your new academic beach read just dropped!

@kelsbot.bsky.social is a superstar, you should be excited about this.

A brilliant new graduate in academic dress, with three lecturers also in their caps and gowns.

Congratulations to our Class of 2025, who graduated this week! Whether you just graduated (like Sylvia here) or you’ve been in the @officialuom.bsky.social alumni crew a little longer, we’d love to see your graduation photos this week. Tag us, reply, or DM!

Next week I'll be giving a live webinar on "What Did Jesus Wear?" for Religion for Breakfast.

Come along for a fun intro to the wonderful world of ancient textiles, Jewish dress behaviour, and why knowing about any of this matters.

21 July @ 9:30am EST. Register at the link below

Ten days left to enter my book giveaway! Tell your friend to enter, (and tell your librarians to buy one please and thanks).

We are in business with bookings! Very much looking forward to welcoming the @bntsoc.bsky.social to Manchester, ideally located to visit the best city in the world.

Biblical Women Ageing Disgracefully: artist Sarah Lightman reimagines characters battling midlife, motherhood and menopause What if Mary hated soft play? What if Eve had hot flushes?

It's been a busy few weeks for me but was very glad to carve out some time with @dawnllewellyn.bsky.social to shine a light on Sarah Lightman's work. Catch the show in Chester for the rest of the week!

theconversation.com/biblical-wom...