Candida Moss

Depicting Jesus as a woman is not blasphemy Fresh from playing Elphaba in the cinematic adaptation of Wicked, Cynthia Erivo has been cast as Jesus in an upcoming production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar, due to be performed at

A pleasant surprise to wake up and find myself cited in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/comment/regi... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

He retired after more than 15 years at the helm. The search for his replacement started long before this administration.

This website update is shared as a reminder that if you are interested in writing for the Anchor Yale Bible Series (a monograph or a commentary) you should contact me and not the previous editor John Collins...

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Our search for a tenure-track colleague in Early Christianity continues! (Last year’s search was among those canceled due to budgetary uncertainty.) This search is at the assistant professor level. More details in the linked description below; review of applications begins on September 30.

Things Unseen by Ellen Muehlberger - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

It's time to tell you to pre-order this! $34.95 for a handy lil' paperback!

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Pasts Imperfect (9.2.21) Addressing Disability in the Ancient World

July 26th is the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. We ran a helpful run-down of the ancient disability field in Pasts Imperfect a few years back, written by @corabeth.bsky.social & @candidamoss.bsky.social. pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-impe...

Part-Time Faculty: REL 100 Religion, Race, and Social Justice (Fall 2025) The Department of Religion at Syracuse University seeks a Part-Time Instructor to teach REL 100 Religion, Race, and Social Justice, a three-credit course during the Fall semester of 2025. This is an i...

Adjunct Job: Syracuse's Department of Religion is looking for a part-time instructor to teach Religion, Race, and Social Justice in Fall 2025.

Her essay is SO good.

Book cover. The background in sepia tones Showa man dictating to scribes. A cream box in the center has light brown writing that contains the title (Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean) and the words "Edited by Jeremiah Coogan, Candid R. Moss, and Jospeh A. Howley.

Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social

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And read the original article by Paula Kotli on new DNA evidence here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Read Dr. Luckritz Marquis's latest JECS article, "Better Off Dead?" here: muse.jhu.edu/article/962354

Check out more of @ctschroeder.bsky.social 's work, including her remarkable book Monastic Bodies, here: www.carrieschroeder.com/publications...

If you are interested in this area of research consider donating to the Coptic Scriptorium project. Researchers need your help! copticscriptorium.org

Nun’s skeleton reveals that some ancient women were extreme hermits Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and women were just as hardcore as the men.

My latest for National Geographic about Byzantine female asceticism featuring the work of @ctschroeder.bsky.social, Christine Luckritz Marquis, and Caroline Walker Bynum.

www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature

it's here! it's here! @vox-magica.bsky.social's amazing new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is live and ⚡free⚡ to download for the next two weeks! get it!

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

I need help coming up with ways to communicate how bad this "scientific" report is, which convinced a (self-professed naive) buyer to pay $4 mill for a supposedly Ming "chicken cup." My semi-coherent thoughts in replies...

Scriptural Figures and the Fringes of the New Testament Canon Abstract. In the Catholic Epistles, canonicity and exemplarity are intertwined. Chapter 1 defines the concept of exemplarity as the use of a model-figure a

My book is out online! It won’t feel real until the print book comes out in September, but I’m excited to see it out in the world at last.

Can Geology Explain the Deadly Reputation of the Styx River and Shed Light on the Death of Alexander the Great? - Geoheritage Geoheritage - Modern discoveries of two naturally occurring toxins that thrive in limestone-rich environments offer clues to understanding how the Styx (Mavroneri) River received its nefarious...

Check out the original article (Open Access) in Geoheritage link.springer.com/article/10.1... and watch for her new book this Fall.

Was Alexander the Great really poisoned? Science sheds new light on an age-old question. The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential culprit.

My latest for National Geographic on @amayor.bsky.social's excellent article on toxins in the Styx and the rumors Alexander the Great was poisoned.

www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

TPSulp. 51 (EDR076977), dated 18 June 37 AD. Photo: Camodeca 2018, p. 190.

June 18, 37 CE: Gaius Novius Eunus contracts for a loan of 10,000 sesterces from Evenus Primianus, freedman of Tiberius, using Hesychus, his enslaved man, as loan mediator. The loan contract is written on a wax tablet (below) in Puteoli & put in the archive of the Sulpicii (TP Sulp.51) #χειρόγραφον

Loved your piece on AI and collaborative authorship

Thanks! I have to say though that this isn't just "things scholars knew written for the broader public." A big difference between my argument and the work that precedes it is that I see enslaved collaborators positively as active participants in the writing and interpretation of the NT.

Thank you!

In Praise of Stepmothers, the Scapegoats of Fairy Tales From poison apples to cruel tasks for little Cinderellas, stepmoms have gotten a bad rap. But being part of a blended family can have some wonderful advantages.

It’s Mother’s Day so I want to share this piece I wrote a few years ago about stepmothers

www.thedailybeast.com/on-mothers-d... #mothersday #motherhood

Prevost is new pope, an American cardinal committed to the reforms Pope Francis began Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost was the least American among the American cardinals, having spent most of his ministry in Peru and Rome. The cardinals clearly wanted someone committed to Pope Fran...

I'll be writing about him soon but this from Michael Sean winters is a great start

When your friends take great pictures of you.. thanks @sarahebond.bsky.social

When a you are on set @cbsnews.com but take a moment to fan girl over Anthea Butler!!