Kim Fowler

Can Charlie Kirk really be considered a ‘martyr’? A Christianity historian explains Some have even called Kirk a patron saint of MAGA. Stories of his status as a ‘martyr’ are uniting America’s Christian right.

ICRI's Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Zecher on Charlie Kirk and martyrdom from a historical perspective.

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We have extended the call for applications to July 30th for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.” The successful candidate would not necessarily need to move to Frankfurt to take up this position.

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.

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Very exciting new release – and in Open Access no less!

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📜 #biblicalstudies #AcRel #SBL #CriticalBible

The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts "The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts" published on 14 Jul 2025 by Brill.

Out in #OpenAccess!

In the “Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament”
Allen, @drkimfowler.bsky.social, Scieri and Venetskov document the Euthalian paratextual tradition to Acts, the Catholic Epistles, and the Pauline Epistles from the New Testament’s Greek manuscripts.

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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.

The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts "The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts" published on 14 Jul 2025 by Brill.

Publication day! It’s Open Access too so you can download a copy here:

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Front cover of a book entitled The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, by Garrick V. Allen, Kimberley A. Fowler, Emanuele Skier, and Maxim Venetskov.

Coming soon in Open Access (release date this July)!

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I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars!
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The Beloved Disciple as Interpreter and Author of Scripture in the Gospel of John In this monograph, Julia D. Lindenlaub examines the Gospel of John's emphasis on its written medium in the context of early Christian and ancient Jewish literature. The gospel's authorial claims are s...

For those interested in my research, my first book is available from Mohr Siebeck, examining the ways in which pseudonymous authorship in early Christian literature works to claim and wield textual authority:

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Come study with us! Fully-funded Ph.D. scholarship opportunity to work on the Late Antique translation of texts.

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Really proud of this article that I wrote with @garrickvallen.bsky.social on the manuscript we've been spending a lot of time with these past couple of years. It's in the latest JBL, and I'd be happy to send anyone a copy who's interested.

Call for Papers graphic - closes 21/04

📣 Seminar Spotlight: Early Christianity

This year, the Early Christianity seminar welcomes paper proposals for two themed sessions and an open call.

YouTube video by Early Christian Texts Introducing the Gospel of Philip from the Nag Hammadi Collection

If you'd like to hear/watch my recent chat about the Gospel of Philip with Shirley Paulson on Bible and Beyond (@earlychristiantexts.com), you can find it below. It was a lot of fun!

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@pjwils.bsky.social it was so great to meet you and hear your talk (although I’m sorry I had to run out half way through to sort out some mini crisis or other)! Hope to see you at BNTS in September!

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📢 Proposals for papers are invited for the British New Testament Society Meeting 2025 to be hosted by the University of Manchester from Monday 1 September to Wednesday 3 September 2025.

📅 CfP Closes 21 April 2025

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792) | University of Bergen Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025

Postdoc position @UiB for project on material religion or religion of place with a focus on power, networks and sacrality in the ancient world. #Ancientbluesky #Acrel #archaeology #religiousstudies #materialreligion

PhD Scholarships in Theology, Philosophy, and in Music at Dublin City University Explore the PhD Scholarships in Theology, Philosophy, and in Music on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for higher education. Apply now.

Two PhD scholarships at Dublin City Uni in the School of Theology, Philosophy and Music! Share widely.

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The list of instructors for the advanced course is bananas. Powerhouse! www.copticsummerschool.org/coptic-advan...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792) | University of Bergen Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025

Job opening: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen
- open for applicants with PhD in religious studies, archaeology or history

Really pleased to see that our catalogue of Euthalian manuscripts is on its way soon with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social! This will be one of the major publications from @garrickvallen.bsky.social’s and my AHRC project on GA 015 and the Euthalian tradition.

Van Moorsel and Rijnierse 2025 | NWO The funding instrument Van Moorsel and Rijnierse supports innovative art historical and archaeological research on medieval Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley.

A call for proposals of the NWO for 1 Postdoc in Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley in the field of (art) history and archaeology
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It’s a privilege to be writing this year’s #Advent reflections for @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social, taking inspiration from some favourites from the National Gallery collection. I hope you enjoy them.

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For #ManuscriptMonday: 5 reasons why we should pay attention to book curses! Last week, I have posted some book curses from manuscripts from St Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. I would like to collect more of this material here in the future. But first a 🧵 on what they can tell us. 1/8

Looking forward to the workshop "Translations in Coptic Egypt" at KU Leuven 24 June 2024 (with @danbatovici.bsky.social @greggiven.bsky.social @drkimfowler.bsky.social Luise Frenkel, and Nathan Carlig)

Dearest apocrypha lovers, please join us this upcoming Friday, May 3rd at 12EDT for our next First Fridays Workshop! This month will feature exciting work from @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social on P.Oxy.5577 and the Gospel of Mary. See you there!

I've got no friends on here yet...but look how cool our conference is.
Now how does this place work?