Ian N Mills

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

No, the point is that the differences between two texts don't tell us anything in either direction. Plagiarists can write 99% of their essay themselves. You need to look at the similarities—however great or small—to determine whether or not there is evidence of dependence.

Many biographies in antiquity were written explicitly to correct their predecessors.

Even more proximately, the Gospel of Thomas was written with knowledge of the Synoptics to deliver an image of Jesus radically different from its sources.

Today I got to hold a physical copy of my first book!
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Wow! What manuscript is this?

Ian N Mills, Podcast Episode · New Testament Review · 10/10/2025 · 26m

Ian N Mills, "Marcion as Textual Critic?"
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If you're interested in the long life of Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans, I'm presenting some of my research at UMass Amherst.

Open to the public!

Thank you
@iannelsonmills.bsky.social
for agreeing to present on your research for my early Christianity class. We got a big lecture hall and made the lecture open to the public.

Haec Epistula Non est Pauli
10/28/2025, 11:30 AM,
65 Bartlett Hall
130 Hicks Way, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003

63. Nils Dahl, "The Crucified Messiah"

63. Nils Dahl, "The Crucified Messiah"
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There's a "navel gazing" joke here, but I'm too sleep deprived to find it.

We've all been there.

I'll try not to take it personally.

NASSCAL's October First Friday workshop will feature Ian Mills, with his paper "Canonizing Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans." See the poster below for details on how to join.

Just finished this today. A delightful read.

I'd disagree with Mark more often if only he had worse opinions.

Is there a technical name for this kind of string of dots?

62. Margaret Davies, Rhetoric and Reference in the Fourth Gospel Podcast Episode · New Testament Review · 09/15/2025 · 48m

62. Margaret Davies, Rhetoric and Reference in the Fourth Gospel (w/ Mark Goodacre)
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The best part of waking up is, in fact, new manuscripts in your inbox—especially when they happen to contain unique and hitherto unrecognized paratexts.

61. Bernadette Brooten, "Junia Outstanding among the Apostles (Romans 16.7)"

61. Bernadette Brooten's "Junia Outstanding among the Apostles (Romans 16.7)."
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Loved this thread! What a cool little piece of the discipline's history.

Fascinating header to Laodiceans, tucked in the back of a thirteenth century Bible.

My latest article on John has finally been published (it was preprint for a while).

OUP sent me a free-access link, so if you're interested in the paper, please message/email me!

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New article on a Syro-Latin reading in Luke coming soon to New Testament Studies.

Chilling this morning with some Oxyrhinchus Papyri.

One of my favorite manuscript discoveries:

This Latin Bible contains a "Second Epistle to the Colossians."

Ep(istu)la Pauli ad Colocenses. S(e)c(un)da.

That'll be in the book!

60. John P Meier, "Josephus" from A Marginal Jew New Testament Review · Episode

60. John P Meier, "Josephus" from A Marginal Jew, Vol. 1
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"This book is groundbreaking."
Ehrman's endorsement for The Hypothesis of the Gospels.

You can pre-order: a.co/d/6ADGpLl

My research assistant.

*Haec