James Maurice Morgan

Another great year at the Acts of the Apostles seminar in Manchester! A big thanks to Monique Cuany for serving 5 years as co-chair 👏🏽 See you next year in Maynooth👋🏻 #bnts25

Very stimulating book panel on Steve Walton’s commentary on the Acts of the Apostles with Steve Walton and respondents Luke Mcnamara, David Horrell and Loveday Alexander at the Acts seminar of the British New Testament Conference in Manchester #bnts25

Well (just as in 2024) the 2025 biblical studies job market opens up with a bang(er): Princeton Theological Seminary seeks a scholar of the New Testament at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor!

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What a pleasure to participate in the Celtic Conference in Classics at Coimbra University (Portugal)! I gave my presentation in the first slot so I can now relax and enjoy the papers and this beautiful city🙌🏼 #classics

What a blessing to have all this support for my ordination as priest (in curacy) at St Ursula's Church Berne of the Diocese in Europe. (BTW I keep my job at @unifr.bsky.social in the Biblical studies department!).

YouTube video by Exploring the Language of Scripture Does Luke Compare to Ancient Historians?

A fun chat with Daniel Mikkelsen @greek_nt youtu.be/C7HuqhuEE7E?...

Great to stay connected!

Any possible explanation?

Call for papers graphic - deadline 21/04

📣 Seminar Spotlight: Book of Acts

There will be a book review panel on Steve Walton’s commentary on Acts 1–9:42 in the Word Biblical Commentary series and open sessions welcoming papers approaching Acts from a variety of angles and using a variety of methods.

Call for papers until 21 April 2025
British New Testament Conference
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Book of Acts
Contact:
monique.cuany@het-pro.ch
james.morgan@unifr.ch

We welcome papers approaching Acts from a variety of angles and using a variety of methods.

BNTS Call for Papers 2025 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. Paper proposa…

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We’ll be in Manchester this year!
Call for papers

Happy New Year from Fribourg👋

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Fantastic resource; I wonder if BBC even has this…!👏👏👏

Thucydides, religion, and the divine? Here's my bit... "Le dilemme herméneutique de Thucydide: Comment décrire la guerre du Péloponnèse sans parler du divin comme Homère et Hérodote?", a chapter in this delightful Festschrift in honour of Philippe Lefebvre @unifr. amzn.eu/d/ghfAeya

Thank you. I’m considering a few possibilities; series in the Classics and Biblical research.

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My interview with Steve Walton about his new commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (1:1–9:42). Classicists of all types (which includes biblical scholars!) will benefit from the depth of Steve's teaching and research! Thanks for your support and forbearance of my channel

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Has anyone used this reader and want to comment on it?

Time to relax a little🙌🏼 - a huge thanks to everyone who encouraged me in my Habilitation project!

Here’s a very helpful list of open-access resources for the #Classics!

antigonejournal.com/helps/

Very happy to share this remarkable research tool by my colleague @unifr
Innocent Himbaza: Manuel de la Bible hébraique: BHS, BHQ academia.edu/109392461/In... via
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#hebrew #hebrewbible

A researcher and friend, after his presentation this week, was asked «  What elements could undermine your argument? »

Ouch…a bit too close to home…
« Some people may be clever enough to teach many, and yet be useless to themselves. »

ἔστιν ἀνὴρ πανοῦργος πολλῶν παιδευτής, καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ψυχῇ ἐστιν ἄχρηστος.
(Ecclesiasticus / Book of Sirach 37.19 )

As you can imagine, there are complex questions about what means by Greek religion. You might want to start with Kindt, Parker or Versnel. Harrison’s article is helpful for understanding how ‘religion’ is expressed via various genres.

Hi Jonathan - Some of these might be useful to you. Happy reading 😉

✂️ Killer intro by Marc Johnson's band in "Crossing the Corpus Callosum"!!! 58 seconds · Clipped by Life & Text · Original video "Bass Desires - Crossing The Corpus Callosum" by Asymmatrix

Need a study/writing break? I love the beginning of Marc Johnson's album "Bass Desires," which opens with a killer intro in "Crossing the Corpus Callosum". Intriguing title with intricate mixing. Best heard with headphones 😉(The rest of the album is a little more 'normal'.)

✂️ Importance of the ‘bridge’ in composition 60 seconds · Clipped by Life & Text · Original video "What It's Like Writing A Song With Sting" by Rick Beato 2

A clip of Sting explaining the therapeutic function of the 'bridge' in song composition. youtube.com/clip/Ugkxncp...

The Allman Brothers Band Blue Sky (February 12,1972) Eat A Peach LPEat A Peach For PeaceDickey Betts wrote this about his Native American girlfriend, Sand... The Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky (Eat A Peach, February 12,1972)

Another bit of publicity for Bluesky; this time from the formidable Allman Brothers:
« You’re my Blue Sky, you’re my sunny day;
Lord, you know, it makes me high when you turn your love my way, turn your love my way. »

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Agreed. That’s a tough one to cite. I had to do that not long ago…

Good publicity from a U2 song (Indian Summer Sky) heard today:

Will light a way
Up toward the sky
It's a blue sky

To lose along the way
The spark that set the flame
To flicker and to fade
On this the longest day