Jonathan R. Robinson

New Testament Lecturer | PhD @otago | "Some interesting explorations, but deeply flawed"-Kendall Davis | Mark 10:45, Isa 58:6, 2 Tim 2:24

[Jonathan R. Robinson @JonRobinNZ]

*How to publish in Biblical Studies/Theology journals for PhD Students and ECRs* My response to @christilling 's post on Facebook has been getting a lot of love, so I thought I'd turn it into a 🧵 here. click on my friend . . . 👇👇👇 1/

[Jonathan R. Robinson @JonRobinNZ]

Keep getting confused by the acronym for the gov's new Tertiary Research Excellence Fund, important not to write it as TERF to avoid confusion.

[Jonathan R. Robinson @JonRobinNZ]

let's normalise the sending of free books to me.

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Very happy to receive my copy of @Matthijsdendulk Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul this morning! Hartelijk dank!

[Jonathan R. Robinson @JonRobinNZ]

Very happy to receive my copy of @Matthijsdendulk Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul this morning! Hartelijk dank!

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. . . but now I know it was just hubris and mild hysteria. question is, will I feel the same way about the work i am doing now in 16 years time? Eeek, that's a demotivating thought.

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My plan was to rework one last article idea from my 2010 masters thesis and then put the thesis up on a free repository for anyone to read. Now that I am halfway through reworking it . . .

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. . . I have spotted enough terrible mistakes to realise I never want this abomination to be read by another human. Notably they are all in my final chapter which I wrote in what seemed to me at the time to be the white heat of inspiration . . .

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it truly is amazing what you can find online for free. even if hope is slim, it's always worth checking https://t.co/AmAxAzw7zn

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just had to block a "christian" AI account.

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@smehorn unless it was AI. in which case don't bother.

[Jonathan R. Robinson @JonRobinNZ]

@smehorn fair enough, well you got me. now please do the whole of Jonah in that style.

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a bit of reception history here for a Lukan parable scholar . . .

[Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler]

An antidote to the moral masochism that’s become rampant in the psychotherapy professions:

“I reread the story of the Good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke. The parable, well known, concerns a man set upon by thieves and left for dead:

[The Samaritan] bound up his wounds... and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two coins and gave then to the innkeeper and said unto him, ‘Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more,’ when I come again, I will repay thee.’

‘Take care of him,’ says the Samaritan. He delegates the caretaking of the victim to another! The story of the Good Samaritan is not, as I had vaguely recalled, one of selfless endless availability ‘like the 24-hour store.’ The biblical passage suggests the ethical possibility, even the ethical necessity of doing a finite amount, engaging others to help, and then moving on... [It] points to a balance between concern for self and a concern for others—a lesson for all times.”

—Deborah Luepnitz, Schopenhauer’s Porcupines

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my editor loves me♥️🤣

[Erin Risch Zoutendam @erin_zoutendam]

academics, it is not too late to write "all remaining faults are my own" in your Mother's Day cards

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@MadisonPierce I'm glad you asked, as I keep a spreadsheet 😅
NTS: submitted 16Dec25, Accepted 16Feb26, Published ???
ZNW: submitted 16Feb24, R&R 4April, Resub 9Aug, Accepted 9Sept, Published 10April25.

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I know I like to complain about peer review, but cant imagine also having to get my work through RC censorship! Although I know a few Prots who would love to be the censors . . .

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@bg__white @mohrsiebeck Hi there, thanks for the follow. did you ever see my /reviews in religion and theology/review of your book? if not I'll send it to you.

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then AI doubled internet traffic and everything turned to lumpy custard.

[Dave @GamewithDave]

They removed CD/DVD drives from devices.
They made physical media harder to buy and use.
They removed expandable storage from phones.
They pushed us into streaming subscriptions.
They made always-online normal.
They made unlimited internet necessary.
Then slowly raised the price of everything.

Ownership quietly became renting.

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@shaw_davidm gold star for you!

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Duncan Derrett (NovTest, 1977) moves from exegetical comments to life advice, and i am here for it. Bonus points if you can guess which parables he is worked up about.