Maria Doerfler

Assistant Professor of Late Antiquity @ Yale. Practicing Exegesis as an Extreme Sport. Current book project: writing law & the creation of sacred narratives.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

wizard here hey xd

[Peter Enns @peteenns]

Parental bereavement remains a very, very difficult topic in a contemporary setting, and in many regards, it's really a radioactive topic in the sense that nobody finds resources to really speak about it.”@DoerflerMaria

Listen here: https://t.co/ud5SaI2Ysv

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

@ReligionProf has asked me to present something on Xianity and SciFi, and options abound. @Devs_FXonHulu on free will (and Jesus)? @scalzi 's Church of the Evolved Lamb (& New Religious Movements)? The uses of #augustine in #scifi ?

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

Most annoying words that do not count for purposes of @nytimes Spelling Bee: trinitarian, ontic, Ebola ...

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

The middle term between any two texts is some 19th c. German dude. Change my mind.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

@natasha_wheatl My pleasure! I first read it in the context of Yale's LHF and have been checking for its publication ever since to be able to properly cite it. My own work lies in premodernity: I'm wrapping up a book on the intersection of writing law and creating sacred histories.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

While we are all enjoying a moment of breathing more deeply, take a look at @natasha_wheatl 's really excellent essay on "Legal Pluralism as Temporal Pluralism." Inspirational for my own work.
https://t.co/wdO7sjczrf

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

Augustine (today!) and Pelagius (by way of Sen. Hawley) are getting quite the workout these last few weeks. What late ancient figure should get rhetorical center stage in the current administration?! https://t.co/uFb5ZgUKoW

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

Oh amen!

[Azie Dungey @AzieDee]

Just do what y’all do to peaceful protesters. Break out the tear gas, rubber bullets, water canons, attack dogs. I’ve seen the footage of Standing Rock. I believe in you, police!

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

I cannot but think of the July Putsch of 1934.

Friends in DC, I hope you are safe.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

I am beyond annoyed with myself for not teaching my Biblical/Constitutional Interpretation course this spring ...

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

I'm reading ~ 300 letters of recommendation right now, and here's my totally un-gentle/shy/caring/compassionate reminder about gender bias for recommenders: https://t.co/R6pnaMacFW

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

Late Ancient History in action: catch footnotes to Judy Evans Grubbs and Yifat Monnickendam in this recent @USCCB amicus brief over at @SCOTUSblog : https://t.co/BFG6TdYigO

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

@AntheaButler "He says that people say Jesus said to turn the other cheek, but he responds by telling them to read the Bible. He said Jesus isn't talking about physically getting slapped in the side of the face."
Selective biblical literalism at work once again. So, so dismaying.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

"What did you do on New Year's as a kid?" "Oh, you know, melted lead into water to figure out what the next year held." "So ... augury?" "Welllll ... yes ..."

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

A rare treat: the inimitable Liz Clark reads Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever" — https://t.co/iud9dScr2B

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

@drewjakeprof @BMCReview I love this so much.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

@drewjakeprof @MarkJMasterson Yes, I am hoping that by Book n/retirement/oblivion I will have attained that kind of excellent mental health ... although I have wonderful colleagues and mentors who assure me that they're not yet there, so ... :/

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

Message this AM from a v senior, brilliant (male) scholar: "As to the paper itself... Still unfinished. And way too long. And convoluted. With overly complicated historical detail. And depressingly meandering and pointless." I've rarely felt so seen.

[Maria Doerfler @DoerflerMaria]

@drewjakeprof @MarkJMasterson His own :) Although I volunteer as tribute the chapter I'm currently revising for further illustrations of this phenomenon!