RevDr Jesse B Ophoff

Studying the development of Christianity through texts, paratexts, and images. What even is the "gospel"? #lateantiquity #earlychristianity

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Another FINALLY moment today. This article has been in the world for almost two years, and now you can finally see and cite it.

Allegory and Ambiguity in Late Antique Canon Lists - Read on https://t.co/vC6cvSFccc @degruyter_pub

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

@naominovik Fingers crossed, here and on Bluesky!

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

If anybody needs a bsky invite code, I have 5. Just DM me.

Hopefully your colleagues at #SBLAAR2023 are telling you how great it is.

I post this knowing it will probably only be seen and liked by bots, but I leave it in the hope that a human may still encounter it.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

When I post on here, I get the most traffic from bots I have to block. When I post on the other site, I talk to people.

So you can find me over there.

Okay, bye!

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Happy #FatBearWeek to all who celebrate!

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Ursa chonkus…

#FatBearWeek

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Jesse Lore

-At 16 I moved to the most dangerous city in N. America. Since then I've thrown up on 3 continents.
-Things I've made from scratch include beer, cheese, and historically accurate leather pants.
-I've been the first graduate of multiple academic and clerical programs.

[Dr. Holly Walters @Manigarm]

Holly Lore

-I am a competitive Medieval archer with a Scythian horse bow.
-I was once declared missing, presumed dead, in the Himalayas.
-I was excommunicated from a Calvinist church when I was 17.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

@man_of_renown Living up to your Twitter handle. Thanks!

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Does anybody going to SBL/AAR 2023 want to let me preorder a copy of their new study Bible and ship it to me? Happy to venmo for costs+gratuity.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

AI can indeed be used for good.

[Giovanni Gasbarri @GioGasbarri]

I should be writing, but why not instead ask Bing's AI to visualize a mosaic representing a Byzantine emperor flying over Constantinople on the back of a blue whale?

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

@joshcarlosjosh Any @SeanAstin character, actually.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

@FromPhDtoLife I read everything by @naominovik

All of it.

And doing so let me enjoy reading, thinking, imagining, and let me go to bed with something other than my dissertation in my mind.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Here's the podcast I wish existed but can't find:

Spiritual but also Religious
Exploring the mystical, magical, ritual, and communal aspects of the life of faith.

I'm envisioning a production style somewhere between Gastropod and BBC 4s Witch.

What's your dream podcast?

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Just ordered! It's been a while since I've brushed up on Paul and I'm really excited to dive into this.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

I've got myself in invite code for anyone who feels like migrating.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

@SkinDawg1973 @MattThiessenNT You'll be able to retire?!

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Getting up and running over in that great big wide other place.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

So does anybody have an invite code lying around for that wide open Azul place?

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

This. It's wild to study the centuries of communities that have done the work to preserve, transmit, critique and edit texts, without whom we would have nothing at all, and then see them written off as the main barrier between us and some pristine, hypothetical original.

[Joel Baden @JoelBaden]

Just a reminder that all readings and interpretations of the Bible are contextual, none is “correct” in any objective sense, and calling out others for being “wrong” is less interesting than interrogating *why* anyone, including oneself, privileges certain readings over others.

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Thanks for the input everybody!

[RevDr Jesse B Ophoff @jb_ophoff]

Okay, real question #academictwitter. If you converted your dissertation into a book, how long did it take you?

I would really like to, but I haven't had a chance to touch it in a year and I'm constantly feeling like I'm somehow behind.

[David M. Shaw @shaw_davidm]

I began my PhD in Sept 2012. My monograph comes out in November. It took 5 years to finish the PhD. About 3 years to rest & put my head back together; and 2 years of on & off editing to get it to print.