Urbs and Polis

Urbs and Polis aims to encourage and support the study of early Christianity within its Greco-Roman context from Christian origins to the Patristic period.

[Urbs and Polis @urbsandpolis]

@clcobb629 Padre Pio’s heart and other bloodied material (especially his “mitts”) from his stigmata.

[NT at Oxford @nt4ox]

Barbara Meyer, "The Jewish Jesus, in Christian and in Jewish Memory" New Testament Seminar, 2:30 PM Friday 20 January, NB online only (Zoom): https://t.co/c9eXcbNZDP

[Yii-Jan Lin @janjancl]

Wayne Meeks, distinguished Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Yale, requiescat in pace.

[Max Lee ☕️ @ProfMaxLee]

Open access, folks! 🤩 And some nice essays covering the Roman era plus select essays on Artemis, Apollo and other figures

[Rabbi Shai Held @HeldShai]

Re-reading a bunch of New Perspective on Paul (NPP). It's a little deflating (and infuriating) to see one form of anti-Judaism renounced, only to be replaced by another.

1/3

[Robyn Faith Walsh (@zafulotus.bsky.social) @zafulotus]

Okay, I made a huge mistake and my @reddit_AMA event is TOMORROW, Dec 17th @ 8pm. Whoops. I'll still totally be there. Still talking about my book or anything else anyone wants to chat about re: the gospels, etc. Until then!

https://t.co/j6UKDwqMOa

[NT at Oxford @nt4ox]

Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. 0.8 FTE, 1.5 yrs with potential for permanent employment. Deadline 22 Jan. https://t.co/M7u7G14uAt

[NT at Oxford @nt4ox]

Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and/or Ancient Judaisms, University of Exeter. FT/permanent. Deadline 16 Jan. https://t.co/EdCMbkR0DR

[Reading Religion @ReadingReligion]

Andrew Patton reviews "The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark's Gospel," by Helen K. Bond. @eerdmansbooks
https://t.co/H1QvxoO5lu

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

Children loved to play with toys in #Roman times too: a painted wooden toy #horse on wheels. The head is pierced at the eye for a pull-string. I can still remember my pull along dog and how I used to take him for walks in the yard 😃.
From Karanis, #Egypt. 1/2

#archaeology

[Urbs and Polis @urbsandpolis]

@MetalClassicist Beard talks at length about
triumphal banquets in Chp. 8...I can't remember, however, if she discusses having dinner with the god.

[Bible Odyssey @bibleodyssey]

"2 Thess 3:10 has been used to support a variety of political positions from socialism to free market capitalism." Read Welfare and 2 Thessalonians 3:6–14 by Jennifer Quigley https://t.co/ZIENEPeWjD

[Urbs and Polis @urbsandpolis]

@zeichman Exactly!!!!

[Urbs and Polis @urbsandpolis]

Be sure to check out the new podcast, @GodMovPod, hosted by one of our advisors, @DrKatieTurner! Great stuff :)

[Urbs and Polis @urbsandpolis]

Congrats to Dr. Matt Sharp! Keep an eye out over the next few months for a video we shot with Dr. Sharp at SBL this year.

[ChristianOrigins @CSCOrigins]

It’s here! Congratulations to Matthew Sharp on his new book, the next volume in Edinburgh Studies in Religion in Antiquity from @EdinburghUP. Available at fine booksellers everywhere.

Use discount code NEW30 for 30% from EUP: https://t.co/xBkMVdG5vF

[Urbs and Polis @urbsandpolis]

Great insights, as always, from @evandeneykel!

[jrdkirk, PA-C, MPAS, MDiv, PhD @jrdkirk]

Very sad to hear of the passing of E. P. Sanders. He was actively teaching while I was at Duke. He was a profound reader of both Paul and Jesus, and several of his ideas were seminal for my own understanding of the New Testament.