Matthew Thiessen
@MattThiessenNT
Associate Professor @McMasterU Author @bakeracademic: A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles Jesus & the Forces of Death
Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now from @OUPAcademic @news_ub academic.oup.com/book/60683
Very excited to see the Korean translation of *A Jewish Paul* out now! Huge thanks to Aquila Lee for his work in translating and publishing it! aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.…
Looking forward to checking out Christopher Skinner's newest book! @ZonderAcademic
Well (much like 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! @ptseminary @SBLStudents ptsem.edu/wp-content/upl…
Actually, there are over 300 White Castles in America, many of which, unlike European castles, are open 24 hours.
just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit
New information has come to light that has caused me to revise my previous interpretation of this meme.
An incident in which Denver seminarians were invited to make a "blood oath" with a man in a yeti costume has been described as "a well-intended moment that clearly went badly wrong and never should have happened" by the vice rector involved. pillarcatholic.com/p/yeti-blood-o…
After the third failed assassination attempt of Hitler, his deputy head of press, Helmut Sündermann, claimed that "the German people must consider the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life as a sign that Hitler will complete his tasks under the protection of a divine power."
Mike Johnson this morning: "God miraculously spared the president's life—I think it's undeniable—and he did it for an obvious purpose. His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence. He points that out obviously all the time and he's right to do so." h/t @atrupar
Deserve to die. Oh, and also burn in agony in hell for all of eternity.
PSA (pun intended): Telling a group of children (or a group of anyone else, for that matter) that they “deserve to die” is unhinged behavior, and it doesn’t magically become less unhinged because you’re doing it in a gospel presentation.
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Even More Noncanonical Scriptures! @eerdmansbooks
Religious Studies: "There is no such thing as religion."
Does any discipline outrank Classics in having so many insiders who forthrightly desire to annihilate it?
Parents, do you know what TSPMO means? If not, it's time to get up to speed.
Americans make it hard for me not to believe in the Calvinistic doctrine of total depravity.
Tell us you have never watched Breaking Bad without telling us you have never watched Breaking Bad.
Jesus: "And call no one your daddy on earth, for you have one Daddy—the one in heaven." MAGA:
