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An Ancient Greek vocabulary frequency list, clocking in at 1100 words. About 80% of any given text is made up of these (based on the Perseus database). By Wilfred E. Major from Louisiana State University. promotelatin.org/images/stories…

Reasons for footnotes: 1) Referencing 2) Additional clarifying information 3) I worked on this paragraph for 45 hours and simply refuse to delete it entirely 4) I want to be mean about an author but not, like, main text mean.

Post of the day: @BernardNHoward with a searching and thoughtful critique of Christ in the Rubble. Lots to think about here: mereorthodoxy.com/christ-in-the-…

If I had a dollar for every time a Seminary had to apologize for a Yeti blood oath, I would have...a dollar I guess.

There is a lot to like about this series of talks put on by a local church in Cambridge.

🎉 The 2025 excavation season at Colossae has officially begun! For the first time, archaeological excavations are being carried out at the ancient city by Pamukkale University, with the permission and support of Türkiye’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Waiting for the Tyndale Lecture to begin.

Universities: “we are committed to social, cultural, and moral service” Also universities: “we are replacing our philosophy, ethics, history, and literature departments with an expanded business/crypto double major”

J P Meier bringing some fresh air into the Wycliffe Hall library!

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Perhaps a major attraction to Christianity in Britain in years to come will be that we don’t kill our infants & old people Belief - even residual - that we are all made in the image of God is what leads us to protect the most vulnerable rather than dispatch them as inconvenient

Just 1% of Brits want abortion to be allowed until birth. Full-term abortions were not in any party’s manifesto. Yet with no consultation and scarcely an hour of parliamentary debate, MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion to birth. And we wonder why people have lost faith in…

This summer, we are celebrating the 1700th birthday of the Nicene Creed, one of the most enduring statements of Christian faith. 📜 Join with believers around the world as we reflect on each of the 24 lines, over 24 days. Find the daily reflections at cofe.io/EverydayFaithA….

English: Hello French: Bonjour Japanese: Konnichiwa Oxford graduate: Did you know I went to Oxford?

Here’s a good point from @petermhead against those who argue today that Romans was written to a gentile-only audience. “How exactly the letter was going to be presented only to the gentile Christ-believers within the ethnically diverse sub-groups of Roman believers, ...

2025 Oxbridge Graduate Biblical Studies Conference: this Friday 2 May, Keble and Oriel Colleges, Oxford, 10AM - 6 PM. Schedule of presentations: nt4ox.link/Oxbridge25

Oxford New Testament Seminar, Trinity Term: a conference, dialogues with philosophers, exciting topics and speakers including Max Baker-Hytch, Charlotte Hempel, Alex Muir, Meron Piotrkowski et al. 2:30 PM Fridays at HBAC Lecture Theatre, 25 Banbuary Rd. bit.ly/ntseminar

I’ll just leave this here for anyone who loves writing. Elle Cordova is one of my favorite TikTok accounts. So innovative with her content. 🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNdLtXQ64/

Our letter in today’s @guardian on the assisted dying Bill. Last week, in a letter to @guardian, a group of lawyers, judges and academics described the proposed panel amendment as ‘sensible and practical’. It may be ‘practical’. But the most important question is: is it safe?

Job: Lecturer (2-year appointment) in Theology and Religion (specialization in New Testament and early Christianity) at the University of Exeter in the UK: jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA839/lec…