Two years after submission, twenty-two years after conception, it’s published. I believe Sept. 28 is the official publication date in the US. Not sure about the UK and elsewhere. I’ll share a discount code when I receive one.
Matthew R. Crawford
@mcrawford.bsky.social
Professor and Director of Research Program in Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Melbourne, Australia; Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️
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There are still two weeks to go to submit proposals to the workshops on Flourishing in Early Christianity we are organising for the 2027 Oxford conference. We'd love to have you join us! bsky.app/profile/irci...
IRCI_ACU@irci.bsky.social · 3mo agoCALL FOR PAPERS on flourishing in early Christianity at Oxford Patristics 2027.
Tomorrow night Jodi Magness will be giving a public lecture for us here at ACU Melbourne. It's not too late to sign up to attend! Details below. bsky.app/profile/irci...
IRCI_ACU@irci.bsky.social · 3mo agoTo find out more, see: events.humanitix.com/jerusalem-in...
New pod! Mike talks to Matthew Crawford and Aaron Johnson on their translation of Cyril of Alexandria. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... open.spotify.com/episode/3Mj2...
CALL FOR PAPERS on flourishing in early Christianity at Oxford Patristics 2027.
Celebrating the launch of IRCI’s A/Prof. Jonathan Zecher’s translation of the Philokalia for Penguin Classics. With IRCI’s Prof. Matthew Crawford and special guest Fr. Doru Costache, Principal of Nisibis Assyrian Theological College.
The first results of using UV light to recover text on the damaged folios of Biblioteca Angelica gr. 116: 'Prolegomena to a new edition of Didymus (?), De Trinitate: With a special focus on the first three folios of Biblioteca Angelica gr. 116'
Yale Classics Library@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 4mo agoSacris Erudiri Vol. 64, No. 1 (2025) www.brepolsonline.net/content/jour... @brepols.net @mcrawford.bsky.social
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Leo’s journey to Africa is a return to Christianity’s roots and a gesture toward its future - ABC Religion & Ethics
As the Catholic Church expands in Africa and takes on more of a leadership role in the worldwide communion, Pope Leo’s visit is a reminder not to forget the wisdom African Christianity has already gif...
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I have recently joined the editorial board of the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, which has also just become fully open access for all future issues. If you are doing research on ancient Christianity, please consider sending submissions our way! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Editorial – News from ZAC
Article Editorial – News from ZAC was published on March 3, 2026 in the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (volume 29, issue 3).
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NAPS members whose membership is current should have received an email today about registration for the 2026 conference. If you didn't receive the email, make sure your membership hasn't lapsed. The program can be found here: custom.cvent.com/DADF18846EBF...
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Come to Nijmegen and be my colleague! 3-year postdoc on ethnicity and (in)equality in early Christianity, supervised by @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social. All I can say is we are a great group of people and Nijmegen is a pretty good place to live.
In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March. www.eiec.info/home
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Image: Jesus and the dog-headed men, Kiev Psalter, 1397
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This was published in the dead week between Christmas and New Year’s. If you work in education & were, reasonably, taking a break, maybe you missed it. Don’t miss it.
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
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We've just finished marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Is it too early to start thinking about the upcoming 1600th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus? Here's a start. www.academia.edu/145809087/A_...
A Battle by Night? A Revisionist Account of the Early Stages of the Nestorian Controversy
The present study sets forth a revisionist account of the origins of the Nestorian controversy that seeks to overturn several long-standing scholarly assumptions related to 1) the relative importance ...
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JOB OPENING: Associate Dean (Research), Theology and Philosophy Seeking an academic for high-level academic leadership across the faculty, operating within a University-wide research strategy focused on high quality, high impact and innovative research. candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
Associate Dean (Research), Theology and Philosophy - Vacancy Details
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It’s publication day! I decided 11 years ago I wanted to do this project and began working on it eight years ago, so it’s gratifying to reach this point. Thanks to all who helped us bring it to fruition.
The oldest Jewish cemetery in the UK, dating back to the Norman Conquest, was just discovered. www.jpost.com/history/arti...
Ancient Jewish cemetery discovered in UK near Roman ruins | The Jerusalem Post
The cemetery, discovered on the Barbican estate, is understood to date back to 1070 and is located near ancient Roman walls.
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There is still one week to go before the application deadline for our two job openings in biblical and early Christian studies (15 August). Please spread the word! I would be glad to speak with anyone who has questions about the positions.
Matthew R. Crawford@mcrawford.bsky.social · last yr.I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars! candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
My associate supervisor Rob Turnbull has written an exciting and accessible report on the research he's been doing! He recently published his PhD dissertation (brill.com/display/titl...), and he's currently applying phylogenetic methods to texts beyond the New Testament.
Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus and Its Family
"Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus and Its Family" published on 21 Oct 2024 by Brill.
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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)@mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · last yr.In biology, phylogenetics reconstructs evolutionary relationships by analysing how traits are inherited and change over time. The same technique is revealing the history of the New Testament 📜New research from MDAP's Robert Turnbull! pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/sci...
Back in my happy place at the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome with the reading room all to myself today.
11th July is the feast of St Benedict and here is the earliest extant copy of the Rule of St Benedict. Bodleian Library MS. Hatton 48; Rule of St. Benedict; c.700 CE (?); England (Canterbury?); f.1r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
I can tell you from experience that the IRCI is a beautiful place to work! Don't miss this opportunity!
Matthew R. Crawford@mcrawford.bsky.social · last yr.I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars! candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars! candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Early Christianity) - Vacancy Details
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A small discovery: the Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität includes an entry for εὐάγγελμα with a single ref: Didymus, De Trin 1.29.8. The term shows up nowhere else in TLG. The ms actually reads ἐπαγγέλματα which was misread in the 1769 editio princeps and a new ed in 1975.
