Religious Studies Prof | Historian of Christianity in the Ancient Mediterranean World | Project Director of Bucknell's Health Humanities Initiative | editor of Theoria @ Fordham Press http://johnpenniman.com/
Perhaps you will find this helpful? A medieval jousting shield depicting an owl, with the inscription: "Though I am hated by all birds, I nevertheless rather enjoy that." Be more like the shield owl: unbothered, deflecting haters with mirth. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
The current Met exhibition on Raphael concludes with this WILD Flemish tapestry. It depicts St. Paul in prison, but also features the personification of an earthquake breaking through the frame like some villain from a 1991 Sega Genesis game. 16-bit Renaissance ftw. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
A friendly reminder to anyone attending #NAPS2026: Krista Dalton, Emanuel Fiano, and I are editing a new book series with Fordham Press. If you'd like to learn more about the series or pitch a project, I'd be happy to meet up during the conference! fordhampress.com/theoria
I can tell you from experience, this essay by @profpaulmiddleton.bsky.social teaches *very well* and served as the reading for the capstone session to my martyrdom course this semester. Highly highly recommend.
Ancient Jew ReviewAll this week we are featuring essays from our latest #forum celebrating the work of Elizabeth Castelli. Today we continue with an essay from Paul Middleton @profpaulmiddleton.bsky.social
It was such a joy to participate last May in this panel on Virginia Burrus's book Earthquakes and Gardens. You'll be able to read all the papers at the AJR forum this week.
Ancient Jew ReviewThis week on AJR, a book review forum on Virginia Burrus' Earthquakes and Gardens: Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus from the 2025 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society. We begin with an introduction from Peter Anthony Mena www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...
We are launching a series with Fordham Press, creating a new space for scholars of late antiquity to investigate the religious worlds of that broad temporal & geographic frame. If you have a project that might fit, send us a note. We would be happy to meet at AAR/SBL too! fordhampress.com/theoria
Send us your work. We are excited to read it!
Krista DaltonI am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project! fordhampress.com/theoria
It has been an energizing day in the Davis Colloquium on Christianity and healing at the Center for the Study of Religion at Ohio State. I'm grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this discussion and learn from the other panelists: religion.osu.edu/events/davis...
Davis Colloquium: Christianity and HealingWe invite you to join us for the annual Don and Barbara Davis Colloquium on Christianity on Friday, October 24 in the OSU Thompson Library. This year's topic is "Christianity and Healing."Six speakers...religion.osu.eduCheck out the @ancientjewreview.bsky.social podcast!
Ancient Jew ReviewNew pod! Mike interviews Tina Shepardson about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0HyD...
AJR is kicking off its new leadership of Models of Piety with a happy hour meetup in Boston. Hope to see you there!
Ancient Jew ReviewAnnouncement! Ancient Jew Review is the new host of Models of Piety (MOP), the annual meeting of scholars of religion in late antiquity. If you regularly attend SBL/AAR, come join us at this year's cocktail hour. More info here:
My friend @thejeremybjones.bsky.social has a new memoir about an ancestor's encrypted diary and what he learned when he cracked the code. CIPHER offers an unflinching reckoning with a complex, hidden family history and how that history shapes Jeremy's own self-understanding. Highly recommend!
Longreads"William is the history: a key to what’s inside me, to where I’m from. My cipher." New on @Longreads.com: An excerpt from @thejeremybjones.bsky.social's forthcoming memoir about his ancestor's encrypted diaries, and how the secrets we carry are revealed longreads.com/2025/07/31/c...
Send Ancient Jew Review your pedagogy pitches! Or, really, any of your pitches!
Ancient Jew ReviewBefore we know it the Fall semester will be here. Did you try something new in the classroom? Consider sharing it with colleagues in Ancient Jew Review's August pedagogy series. Short essays that share activities, assignments, or philosophies that enhance teaching about the ancient world.