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Thanks to Broadview Magazine and @annetheriault.bsky.social for this nice feature about my research.

PSA in case you didn’t know: Matthew and John were BY FAR the most popular gospels in early Christianity. (Helpful chart of extant manuscripts in Scott Charlesworth, Early Christian Gospels, pg. 8. Roman numerals indicate the century of production)

Happy feast day of St. Mary Magdalene! From the Mária Magdolna tower in Budapest 💗

New Testament scholarship all too often avoids the very straightforward observation that "The modern category of one 'original' text or 'Urtext'...never existed in antiquity." Hezser articulated this all the way back in *2001* ! (From C. Hezser, Jewish Literacy in Roman Palestine, 434; photo 424)

A fun write-up of our research in Rome! (Still ongoing) www.villanova.edu/vu/magazine/...

Decoding the Catacomb FrescoesVillanova researchers use advanced imaging to uncover new insights into two ancient Roman frescoeswww.villanova.edu

New podcast episode out from Religion to Reality! Thanks to Dave Plisky and Fr. John Gribowich for taking the time to talk about my research. religiontoreality.org/podcast/the-...

Eastern Christianity Villanova job link is live: jobs.villanova.edu/postings/35518

Happy Fourth of July! 🎆 I think my husband just reached enlightenment...

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If you're interested in learning more about Women in the New Testament and Early Christianity, I'll be teaching an online course in July for @biblicalarchaeology.org. Details here: www.biblicalarchaeology.org/travel-study...

Women in the New Testament and Early ChristianityLearn Morewww.biblicalarchaeology.org

Big thanks to @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social for inviting me on her Substack, where we announced some big news today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW03...

It's true! Villanova is hiring a tenure-track position in Eastern Christianity! Please share far and wide. aarsbl.org/job/tenure-t...

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Looking forward to presenting at this conference tomorrow in Greenwich, CT! More details here: www.christchurchgreenwich.org/womens-confe...

Villanova's Theology and Religious Studies department is hiring a Director of Master's & Certificate Programs! jobs.villanova.edu/postings/34543

A nice Easter present: a hard copy of the Oxford Handbook of Mary Magdalene finally arrived in the mail!

Exciting news: the Nestle-Aland committee decided to take my recommendations on updating the NA29 apparatus in John 11 to better reflect the issues around Martha. I'll be talking about these updates to the apparatus at the Johannine Literature panel at SBL in Denver. Hope to see some of you there!

On April 18th I'll be presenting my research at Christ Church Greenwich's Annual Women's Conference. The keynote speaker is Kate Bowler. To register, follow this link: www.christchurchgreenwich.org/womens-confe... Hope to see some of you in CT!

I've got two presentations coming up in the coming weeks: a lecture in New York City in February, and a retreat in Asheville, North Carolina in March. Details below. Hope to see some of you there!

Ooooh a new "Maria" changed to "Martha"! This is from a 12th-century drama attributed to Hilarius, a student of Abelard. Perhaps just a mistake - or perhaps a bit of confusion about which sister confessed Jesus as the Christ? ;) Thanks to Prof. Carol Symes for calling this to my attention!

Stopped by the @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social yesterday on our long layover in London. My husband and I had to say hi to the Marys and Jesus!