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Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean houses my blog, websites, podcast, and publications, providing an entryway into social and religious life among Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and others in the Roman empire.

1.) Dynamics of Identity and Early Christianity: Associations and Cultural Minorities in the Roman Empire (forthcoming book)

2.) Podcast 3.6: Sources for the Study of Diversity - Gnostic, Apocryphal, Patristic

3.) New article on Jewish associations in Palestine by Instone-Brewer and I

4.) Happy Holidays

5.) Podcast 3.5: Diversity in Asia Minor - A Regional Case Study

6.) More proof that N.T. Wrong is in New Zealand (and likely Dawes): ?Those New Zealanders have wacky senses of humour?

7.) Wrong about N.T. Wrong?

8.) Beate Dignas, Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (2002)

9.) Resurrecting EarlyChristianWritings.com and EarlyJewishWritings.com

10.) Podcast 3.4: Docetic and Judaizing Opponents of Ignatius, part 2

11.) Angel-loving association cancelled - A new reading of an often cited inscription from Asia Minor

12.) Epigraphica Anatolica (Anatolian Epigraphy) journal articles now online

13.) Justin just out . . .

14.) Consulting the gods about your favourite blanket

15.) Haunted house for sale in Athens ? belated Halloween post

16.) Podcast 3.3: Docetic and Judaizing Opponents of Ignatius, part 1

17.) Biblical Studies Carnival 35

18.) Patristics Carnival 16

19.) Podcast 3.2: A Schism in John?s Community, part 2

20.) Tony Burke?s excellent piece on ?Heresy Hunting in the New Millenium?

21.) Ballparking the historical Jesus - The importance of context

22.) Biblical Studies Carnival 34

23.) Podcast 3.1: Introduction to Diversity - A Schism in John?s Community, part 1

24.) Very Wanky Blogger Disorder (VWBD)

25.) New ?heresy? podcast series - Diversity in early Christianity: ?Heresies? and struggles (series 3)

26.) A second highly probable thing about the historical Jesus: Immersion by John the Baptizer

27.) Quote of the day

28.) Non-Christian sources for the study of the historical Jesus: Josephus and Tacitus on the execution of Jesus

29.) Did the peasant Jesus ignore Judean ritual laws? Crossan?s answer

30.) Podcast 2.11: Hebrews? Portrait of Jesus - Highpriest Melchizedek, part 2

31.) RBL Review of Identity and Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean

32.) Biblical Studies Carnival no. 33

33.) Podcast 2.10: Hebrews? Portrait of Jesus - Highpriest Melchizedek, part 1

34.) On Sexual Indulgence: Paul and contemporaries like Musonius Rufus

35.) Human sacrifice and cannibalism again ? oh, and sexual perversion too

36.) A computer in 100 BCE?

37.) Update and news: Tenure, forthcoming book, podcast, etc.

38.) Biblical Studies Carnival(s)

39.) Podcast 2.9: John?s Portrait of Jesus - Son and Word, part 2

40.) Podcast 2.8: John?s Portrait of Jesus - Son and Word, part 1

41.) Podcast 2.7: Luke?s Portrait of Jesus - Prophet Elijah, part 2

42.) Podcast 2.6: Luke?s Portrait of Jesus - Prophet Elijah, part 1

43.) Carnivals

44.) John H. Elliott?s article on Jesus the ?Israelite?

45.) Podcast 2.5: Matthew?s portrait of Jesus - New Moses (part 2)

46.) Jesus said, ?You?re all evil. There is no hope. That?s it. Thank you.?

47.) Podcast collection page now on archive.org - Advance auditions

48.) Podcast 2.4: Matthew?s portrait of Jesus - New Moses, part 1

49.) Podcast 2.3: Mark?s portrait of Jesus - Suffering Son, part 2

50.) Carnivalesque 37

51.) Thessalos? travels and his ?magical? cures

52.) Podcast 2.2: Mark?s portrait of Jesus - Suffering Son, part 1

53.) Fripp on suffering in this life and the apocalyptic suffering to come

54.) March Carnivals

55.) Podcast 2.1: Introduction to Early Christian Portraits of Jesus

56.) Sex and salvation in the Gospel of Philip

57.) Podcast 1.12: Legacies of Paul - Women?s leadership, part 2

58.) Patristics Carnival no. 7

59.) Podcast 1.11: Legacies of Paul - Women?s leadership, part 1

60.) Biblical Studies and History Carnivals

61.) Marcion?s Stranger God (also ?strange?)

62.) Podcast 1.10: Paul?s response to the Romans

63.) The Jesus Ultimatum: Action and suspense in Mark?s gospel

64.) The ?savage? Marcion: Ethnographic stereotypes in attacking ?heretics?

65.) Podcast 1.9: Paul and the situation at Rome

66.) Happy Christmas! - ?I?m just crazy ?bout horses!?

67.) Podcast 1.8: Paul?s response to the Galatians

68.) Podcast 1.7: Paul and the situation in Galatia

69.) Podcasts will continue - breath not wasted

70.) Oh what fun it is to mark tests