Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social tired Islam, South Asia, race, & religion professor. podcaster. parent. enthusiastic killjoy. drama & drag & bad movie fan. adoptee. she/her.
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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social women, gender, religion, digital humanities, AI | Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin @voicestcd.bsky.social | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society | President of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland | author ✍️
maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social Maimonides, as in the 12th Century Jewish philosopher - and Nutz as in “Deez Nutz.” (I’m not Maimonides but I’m definitely Nutz) she/her
Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social Doctoral candidate in history at Notre Dame | religious & women/gender historian focusing on the identity & work of Catholic women converts in the long 19th | editorial assistant @modamhist.bsky.social | teaching fellow, Notre Dame London
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
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Deimos @doctordeimos.bsky.social Empathy is gnosis.
No background or degree, just an autodidact with ADHD.
Jessica Koneful @jessicakoneful.bsky.social Follower of Jesus ❤️ wife and dog mama🐾 Student 📚 Sometimes kinda crafty. 🪡🧵Worker at Mission Teens Inc. ✝️
A T Beaune 唐博訥 @atbeaune.bsky.social author • director • actor • musician
Alum, Peabody Conservatory JHU
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Chad Gibbs @chadgibbs101.bsky.social Holocaust historian, professor, and retired soldier. Author of Survival at Treblinka https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/S/Survival-at-Treblinka.
Views own.
Sheffield Phoenix Press @sheffieldphoenix.bsky.social Sheffield Phoenix Press—specializing in biblical studies. We support scholarship by continuing Sheffield's tradition of high quality academic publishing.
Deconstruction Zone @justin-dz.bsky.social BA., M.Div.
| #exvangelical | #atheist | #heathen | Live Debates |
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Mateusz Kusio @mateuszkusio.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in Theology @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social | earlier CRAC UW & @humboldtuni.bsky.social | DPhil @ox.ac.uk | Bible, Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity | http://bit.ly/3pIqAR9 | views own
Lea Rachel @learachel.bsky.social Author and Academic. Mother and Wife. Curious and Often Confused. Some combination of dark chocolate and aged gruyere runs through my veins.
Azrieli Holocaust Memoirs @azrielimemoirs.bsky.social Preserving and publishing the memoirs of Canadian Holocaust survivors to promote Holocaust education and scholarship. We have published the memoirs of 127 survivors and trained 2500 educators across Canada this year.
https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org.
@thomthomkursunu.bsky.social @thomthomkursunu.bsky.social
Beaker68 @beaker99.bsky.social I’m happy to be here!
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Anna Koch @annakoch.bsky.social Historian of Modern Europe and author of Home after Fascism. Interested in histories of home, exile and displacement. Also, dams, floodings, antifascism and Holocaust memory. Just a tad eclectic.
Matthew R Anderson @mrapomquet.bsky.social Ancient Mediterranean, pilgrimage, decolonization, aware-settler, fiction, Leonard Cohen, a bit of everything. Gatto Chair StFX University Nova Scotia. Mi'kmaki/Treaty 4. Six books. www.somethinggrand.ca https://www.stfx.ca/faculty-staff/matthew-anderson
Prodigal The Podcast @prodigalthepodcast.bsky.social Welcome to Prodigal: The Podcast! Hosted by Don Jackson with co-host Big Sean, this podcast dives deep into the journey of faith, self-discovery, and transformation. @prodigalthepodcast
@happycanvasser.bsky.social @happycanvasser.bsky.social
Ryan Halloran, Ph.D. @halloranphd.bsky.social He/Him | Religion Ph.D. from @temple.edu | Researches Catholicism, Masculinity, & Sports in 20th c. U.S. | Philly Sports fanatic | History geek
L. Stephanie Cobb @stephaniecobb33.bsky.social Dogs. Desserts. Dead people.
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Beth Tanner @bethlaneel.bsky.social Person, professor, traveler, photographer, researcher.
Nadine H Sadler @nadinehsadler.bsky.social Sociologist of (leaving) religion
Part-time PhD candidate: post-Catholic identity construction of millennials in England and Wales
Full time college lecturer: Sociology & Criminology
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Atheist Girl @atheistgirl.bsky.social tree hugging + cannabis lovin’ + animal rescuing + prochoice + lgbtq + secular + humanist + liberal + activist
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Help me get out of oklahoma!!
and all my other links
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social My body, my choice. My account, my voice.
| Mom. Widow. Writer. Designer. |
Read me @ the issue. out5p0ken.substack.com
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Jessica Hare @rancidginger.bsky.social I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here?- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Jenn Ortegren @jennortegren.bsky.social Associate Prof of Religion at Middlebury College; Hinduism, Islam in India, ethnography, gender, and class. Author of *Middle-Class Dharma: Women, Aspiration, and the Making of Contemporary Hinduism.* Most skeets sarcastic.
Theresa Hannig @theresahannig.bsky.social Autorin | Politikwissenschaftlerin | Stadträtin | Europäerin | Feministin | Artikel 3 GG Fangirl | Grün | she/her 🇪🇺🇺🇳🏳️🌈
theresahannig.de
Adrienne Kirschner @adriennekirschner.bsky.social Lover of books, plants, puzzles, pets, and democracy. Really just wanting to have interesting convos about all the things. In my crone era. 📚❤️✨️🍃♏️
Jordan Rosenblum @profrosenblum.bsky.social Professor of Classical Judaism, University of Wisconsin-Madison; studies ancient food and plays modern guitar (he/him)
Katie Turner @katieturnerphd.com Historian: 1st Century Material Culture | New Testament Reception | Religion & Pop-Culture | Clothing, Costume, Film
Co-Host: www.GodsAndMoviemakers.com
More about me: www.KatieTurnerPhD.com
DJ Juicy Jazz @imjandess.bsky.social biostatistician by trade. aspiring pun artist. two cats, two kids, two ideas for my vanity plate. exmormon. #1 daddy to my pwincess. ✨genderfluid✨ confused autist ♾️
she/they/Thee/Thou 🩷💛💙🌈- R Michael Rosenberg @rosenfish.bsky.social Teacher and scholar of late antique Judaism, lover of chasidis, and tired parent
Tube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us Australian-American lefty still building amps & making music with vacuum tubes in the 21st Century. America needs a new constitution.
curiousaudio.us
https://one28.us
https://sleep-ins.one28.us
Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Crandall University) | PhD (Cantab) | Ancient Mediterranean Religion, incl. Early Judaism and Christianity
Erin Newton @erinnewton.bsky.social Editor, PhD student - Old Testament 🐉, contributing writer for Park Forum, nerd. Erincnewton.com. Typos are here because you get what you pay for on social media.
Castor @racastor.bsky.social Accountant (CPA, MA), Physics and Math nerd (BS), Dog person, Former OTF cult member, D&D DM, Backyard Chicken enthusiast.
Jenny Caplan @jennycaplan.bsky.social Associate Professor and Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Sports fan and professional geek.
Author of Funny, You Don't Look Funny
Editor of Wit Happens
drjennifercaplan.com
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
Rob Montoya @robdmontoya.bsky.social Breslauer Endowed Professor of Bibliography at UCLA | Director, California Rare Book School (CalRBS) | Book History, Libraries, Knowledge Organization | Fulbright
Jodi Eichler-Levine @jeichlerlevine.bsky.social Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization, Lehigh *
Author, PAINTED POMEGRANATES AND NEEDLEPOINT RABBIS
writing a new book on Disney/religion
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https://jodieichlerlevine.com/
https://religion.cas.lehigh.edu/faculty-staff/jodi-eic
Yehuda M. @runhudi.bsky.social
Dr Marian Kelsey @merkelsey.bsky.social Hebrew Bible scholar. Interested in inner-biblical allusion, literary motifs, biblical reception in the arts, and the book of Jonah.
Seth @prehistoricseth.bsky.social Professional research scientist. Amateur pontificator. Esoteric dabbler.
Megan Nutzman @megannutzman.bsky.social Ohio State Classics faculty, formerly ODU History dept; PhD from UChicago; MTS+ThM from HCHC; history + material culture of ancient religion; chanter, knitter, weaver; Minnesotan; author of Contested Cures bit.ly/3sMTELi
Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social Biblical-studies professor & Episcopal priest doing anarchist interpretation, resisting tyranny, & loving my neighbor | Posts mine
Once described as “dope teacher” in a student eval
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️-ally | Ⓐ
Sara Ronis @sararonis.bsky.social associate professor of theology at St. Mary's University TX. I think a lot about demons, fetuses, and other weird things.
She/Her
Jon Hatter @jonhatter.bsky.social Spouse. Parent. Associate Teaching Pastor. Former Instructor in Theology. PhD in New Testament/Early Christianity. I think/write about ancient enslavement. Dodging ennui by playing rockstar on the weekends. (He/Him)
Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social academic book editor • occasional author • appreciator of scholarship & elegant writing • interested in religion, esp. (post)modernist versions of Christianity & Buddhism • also a fan of trees, cats, and movies • all views strictly my own • he/him/his 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌿
R F Kennedy (not Jr.) @kataplexis.bsky.social Ancient Historian and Professor. First gen, public school, state college kid teaching at a SLAC. PhD OSU, BA UCSD. “Come on down here, third string. Let me show you how outclassed you are.” ~Full Metal Alchemist
A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social Associate Professor, History of Religion. Migrant. Bad at gender, worse at writing bios. I do stuff involving religion and literature and genocide, usually all at once. Posts mostly in English, ibland på svenska, ובעברית רק כדי לספר בדיחות
Ryan Collman @ryancollman.bsky.social NT PhD (Edinburgh) | Early Judaism, Circumcision, Paul, Early Christianity |
Check out my book with De Gruyter
Dr. Amanda J Summers @amandajsummers.bsky.social Philly Philly. Go Birds. Also a historian, I guess 🤷🏻♀️
VAP @ Oberlin
https://www.oberlin.edu/amanda-summers
Writes on colonial LatAm/Caribbean/Iberian Atlantic - embodied experiences of incarceration/sex/violence and prison hijinks from the 17th century
Stu Kirsch @hineni.bsky.social Bostonian in NorCal, synagogue director, biblical history, genealogy, Boston sports. He/him. Blue wave.
Bailey Freeburn @baileyafreeburn.bsky.social PhD student at Brown. Thinking about late antiquity, sexuality, trauma. Chronically tired, perpetually annoying. she/her.
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies @jibs-journal.bsky.social JIBS is a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to publishing cutting edge articles that embody interdisciplinary, social justice-oriented, feminist, queer, trans-inclusive and innovative biblical scholarship. Find us at https://jibs.hcommons.org/
Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies @scibs-sheffield.bsky.social Teaching & researching innovative, interdisciplinary biblical studies. PG applications welcome.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scibs
Oliver Dyma @dyma.eurosky.social Teaching Old Testament @uni-muenster.de
Heather Macumber @heathermacumber.bsky.social PhD/Hebrew Bible. Associate Professor of Biblical Studies. Obsessed with all things monsters, Revelation, biblical art & exilic narratives. she/her
David Weinfeld @davidweinfeld.bsky.social Time traveling detective aka historian, teach Jewish Studies at Rowan U in NJ. Live in Old City in Philly. Husband of MAP, dad of 2 girls. Have celiac. From Montreal. Go Expos! Will not respond to people who don’t go by their real names here.
Kalev Creative @kalevcreative.bsky.social Studying, illustrating, writing
www.kalevcreative.com
@kalevcreative elsewhere
@kalevcreativewrites on Substack
Illustrations by @benlinalexanderart.bsky.social
I.T. Soon @isaactsoon.bsky.social Writer of music, fiction, and scholarship. Recovering nihilist.
Brandon Massey @mbrandonmassey.bsky.social PhD NT and Early Christianity | Independent Scholar | Historical Jesus | History of Scholarship | Synoptic Gospels | https://hcommons.org/members/brandonmassey/
Jill Hicks-Keeton @jillhickskeeton.bsky.social
Rob Kranz @robkranz.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Moody Graduate Fellow, SMU Religious Studies. Researching the intersection of Hebrew Bible and Film.
Emily A. Schmidt @fabulousmissem.bsky.social "The one with all the opinions"
Feminist. Girl Scout. Faire Geek. she/her
Leslie Baynes @lesliebaynes.bsky.social Assoc. prof of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism at Missouri State University. My new book forthcoming from Eerdmans: Between Interpretation and Imagination: C. S. Lewis and the Bible (2025). #academicbluesky
Scott Robertson @drmscott.bsky.social DFG Eigene Stelle, Universität Regensburg | PhD in NT from St Mary’s University, London | https://brill.com/display/title/68985?rskey=KqpGym&result=10
Nicole Oesterreich @noester.bsky.social PhD NT Studies, Research team leader of Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti digital: cjhnt-info.saw-leipzig.de | 2nd temple literature, NT within Judaism, cognitive Studies/emotions | #AcademicMum of 2, sometimes preaching 🏳️🌈-Ally
Tyler Jarvis @thailure.bsky.social You can call me doctor. You shouldn't, but you can.
'26 UCLA PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (Hebrew Bible/Second Temple Judaism)
Lecturer of Classical Hebrew at AJU.
Not a loser but I played one on TV. Twice.
he/him
Lamis Abdelaaty @labdelaaty.bsky.social Assoc Prof of PoliSci • IR, Refugees • labdelaa.expressions.syr.edu • she/her • Views own, etc.
CJ Schmidt (he/him) @cjosephus.bsky.social historian of (late) ancient Mediterranean religion + medicine | PhD dropout | #FirstGen | #Neurodivergent | #SOTL + pedagogy nerd | horror aficionado | Whovian | washed-up lacrosse player 🥍 | @vox-magica.bsky.social stan | 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇮🇹 (Rome)
Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social SORAAAD.org, allowing people to gather w/o being religious since 2011. Qual Research on Religion, Religion-like stuff, and Religion & stuff best not studied as religious but key to understanding those doing, being, saying & feeling stuff labeled religion
Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social Fellowships Advisor | PhD in Early Christian Studies | she/her
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social History professor. Former manuscript cataloger. Research: Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Syriac manuscripts, Syriac Literature. He/him.
David A. Burnett @davidaburnett.bsky.social PhD candidate in NT & Christian Origins @ University of Edinburgh | Religion Faculty @ St. Anthony School, Milwaukee | Student/teacher of Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity #firstgen
https://linktr.ee/davidaburnett
Cavan Concannon @cavanconcannon.bsky.social John R. Tansey Chair in Christian Ethics
Professor of Religion at USC
cavanconcannon.com- K Katie E. Moylan @kemoylan.bsky.social Reluctant runner, voracious reader, all-around word nerd
(also @kemoylan on Twitter!)
Deke is 📚back in the book fort📚 @weregeek.bsky.social God's perfect idiot & abomination unto Nuggan. Also a space pirate. Flexible on pronouns. Collecting every appearance of Power Pack. Not http://weregeek.com.
Dr. Whitney Cox @drcox.bsky.social I do religion, gender, and sexuality at the slightest provocation (but also at Rowan University). She/her/s, or as the Spirit moves you.
Jeff Hubbard @jeffreymhubbard.bsky.social Assistant Prof NT, Grove City College
PhD Baylor University
Yonatan Adler @yonatan.bsky.social Archaeology and Early Judaism
Associate Professor
@arieluniversity
Author of:
The Origins of Judaism (Yale 2022)
Between Yahwism and Judaism (Cambridge 2025)
Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social Ethicist, half-assed text nerd. Sexual ethics & Jewish text. Queer. AuDHD. She/her.
Current project: The Neurodivergent Talmud
Book: When We Collide: Sex, Social Risk, and Jewish Ethics (IUP 2023)
RJELevi.com
NemOdysseus @nemodysseus.bsky.social PhD in Hebrew Bible in its Greco-Roman Context turned HB scholar turned???- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
leah toth @thescrvnr.bsky.social assistant professor, film + modern literature + sound studies | amelia courthouse
reallyquitetired @reallyquitetired.bsky.social Academic (biblical studies, religion-culture-politics) | hobby designer | retired DJ | TV fiend | antifascist | 'tool of deep Woke' | (he/him)
Exeter, UK
Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Arabic Bible | Manuscript Studies | Book History | Provenance | SciCom | #FirstGen
https://www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/team/tarras-peter/
Lauren Onel @laurenonel.bsky.social PhD student in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity at Princeton 🐯
Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians in late antique and medieval Armenia, Iran, and Syria
Kenyon 2020•Uchicago Div 2022•Princeton 202?
Brandon Hurlbert @brandonhurlbert.bsky.social Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Durham University | Research associate for Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence | podcast w/ The Two Cities
Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-17
Joel Barker @joelbarker08.bsky.social Professor of Biblical Studies at Heritage College. Fan of Toronto sports and nerdy humour. Mostly posts about curling 🥌