Allison Barbee Evatt @allisonbarbee.bsky.social PhD student @ Emory - thinking about healing, disgust, & identity in the NT
Dr. Nick Elder @nickelder.bsky.social Assoc Prof of NT | Ancient Media | Papyri | Positive Vibes Critical Pedagogy | Un/Specs Grading | 2000–2020s Dad Rock | Midwesterner
Christy Cobb @christycobb.bsky.social PhD in New Testament & Early Christianity /
Associate Prof @ Univ. of Denver /
Slavery, Gender, Sexuality /
Single Mom by Choice (SMC) to a 8 yo
I.T. Soon @isaactsoon.bsky.social Writer of music, fiction, and scholarship. Recovering nihilist.
M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social Assistant Professor of New Testament and Judaic Studies. HBCU Stan. Theoryhead. Views my own. RT ≠ endorsement.🌹🥢🏳️🌈 #FlyEaglesFly #NotMeUs she/היא
Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social Stendahl Chair at Harvard Divinity School / studying demons, apocalypses, and ancient identities, between memory and forgetting
Josh King @joshking.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Loyola University Chicago. Currently writing a dissertation on purity in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies
Christoph Markschies @markschies.bsky.social ... beschäftigt sich nicht nur mit antikem Christentum
Don Springer @donspringer.bsky.social Irenaeus ~ Christian Spirituality ~ Second Century
Apocrypals @apocrypals.bsky.social The podcast where Chris Sims and Benito Cereno read Bible and Bible-adjacent literature and try not to be ding-dangs about it
https://apocrypals.libsyn.com/
https://apocrypals.dashery.com/
Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social Latin/Greek Teacher; Languages; Love movies of all stripes, particularly Old Hollywood screwball, film noir
Kelly Holob @kholob.bsky.social Fellowships Advisor | PhD in Early Christian Studies | she/her
Maia Kotrosits @maiakotro.bsky.social https://maiakotrosits.wordpress.com
PhD. Ancient things. Early Christianity & Cultural Studies.
Out now: After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity (Duke UP). Recently: The Lives of Objects (Chicago UP, 2020).
Rev. Dr. Jesse Ophoff @jbophoff.bsky.social Studies #lateantiquity #earlychristianity and #earlymedieval stuff. Small town America pastor with the UCC. Also into fantasy, sci-fi, role play, and the wilderness. he/him/his
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
Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social Researcher in early Christianity, (late) antiquity, gods & rituals, landscape & place, gospel literature, martyrs, gnostics, Coptic Egypt, and Roman amphitheatres. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah.parkhouse
Greg Given @greggiven.bsky.social "A happy, footnote-drugged maniac who disturbs the book mites in a dull volume, a foot thick, to find in it a reference to an even duller one."
Emily Gathergood @emilygathergood.bsky.social New Testament, early Christian apocrypha, embodiment. Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK. 
Seth L. Sanders @nabalkattu.bsky.social "A Laid-Back Country Picker with a Laid-Back Country Mind"
McLeod Chair of Classics, Dalhousie University
UC Davis Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
Ancient Semitic languages and religions, Jewish Studies, Liberation Philology.
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Jaeda the Fabulous @jaedarising.bsky.social Bible scholar lost in library land
Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor of Classics at Michigan State University. Late antiquity & classical reception in metal music. he/him
“Julian Augustus” out with Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/julian-augustus-9780197787519
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 | Ⓐ
Shelly Penton @plaidsilk.bsky.social Religious Studies, ABD. Vanderbilt–>UChicago–>University of Virginia. Skeets my own.
Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social Advisor and Lecturer @ UVA
Working on early Christianity, slavery, & Roman Palestine
Cat dad | Minnesotan | 🏳️🌈 | http://chancebonar.com
Books: bit.ly/3R8LXbo + bit.ly/4iMBSwy + bit.ly/4dBmCSk
Cristian Cardozo Mindiola @criscardozomin.bsky.social I am interested in the reception history of Revelation in antiquity and NT Apocrypha.
NT Professor at Adventist University of Colombia
Kim Fowler @drkimfowler.bsky.social Living mostly for Coptic and boardgames | Assistant Professor of New Testament at University of Groningen | Researcher of early Christianity
Joshua Schachterle @jschac.bsky.social
Currently an independent scholar, hopefully a future professor of Early Christianity. Researching monasticism & asceticism. Dad. Punk rocker.
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/
Robyn Faith Walsh @zafulotus.bsky.social Associate Prof of New Testament and Early Christianity & Gabelli Senior Scholar @ University of Miami; Professorial Research Fellow @Universität Wien (2026–2028)
https://linktr.ee/robynfaithwalsh
http://robynfaithwalsh.com
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Jeremiah Bailey @ntecprof.bsky.social Historian of Early Christianity. Occasional speculative fiction writer. Constant speculator about the occasion of ancient documents. I do not speak for my employer.
Hugo Méndez @hugomendez.bsky.social Associate Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Author, The Epistles of John (Cambridge 2026) and The Gospel of John: A New History (Oxford 2025) #LGM
Personal site: http://www.hugomendez.com
New Book: https://amzn.to/4jT6pJZ
Roger Pearse @rogerpearse.bsky.social Patristics, texts & transmissions, ancient history.
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog
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
James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis
Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
Monika Amsler @monikaamsler.bsky.social Senior Research Assistant (sic!), University of Bern. Rabbinic lit., ancient education, book production, the concept of the paradox, history of ideas.
Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social Assistant Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at Dublin City University. Writing about early Christian exegesis, exegetical culture, and notions of "home" in Christian Late Antiquity. she/her
Jeannie Sellick (aka The Atheist Nun) @jeanniesellick.bsky.social Philoparthenos
she.hers
Not really an atheist.
Not really a nun.
Sarah Porter @portersf.bsky.social asst prof religious studies, gonzaga u
early christianity // material culture // archaeology
Janelle Peters @janellepeters.bsky.social 
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/
Erin Galgay Walsh @eringwalsh.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the College | Syriac literature, late antiquity, biblical interpretation | Editor-in-Chief ancientjewreview.com
Christopher W. Skinner @skindawg73.bsky.social Professor of NT-EC at Loyola Chicago. Writing on Mark's Christology & Fourth Gospel reception, and slowly producing the Anchor Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas.
Beatle fan. Fender guitars. Father of 3 (1 is a T1D).
https://www.christopherwskinner.com/
Sarah E. Rollens @apocalypsenow5.bsky.social Department Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College. PhD in the Study of Religion (EC&NT), University of Toronto & Centre for Jewish Studies (2013).
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
Bradley N. Rice @bradleynrice.bsky.social Posts on Christian apocrypha and early Christianity | Editor | Co-creator of e-Clavis @nasscal.bsky.social | he/him
Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social historian of early christianity, scholar of magic & heresy, critic of empires, neurospicy, bleeding heart
books: magic and heresy (https://bit.ly/4mo1fY4) and smoke & mirrors (https://bit.ly/43ygshX). now writing about teleology, epistemicide, and empire.
Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social Professor. Writer. Columnist. Erratic historian. Typo Queen.
Hanna Tervanotko @hannatervanotko.bsky.social Associate professor in Religious Studies, McMaster University. Writing about gender and divination in ancient Jewish texts. Also, mindfulness and connectedness in academia.
www.hannatervanotko.com
Sébastien Doane, PhD @sebastiendoane.bsky.social Professor, biblical studies, Université Laval.
Enthusiastic scholar/tired dad ;)
"Theoreticaly supercharged!" Stephen Moore
Kylie Crabbe @kycrabbe.bsky.social ARC DECRA on Disability in early Christianity, Associate Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies @IRCI_ACU @ACUmedia, UCA Minister
@UnitingChurchAu, knitter, aspirational sports-er. Views my own.
Laura Locke Estes @lblestes.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Pepperdine | writes on Syriac Christian exegesis, early Islam, and construction of religious identity- S SCMedievalist @scmedievalist.bsky.social Medieval History, especially England. Author of Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England (2025). Loves include pets, mysteries, and mountain hikes. Views are my own.
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
Rhiannon Graybill @rhiannongraybill.bsky.social I’m interested in feminist and queer responses to biblical sexual violence.
Jan Heilmann @janheilmann.bsky.social Professor of New Testament Studies (Biblical Theology), TU Dresden, interested in reading, meals, variants, canon, DH, LLMs, private account
Markus Oehler @markusoehler.bsky.social New Testament Scholar, History of Early Christianity, University of Vienna, Scientist for Future, Football Player/Fan
Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social Asst Prof (Old English & Old Norse). Book TRANSLATING HELL (2026). Phil-lol-ogist, word-lover, pun-makar, collector of dictionaries, glamorer of grammar.
Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social History professor. Former manuscript cataloger. Research: Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Syriac manuscripts, Syriac Literature. He/him.
Eric Vanden Eykel @evandeneykel.bsky.social Ph.D. Christian Origins, Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Black Lives Matter. Views expressed here are my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer.
he/him
Kate Cooper @kateantiquity.bsky.social People-watcher, ancient and modern. Historian of Late Antiquity. Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Jeremiah Coogan @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social Historian of religion, textuality, and enslavement in the Roman Mediterranean | Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
Rick Brannan @rickbrannan.com Data Architect/Data Wrangler. Doer of ML/MT and AI thingies. Translator of Lexham Press' "Apostolic Fathers." Mastermind behind the "Lexham English Septuagint." Now working on Baylor Handbook for Shepherd of Hermas. He/Him.
web: https://rickbrannan.com
Keith Driver @keithdriver.bsky.social Writing & Rhetoric at UVA
Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social Advising Director, Professional Problem Solver, Religious Studies Scholar, Organizational Entrepreneur. My views however misguided, are always my own. Wahoowa! 🧡💙
Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social Religious Studies prof., York University, Toronto; writes on Christian apocrypha
Brandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social Professor of English at Rhode Island College (views my own). I’m a nerd for medieval things, biblical apocrypha, Star Wars, LotR, & Magic (TCG). He/him.
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social andrewjacobs.org | Advising Fellow, virginia.edu | ed., Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity (bit.ly/cup-erla) | 👑🐝 = Queen Bee in NYT Spelling Bee
Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer’s. Reposts do not indicate agreement.