Professor. Writer. Columnist. Erratic historian. Typo Queen.
Candida Moss
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‘One notable innovation concerned the status of enslaved women who bore their master’s children: these women, known as 𝘶𝘮𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘥 – “mother of the child” – were not allowed to be sold.’
@youssefbens.bsky.social on a new account of slavery in the Islamic world.
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"The authors wisely advise scholars to ignore historical photographs of professors hunched over the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi Codices with cigarettes dangling from their lips or fingers" lol
great review, @ctschroeder.bsky.social!
I know archaeology is small potatoes, but if you are an American archaeologist with a foreign project, it is 1) unethical to work without local collaborators and 2) often required that you have them in order to receive a permit. Of course, they're getting rid of NEH and NSF SBE next year, too, so 😬🤷🏻♂️
Our AJR #forum about Elizabeth Castelli's Martyrdom and Memory draws to a close with a response from the author
That slavery persisted in Muslim societies well into the 20th century is undeniable. More questions need to be asked...
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new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity coming your way in August from the one and only Virginia Burrus!
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@drewjakeprof.bsky.social talking about conversion at Blake Fest at Notre Dame yesterday
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Proofs day for the published version of my 2024 Hans Lietzmann lecture on Marcion as Slave Trader.
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National Geographic has a new archeology related newsletter that I contribute to. My first piece is on archeology and the Nag Hammadi Library. Featureing work by Brent Nongbri, @tonyburke.bsky.social, Nicola Denzey Lewis, Mark Goodacre, and others
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In responding to these papers, I have not followed the order in which they appeared on the program, but I have rearranged them in order to try to highlight and feature their contributions to our…
Pope Leo XIV’s apology raises deeper question: what exactly did Vatican once justify in slavery's long history?
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For decades, the Gnostic Gospels were widely believed to have been a library of ancient texts hidden away to protect their secrets. But what if the evidence for that is thinner than the papyrus the bo...
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
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Candida Moss
Candida Moss
Today, Carrie Schroeder reviews Liv Ingeborg Lied and Brent Nongbri's Working with Manuscripts: A Guide for Textual Scholars. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/5/26/working-with-manuscripts-a-guide-for-textual-scholars
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These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
“Throughout, the book keeps in focus the materiality of manuscripts and the embodied aspects of the craft of manuscript research. Although subtitled “A Guide for Textual Scholars,” this volume…
