Associate Professor (Hebrew Bible) at William and Mary. He/Him/His. Author of the Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel (https://xitter.cf/t.co/EYl5QSRjla)
Williamsburg, VA
Joined August 2011
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Outside of the #Bible there is no evidence for the existence of many of the tribes. biblicalarchaeology.org/dail…
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Today, Andrew Tobolowsky writes about the history of the Hebrew Israelites, and how (and why) different groups create different Israels. buff.ly/3sjzjx6
Back when twitter existed, I had the ambition to write a piece detailing the history and context of the particular anti semitic conspiracy theories Kyrie Irving et al. spread - it turned into a more general reflection on Hebrew Israeliteism. But here it is ancientjewreview.com/read/20…
This stuff drives me up the wall but somehow it's the majors part of it that is getting me the most, rn. Students major in the things their parents and society tell them they must major in, all W & M is doing here is bragging about society's ferocious hatred of the humanities
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But at the same time, especially at universities LIKE W&M, what students major in and what they take can be very different things. I work at this university, I teach a humanities subject, I virtually never have a class under 30 students. They're mostly not majors.
If you've ever wondered whether really top flight college sports programs are meaningfully part of the university they represent, good news, they may also be owned by hedge funds
EXCLUSIVE: Florida State University is working with JPMorgan Chase to explore how the school’s athletic department could raise capital from institutional funds, such as private equity sportico.com/business/financ…
This is what you like to see, college presidents telling board members that the reorgs are mainly to tamp down on us libs and not, say, for the purposes of education
I saw something the other day about a college athlete betting on college sports. Obviously, it would be hard to prove that he tried any less hard because of his bets. But it's not mysterious to ppl that it's SUSPCIOUS, which is why the rules exist
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In other words people only pretend to be confused about why ethic standards exist in political cases. It's not because we know the ppl violating them did anything wrong, it's because we know that tempting them to is dangerous
It's this kicker who bet the under : kcci.com/article/iowa-kicker…. You could of course say well but he still wouldn't miss a kick on purpose. But nobody would act surprised that you'd be concerned he would. They only do that when its judges who hold our destiny in their hands
Happy birthday to @maiakotro one of my favorite scholarly interlocutors, someone whose work inspires me a great deal, and someone who I have met in person at least once, for SEVERAL minutes
In academia too, there are all kinds of funny math reasons and justifications and rising costs but you don't have to think it actually makes sense that tuition is much higher than it's ever been but all the jobs are lower paying and more stressful too. You can refuse!
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florida is now teaching students that slavery was good for the slaves
ALT A screenshot from the below article reading “The updated standards say students should learn that enslaved people “developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit,” and that in teaching about mob violence against Black residents instructors should note “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.”
Florida approves new Black history standards critics decry as ‘step backward’ - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
