First Century Mark, JBL and My Book

It's been a while since I've posted and so I thought I would include a few updates (=personal plugs) here. Back in the fall, I accepted an invitation to submit an article for a special issue of Early Christianity, whose theme is "Oxyrhynchus." I wrote a brief overview of P137, widely known as the "first century" Gospel of Mark....that is not from the first century! So many things could be said about this little fragment but I only scratch the surface in a few pages. It is forthcoming in the first issue of vol. 10 of the journal.

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Also back in the fall, I was asked to join the editorial board for the Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL), "the flagship journal of the field of biblical studies." This is an honor and I look forward to investing time and effort to keep the journal's standards high.

​As an author, I am pleased to have had two (2) articles published in JBL: one in 2014 and another in 2018. The 2014 article was accepted when I was a PhD candidate, and one of my doctoral committee members, as a kind of congratulations, commented about the journal: "It is a fast-moving locomotive and tickets are hard to come by." If you have an article you would like to see published, give JBL a shot! 

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Last but not least, I am very happy to announce that my book on amulets has just appeared in paperback; I received my first copies today from the press (Bloomsbury). There are three differences from the hardback published in 2016: 1) a few corrections were made, 2) the images of papyri are converted to black and white, and 3) it's about $100 cheaper! So, now is the time to go BUY ONE...HERE.
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I had several kind invitations to submit my manuscript to other publishers, but I am very happy with my decision to have my work published in the prestigious Library of New Testament Studies series. The book has been reviewed many times already in the field, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. The book has been cited in several books and articles; I'm just glad that people are reading it and finding something to take away from it. If nothing else, get it for the pretty pictures of papyri, which pop in color in the hardback version. 

(Please excuse the self-blurbing in this post!)

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