Jonathan Robinson
@jonrobinnz.bsky.social
χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη
Ostensible Bible Scholar
Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
Publications: https://xenos-theology.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
Ostensible Bible Scholar
Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
Publications: https://xenos-theology.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
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Jonathan Robinson
@jonrobinnz.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Kia ora koutou! (be well, everyone)
I'm loving all the new follows. And feeling the pressure not to disappoint.😜
I am a New Testament teacher/researcher in Aotearoa New Zealand. I have also served in churches in the UK (where I'm from) and NZ. 1/4
I'm loving all the new follows. And feeling the pressure not to disappoint.😜
I am a New Testament teacher/researcher in Aotearoa New Zealand. I have also served in churches in the UK (where I'm from) and NZ. 1/4
🌍amazing opportunity here for the right person. Lecturer in Theology and Creation Care. 5 year, full time. at Otago Uni in NZ
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Working at Otago - Your Career, University of Otago (s01)
otago.taleo.net
August 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
🌍amazing opportunity here for the right person. Lecturer in Theology and Creation Care. 5 year, full time. at Otago Uni in NZ
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Disagree: Everybody hates your AI images and thinks you smell like poo
Nobody likes your AI images!
July 8, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Disagree: Everybody hates your AI images and thinks you smell like poo
Very happy to receive my copy of @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul this morning! Hartelijk dank!
May 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Very happy to receive my copy of @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul this morning! Hartelijk dank!
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Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul is now available in hardback + paperback and I happen to have some spare copies.
***Repost if you’re interested and by March 31 I’ll randomly select a few people who will get a free copy in the mail.***
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
***Repost if you’re interested and by March 31 I’ll randomly select a few people who will get a free copy in the mail.***
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
March 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul is now available in hardback + paperback and I happen to have some spare copies.
***Repost if you’re interested and by March 31 I’ll randomly select a few people who will get a free copy in the mail.***
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
***Repost if you’re interested and by March 31 I’ll randomly select a few people who will get a free copy in the mail.***
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
Coming soon, to a database near you...
February 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Coming soon, to a database near you...
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
interested!
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
interested!
another one bites the dust
August 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
another one bites the dust
So, I think the (professional) copy editor has introduced a number of grammatical errors into my manuscript - presumably caused by not understanding the sentence, and possible prompted by an AI grammar checker. 1/
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So, I think the (professional) copy editor has introduced a number of grammatical errors into my manuscript - presumably caused by not understanding the sentence, and possible prompted by an AI grammar checker. 1/
proofs day!
(first article on Luke, hopefully not the last - although unlike @dorhamidbar.bsky.social I don't already have a prequel lined up)
(first article on Luke, hopefully not the last - although unlike @dorhamidbar.bsky.social I don't already have a prequel lined up)
July 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
proofs day!
(first article on Luke, hopefully not the last - although unlike @dorhamidbar.bsky.social I don't already have a prequel lined up)
(first article on Luke, hopefully not the last - although unlike @dorhamidbar.bsky.social I don't already have a prequel lined up)
is it me or has LOEB online gone up in price dramatically? I am no longer allowed to buy it in USD, but have to buy in pounds or Euro.
June 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
is it me or has LOEB online gone up in price dramatically? I am no longer allowed to buy it in USD, but have to buy in pounds or Euro.
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AI is not powerful enough to dominate. Right now a lot of its biggest investors are panicking because it doesn't work as promised. So they're trying to offload their debt onto consumers by making AI seem inevitable. It's a Ponzi scheme, and once they get their money back the marketing will stop.
June 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
AI is not powerful enough to dominate. Right now a lot of its biggest investors are panicking because it doesn't work as promised. So they're trying to offload their debt onto consumers by making AI seem inevitable. It's a Ponzi scheme, and once they get their money back the marketing will stop.
new blogs in the theology/bible space xenos-theology.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-fr...
A Fresh Crop of New Blogs
I've been hearing rumours that blogging is making a comeback. Some of us never went away, but I admit, it's been slim picking round here for...
xenos-theology.blogspot.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
new blogs in the theology/bible space xenos-theology.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-fr...
book recommendations wanted please: what are the key important eco-theology / creation care books / resources that a theological library should have in stock?
June 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
book recommendations wanted please: what are the key important eco-theology / creation care books / resources that a theological library should have in stock?
great thread. obrigado!
What truly new things have we learned about how the prophetic books of the Bible came to be? An interview I just did with @haydentank.bsky.social made me reflect on how I was completely wrong on a key point and what a great recent book tells us about the values behind ancient Hebrew literature. 🧵
May 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
great thread. obrigado!
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Draft of an AI statement for future syllabi (building on what others have done & shared)
May 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Draft of an AI statement for future syllabi (building on what others have done & shared)
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I never really researched Nuremberg, so I was unaware until today that the famous “Nuremberg Defense” (“we were just following orders”) was not, in fact, the only defense offered by Nazi criminals at Nuremberg.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I never really researched Nuremberg, so I was unaware until today that the famous “Nuremberg Defense” (“we were just following orders”) was not, in fact, the only defense offered by Nazi criminals at Nuremberg.
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need to sample this for a bass synth! also, yay for kākāpō!
A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
need to sample this for a bass synth! also, yay for kākāpō!
Far out. 400 Euro for a monograph (even as Ebook) - new level of lunacy reached or is this tariffs?
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Far out. 400 Euro for a monograph (even as Ebook) - new level of lunacy reached or is this tariffs?
Book Review ouch: "There is a basic historiographical nettle here which Strelan refuses to grasp, or grasps so weakly that he comes away badly stung." 1/3
April 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Book Review ouch: "There is a basic historiographical nettle here which Strelan refuses to grasp, or grasps so weakly that he comes away badly stung." 1/3
yep. i don't care how many crimes a person has committed this kind of punishment is a crime against humanity. there should be heavy sanctions from right thinking nations against the USA and El Salvador over this.
Duncan writes that Christians need to recognize that what the Trump administration is doing to these men is not only unjust, it is evil.
The Trump Administration is Throwing People in Hell
Even if the White House were to prove its claims that these men broke the law, there is no justification for what President Donald Trump and his subordinates are doing.
buff.ly
April 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
yep. i don't care how many crimes a person has committed this kind of punishment is a crime against humanity. there should be heavy sanctions from right thinking nations against the USA and El Salvador over this.
My latest uninvited intervention in Pauline Scholarship. 😜 (link in next skeet)
April 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My latest uninvited intervention in Pauline Scholarship. 😜 (link in next skeet)
Frank Cole Babbitt in 1936 forgot that when translating Plutarch's Greek into English, the English should be easier to read than the Greek!
April 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Frank Cole Babbitt in 1936 forgot that when translating Plutarch's Greek into English, the English should be easier to read than the Greek!
genius. this needs an update to include the use of AI. possibly on the topic of Vegetative Electron Microscopy. Happy Birthday Tom.
At number seven, Lobachevsky a song about academic plagiarism. And, naturally, Lehrer manages to take a dull topic and turn it into an absolute banger of a tune. /9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHa...
Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky
YouTube video by FreddeTl
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
genius. this needs an update to include the use of AI. possibly on the topic of Vegetative Electron Microscopy. Happy Birthday Tom.
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The Revelation Reception Network has a website!
The Revelation Reception Network - Universität Regensburg
The Revelation Reception Network is an international scholarly network that focuses on the historical and contemporary reception of John’s Revelation (Apocalypse). The interdisciplinary network was…
www.uni-regensburg.de
April 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Revelation Reception Network has a website!