A Newer Jerusalem

It's been a very full research, travel, and media schedule of late! A few highlights from May and June here; because July has already been busy in and of itself, that will need to be another blog post at some point in the future. As always, this post is written in a white hot stream of consciousness with very little editing! Lund: Patristic Day 2026 Invited Paper The first stop was in Lund, Sweden, at the Collegium Patristicum Lundense, Patristic Day 2026 , at the Centre of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Lund, Sweden (s ee photo of me presenting with all to many microphones hooked up: photo by Tobias Hägerland) . It was a great chance to develop a core idea of my next book, funded by the DFG.  My paper was called “What’s the Point of Late Antique Apocalyptic Literature? Toward a More Coherent Theory of Early Christian Communication.” My main argument is that late antique apocalyptic literature didn't have a communication purpose that was appreciably different tha...