Last autumn, Mohr Siebeck published an edited volume (in WUNT I) on "Empire Criticism of the New Testament" that I edited. I am very happy that I could secure funding to make it open access  – which means you can simply download it for free. (I am especially glad about this because the volume is explicitly designed to be used in an advanced biblical studies class; more on the project and its pedagogical rationale on my personal website .) It was very encouraging to learn rece

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