Dan McClellan
@maklelan
Public scholar of the Bible and religion For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Recently came back from an incredible trip to Scotland & England I was fortunate enough to organize with my brothers & one of my daughters to play golf at some incredible courses & then spend a couple days at the Open Championship.
Brought my daughter to Barnes & Noble in Sandy, UT, and thought I’d sign the copy of The Bible Says So they had on the shelf. Come and get it if you’re in the area. Also, check out my friend Josiah’s book, On Fire For God, which is featured one shelf over!
Very privileged & excited to receive an advance reading copy of the next bestseller from @kkdumez.bsky.social, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made.
It’s always good day when comics show up in the mail, but today is extra special because I received one of the gorgeous original art editions of Gochugaru, the new creator-owned comic from @mikechoiart.bsky.social
For those who are interested, the Sanctuary documentary (in which I make a small contribution) can be streamed now through Eventive (see link) & will be available on other platforms soon. watch.eventive.org/sanctuaryscr...
So you’ll never guess what happened when I checked in for my flight back home from Rome.
Everyone who purchases tickets to a June screening of the “Sanctuary” documentary will be entered to win an exclusive dinner with the cast & crew (& me!). Use the QR code in the image or the link here: sanctuaryscreening.eventive.org/schedule
At the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome for a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Enoch Seminar. Loren Stuckenbruck will be speaking shortly on the significance of 1 Enoch.
About to get this Enoch Seminar on the development of early Christology rolling. In this image are Gabriele Boccaccini & Loren Stuckenbruck, two longtime leading scholars of second temple Judaism.
Heading to Rome. A flight got too delayed so I got booked on another one & I got bumped up a bit! First time crossing the ocean in a bed!
Diving into another new discussion of the origins of the God of Israel.
The kind folks who made the Sanctuary documentary (sanctuarydoc.com) invited me to host a 24-hour virtual screening & live Q&A for the film. For $10, you can access the film from 8 PM MT on May 26 until the Q&A at 7 PM the next day! More info here: watch.eventive.org/sanctuaryscr...
My wife and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary tonight by attending our daughter’s high school band concert, but we had a very talented neighbor make us an incredible speculoos/chocolate raspberry cake & I’m very excited to tuck into it tonight.
An older book and a brand new book landed in the mail today. Pretty sure I'm gonna find one more compelling than the other.
My book, The Bible Says So, came out a year ago today. I was in Portland for a signing & got to go into Powell’s Books to see them on the shelf & sign some copies. It debuted at #7 on the NYT bestseller list. Thanks to everyone who’s helped it succeed! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Getting rolling at the Religious Trauma Symposium here at @harvarddivinity.bsky.social
Just signed the four copies of The Bible Says So on the shelf at the Barnes & Noble in front of the Fashion Place mall in Murray, UT, in case anyone’s interested.
If you’re in or around the Boston area on Friday, April 17, my Data Over Dogma cohost Dan Beecher & I will be giving the keynote address for the Religious Trauma Symposium at Harvard Divinity School. Event starts at 5:30 PM ET!
Recently had the privilege of chatting with Zalman Newfield (an old friend from Oxford) on his New Books Network podcast. You can check out the interview below & make sure to check out Zalman's riveting book, Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey Out of Hasidism. newbooksnetwork.com/the-bible-sa...
Very excited to see that Jonathan Lewis-Jong & Eric Schwitzgebel's new open-access edited volume, The Nature of Belief, is now available to download at the link below. Check out the description & the table of contents in the images. academic.oup.com/book/62410
Early bird pricing for the New Insights into to the Hebrew Bible virtual conference ends at midnight tonight! The first link has more info & the second is an affiliate registration link: www.bartehrman.com/nihb/ maklelan--ehrman.thrivecart.com/nihb-2026-st...
I'm very excited for the New Insights into the Hebrew Bible virtual conference on the book of Genesis coming up March 20–22, including my keynote on the 20th! Early-bird pricing goes through the 28th. bartehrman.com/nihb Affiliate link: maklelan--ehrman.thrivecart.com/nihb-2026-st...
A truly despicable & avoidable tragedy that you won't hear about in any State of the Union. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
It took a bit for the ink to dry, but I'm happy to announced that my second trade book, provisionally entitled God's Biography: A Biblical History, is under contract with St. Martin's Press. I'll keep y'all posted on when pre-orders are available, but my priority now is writing it!
I’m giving the keynote at the New Insights into the Hebrew Bible virtual conference. Check it out at the link below. Presentations taking place March 20–22! www.bartehrman.com/nihb/
It’s not super accessible, but there’s a great book from 2007 on the origins, development & reception of angels edited by Friedrich Reiterer & others.
The call for papers for SBL’s cognitive science approaches to the biblical world program unit is below. If you’re working on anything related to the Bible & concepts of purity/impurity, I hope you’ll consider submitting a proposal! members.sbl-site.org/cfp-detail?z...
