

Podcast Roundup Spring 2025
I’m grateful to a number of podcasts for hosting me recently. Each interviewer was very thoughtful and asked great questions. Please take...

Ryan M Armstrong
Jun 212 min read


Available Now! Book of Job in Wonderland
I'm excited to announce the release of my first book, The Book of Job in Wonderland: Making (Non)Sense of Job's Mediators (Oxford...

Ryan M Armstrong
Sep 21, 20243 min read


Wonderland keeps us laughing at authority figures
By Jay Kroeger, OSU 2026 Ryan Armstrong occasionally features outstanding student papers like this one. The local time is 8:00 PM and you...

Ryan M Armstrong
May 6, 20245 min read


How Sara Japhet taught me that every voice needs to be heard
Sara Japhet recently passed away. She was an incredible person, and she left a personal impact on my life, my pedagogy, and my...

Ryan M Armstrong
Apr 18, 20244 min read


Protests in Wonderland and The Wizard of Uz: We Don’t Need No Education
The next two Saturdays I'll be presenting at the Lewis Carroll Society of North America! My colleague, Ben Hedges, will also discuss some...

Ryan M Armstrong
Jan 22, 20231 min read


"500 Days of Audrey," or, "She said 'yes'"
I had a pretty exciting Valentine's Day this year. The book of Job and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland both have a "frame tale." They...

Ryan M Armstrong
Feb 15, 20222 min read


(Lack of) Revelation in the Book of Job
In a recent YouTube video, I talked about epistemology in Job, Alice in Wonderland, and the reception-history of Alice in the Matrix. Job...

Ryan M Armstrong
Feb 3, 20223 min read


Dissertation Defended! A Lesson on being Genuine like Job
“For you have not spoken to me honestly, like my servant Job has.” -Job 42:7 Last week, I successfully defended my dissertation and...

Ryan M Armstrong
Jan 26, 20223 min read


The Book of Job in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Piecing together clues to trace the steps of early preservers of the Bible My family recently convinced me to watch the show Psych. It's...

Ryan M Armstrong
Jan 4, 20222 min read


The Bible's Best Rap Battle
I recently talked about the importance of poetry with good trash talk, comparing the book of Job to hip hop rap battles. Please watch the...

Ryan M Armstrong
Dec 22, 20213 min read


Bible and Culture
Welcome to the Frabjous Blog of Ryan M. Armstrong I'm a Bible scholar with an interest in wide facets of history and culture. I write a...

Ryan M Armstrong
Dec 16, 20211 min read




