Ryan M Armstrong
Sep 213 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
May 65 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Apr 184 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Jan 22, 20231 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Feb 15, 20222 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Feb 3, 20223 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Jan 26, 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Jan 4, 20222 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Dec 22, 20213 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...
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Ryan M Armstrong
Dec 16, 20211 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...
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