I am thrilled to announce a new book that I’ve been working on for the past several years, the T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research, which I have co-edited with W. Edward Glenny (U. Northwestern–St. Paul). We’re thrilled to have worked with a wonderful slate of some of the world’s leading scholars in Septuagint studies to produce a handbook designed to present cutting-edge research in the discipline beyond the introductory level. (more…)
Soisalon-Soininen Volume Published
It is exciting to see the publication of a long-awaited volume in the discipline. Tuukka Kauhanen and Hanna Vanonen have edited The Legacy of Soisalon-Soininen: Towards a Syntax of Septuagint Greek in the DSI series with V&R. This volume is the result of the delightfully alliterative Soisalon-Soininen Symposium on the Septuagint that was held in Helsinki back in 2017. I posted about this event beforehand (here and here) and also provided a brief review as well. (more…)
2020 Linguistics and the Biblical Text IBR Research Unit
Not too long ago I posted a call for papers for the 2020 session of the Linguistics and the Biblical Text research unit at the annual meeting of the Institute for Biblical Research (note the shiny new logo!). If you want to read more about the origins of this group, check out this older post.
We are pleased to announce the details of our session, which will be held on 20 November at 3:30–5:30pm (room TBD). Our theme this year is topic and focus, with papers and responses for both Greek and Hebrew. (more…)
