Linguistics

(Virtual) Oxford Septuagint Seminar, 11 March

As in my last post, I’m simply distributing information here for the next meeting of the new Oxford Septuagint Seminar (here), which happens tomorrow.

As noted before, there are further meetings of the seminar scheduled for Trinity Term. Those will continue to address foundational topics within Septuagint research, including the question of origins, Jewish Greek writings, the linguistic character of the Septuagint, and translation methods for both Greek and Aramaic scriptural texts, among other topics. Details to come in time.

Oxford Septuagint Seminar

11 March | 2:00 PM (GMT)

Prof. Beatrice Bonanno (Katholische Privat-Universität Linz)

“Septuagint Lexicography: Tools, Current Projects, and Cross-Disciplinary Intersections”

Join us via Zoom here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83452616606

Meeting ID: 834 5261 6606
Passcode: 720106

New Publications: Part 5

Mostly as a way to take a break from grading, I’m taking some time today to write about the fifth of five essays that went to press in 2025. I posted about four others here, here, here, and here.

This fifth essay is entitled “Reevaluating Parataxis in the Septuagint.” It appears in Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, edited by Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra La Roi (De Gruyter Brill, 2025). This edited volume originated in a conference held way back in May 2022 at Ghent University. Although I was unable to attend in person, my friend and colleague Andrew Keenan read an early version of this paper for me.

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New Publications: Part 3

This is the third post in a series of an eventual five that highlight a batch of publications from this year. You can read the first two here and here.

This particular publication is an essay entitled “The Syntax of Year Expressions in Hellenistic Greek Papyri and Ancient Jewish Translation.” It is published in a very large collection that presents the proceedings of the thirtieth International Congress of Papyrology, which was held in Paris in 2022, where I initially presented my research. (Remarkably, the volume is available to download for free here.)

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