Papers

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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The Septuagint within the History of Greek Conference (2023)

It’s been a quiet summer around here, as most summers are. Perhaps I will do a “What I’ve Been Up To” sort of post in the next few weeks; time will tell. (Hint: writing.) But as you might imagine, I have not been posting here much given the sad events in the Septuagint world this past spring. But the time has come for some good news.

The Septuagint within the History of Greek Conference

Jesus College

I am very pleased to draw attention to the upcoming Septuagint with the History of Greek Conference, which will take place this coming September 13th-15th at Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. As is fitting, this event is to be held in memory of Jim Aitken, who was very much a part of its planning and vision. (more…)

Summer ’22 Update

Well it is officially the dog days of summer. It is sunny, sticky, and thunderstorm-y here in North Carolina. Things move a little slower over the summer in the academic world, which is nice. But — aside from teaching an intensive — I am still working on a number of projects. Since I did a post like this one last year around this time, I thought I’d give another general update on things I’ve been doing over this past ’21/’22 academic year, things that have happened, and things that are still underway. (more…)