Presentations

(Virtual) Oxford Septuagint Seminar, 22 April

I’m happy to publicize information for the new Trinity term schedule for the Septuagint Seminar at Christ Church, Oxford. As you can see in the schedule below, there are a handful of seminars on the roster (including one by yours truly). I’ll post links here as they become available. But the very first one of the term is tomorrow. Info below:

Oxford Septuagint Seminar

22 April | 2:00 PM (BST)

Prof. Jean Maurais “Recent Research on Septuagint Origins”

New evidence from the study of language and society is reframing how we understand one of antiquity’s most influential translations—and the world that produced it.

This Wednesday, 22 April, the Oxford Septuagint Seminar at Christ Church will host Jean Maurais (Faculté de Théologie Évangélique, Montreal), Professor of Old Testament and Vice-Dean, and Adjunct Professor at McGill University. 

Professor Maurais is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the SBL Commentary on the Septuagint, serves on the editorial board of the Septuagint and Cognate Studies series, and is Vice President of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. He also co-convenes, with Tyler Horton, The Septuagint in Modern Research: A Virtual Seminar sponsored by McGill.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81162726251 

Meeting ID: 811 6272 6251

Passcode: 097317

International Septuagint Day 2026: A New Septuagint Seminar

Well yet another International Septuagint Day has arrived (and gone) as of yesterday, 8 February. It being a Sunday, I figured I would draw attention to it this morning instead. And as usual, I have something to say about it. First, here’s a list of links to previous years’ celebrations here on the blog:

ISD 2025ISD 2024ISD 2023ISD 2022
ISD 2021ISD 2020ISD 2019ISD 2017
ISD 2016ISD 2015ISD 2014

To celebrate this year, I want to draw attention to an exciting new venture at Oxford.

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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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