Publications

New LXX Publications of Note

Over the last few months I’ve highlighted a number of my own publications, so I thought it would make sense to point out others’ work as well.

Mambelli, Vedere Sogni on Old Greek Daniel (Italian)

I was glad to receive news from Anna Mambelli of her recent publication, Vedere Sogni. Here is an English translation of part of the volume description:

For the first time, the Hellenistic context and meaning of the dream reports in Daniel 2 and 4, in its ancient Greek version known as the Old Greek, are examined in a detailed study. Far from being a simple literal translation of its Hebrew-Aramaic source, the Old Greek introduces several variations in dream-related vocabulary attributable exclusively to the translator. These variations have significant narrative, exegetical, and even theological implications.

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Book Announcement: Language and Identity in Hellenistic Judaism

It is with mixed emotions that I announce a new book that will be available this month with Bloomsbury T&T Clark publishers, Language and Identity in Hellenistic Judaism: Essays in Memory of James K. Aitken (here).

It’s always a pleasure to see a project come to fruition, and it was a pleasure working alongside my friends and colleagues Marieke Dhont and Chris Fresch. But as you can see in the subtitle to this volume, it is offered as a collection of essays in memory of my Doktorvater James K. Aitken, who died unexpectedly on Good Friday three years ago. You can read my tribute to him here.

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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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