…especially if you have 9 hours in a plane. So yesterday morning I set out from my hotel in Slovenia at 5:30 (yup, AM) for a 7:45 flight to Zürich from whence I would go to Philly and then on to State College. But shortly after checking in I was […]
Today was the final day of the XIXth IOSOT Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. A few notes from the meeting. Vetus Testamentum Carol Newsome is the editor to receive submission from North America. In the last three years (since the last report to IOSOT) there were 80 some articles and additional […]
I have not been able to attend too many of the IOSOT papers but I was able to attend a few very good ones today. I wanted to make note of a couple that I noticed not only because they are on texts in the Megillot, my current area of […]
Here is an annoying “feature.” Because I am currently in Slovenia when I try to go to Google.com from Firefox it automatically takes me to Google.si (the Slovenian version). Even if I type .com directly it still redirects me. Safari does not do that… (The reason this has come up, […]
Tyler has posted the list for the next nine months worth of BSC. Be sure to send your nominations to Claude Mariottini for August and note that I am hosting January! Biblical Studies Carnival Update and Reminder I wanted to thank everyone who volunteered to host a future Biblical Studies […]
UPDATE: January 15, 2019 – On Twitter Årstein Justnes said that this fragment was one of the texts acquired by the Museum of the Bible shown to be a fake. Yes, it is one of the five (fake) MOTB frgs that were tested in Berlin in 2017: Gen 31:23–25?, 32:3–6 […]
Last night I was in the local seminary and was showing someone the blog and their machine (IE on XP, I think) did not show all three columns. If you have the time, could you drop me a note in the comments letting me know whether or not you see […]
Last night was the opening ceremonies for this year’s IOSOT. A reminder for those not familiar, the IOSOT is a triennial conference, meeting every three years somewhere in Europe. It is a great opportunity to meet with colleagues, especially those from Europe and Israel who often do not attend SBL […]
{This was eaten by WordPress yesterday.} The last few days have been the IOTS (Targum Studies) and IOSCS (Septuagintal and Cognate Studies ) but tonight is the official opening of the IOSOT Conference. It is going to be quite the Do, with the Prime Minister of Slovenia giving a speech […]