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 […]
Today ended our two day conference of the IOTS. We were very sorry that Paul Flesher, our President, and Robert Hayward, a distinguished Targum scholar, were unable to join us because of illness. We wish them all the very best. It has been a wonderful conference with many excellent papers. […]
I just heard the very sad news that Doug Marlette was killed in a car crash on Tuesday morning. He was the creator of Kudzu and the great character Rev. Will B. Dunn. Most recently there has been the very amusing semi-annual summer series on the inter-faith sports league. He […]