Evan Caddy
@excadthedra.bsky.social
PhD candidate at ACU (North Sydney): textual criticism in Daniel 3 and the Additions to Daniel.
Evangelical Anglican 🇦🇺
Somewhat pedantic. Wrote a song about pigeons. Misses TTRPGs. Selah.
Evangelical Anglican 🇦🇺
Somewhat pedantic. Wrote a song about pigeons. Misses TTRPGs. Selah.
Pinned
Evan Caddy
@excadthedra.bsky.social
· Nov 14
The Septuagint Song (with Additions)
YouTube video by Evan Caddy
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Oh hey, given I've got no publications yet, this is the thing I pin to my profile. I didn't write most of it and I botched the audio tech, but it's still a fun time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAlM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAlM...
Pictured: me ordering John Company 2, Pax Pamir, and the new NICOT Dan 1–6 in the space of five minutes.
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Pictured: me ordering John Company 2, Pax Pamir, and the new NICOT Dan 1–6 in the space of five minutes.
If I ever swim the Tiber, it’ll be because of this
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If I ever swim the Tiber, it’ll be because of this
Surely there’s someone working on a modern-day retelling of Caligula that just slowly morphs into a weird drama about Donald Trump
September 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Surely there’s someone working on a modern-day retelling of Caligula that just slowly morphs into a weird drama about Donald Trump
A great🧵
One day somebody’s going to write a PhD on Charlie Kirk’s funeral as the consummation of American evangelical syncretism. Like, there’s so much text and sub-text here. Just deeply disturbing.
One day somebody’s going to write a PhD on Charlie Kirk’s funeral as the consummation of American evangelical syncretism. Like, there’s so much text and sub-text here. Just deeply disturbing.
"You see, Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus. He knew if he'd get all of you rowing in the streams of liberty, you'd come to its source, and that's the Lord."
--Rob McCoy, Kirk's pastor
Sooo... what exactly does that mean? If we follow Kirk's politics we'll become Christians?
--Rob McCoy, Kirk's pastor
Sooo... what exactly does that mean? If we follow Kirk's politics we'll become Christians?
September 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A great🧵
One day somebody’s going to write a PhD on Charlie Kirk’s funeral as the consummation of American evangelical syncretism. Like, there’s so much text and sub-text here. Just deeply disturbing.
One day somebody’s going to write a PhD on Charlie Kirk’s funeral as the consummation of American evangelical syncretism. Like, there’s so much text and sub-text here. Just deeply disturbing.
Jim's RPG: a system where your primary skills are:
Mowing
Fencing
Painting
Cleaning
Roofing
Electrical
Plumbing
Flooring
Removals
Hazardous Material
Blinds
Termite and Pest Control
I.T.
Pool Care
Security
Glass
Security Doors
Insurance
Tree and Stump Removal
Dog Wash
Window and Pressure Cleaning
…
Mowing
Fencing
Painting
Cleaning
Roofing
Electrical
Plumbing
Flooring
Removals
Hazardous Material
Blinds
Termite and Pest Control
I.T.
Pool Care
Security
Glass
Security Doors
Insurance
Tree and Stump Removal
Dog Wash
Window and Pressure Cleaning
…
September 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Jim's RPG: a system where your primary skills are:
Mowing
Fencing
Painting
Cleaning
Roofing
Electrical
Plumbing
Flooring
Removals
Hazardous Material
Blinds
Termite and Pest Control
I.T.
Pool Care
Security
Glass
Security Doors
Insurance
Tree and Stump Removal
Dog Wash
Window and Pressure Cleaning
…
Mowing
Fencing
Painting
Cleaning
Roofing
Electrical
Plumbing
Flooring
Removals
Hazardous Material
Blinds
Termite and Pest Control
I.T.
Pool Care
Security
Glass
Security Doors
Insurance
Tree and Stump Removal
Dog Wash
Window and Pressure Cleaning
…
Reposted by Evan Caddy
Book Announcement: The Authority of the Septuagint
Book Announcement: The Authority of the Septuagint
I’m excited to announce a new book coming out this October with IVP Academic, entitled The Authority of the Septuagint: Biblical, Historical, and Theological Approaches. This is a project tha…
williamaross.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Book Announcement: The Authority of the Septuagint
This is the kind of thing that I (as someone in a very different part of the humanities) would love to get my hands on. That academic pub price tag, though :c
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
September 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is the kind of thing that I (as someone in a very different part of the humanities) would love to get my hands on. That academic pub price tag, though :c
Reposted by Evan Caddy
If you're itching to read about "Apocalyptic" in the most arcane senses of that term, perhaps to distract you from much else apocalyptic in our times, this is the series for you! humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/away-from-...
September 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If you're itching to read about "Apocalyptic" in the most arcane senses of that term, perhaps to distract you from much else apocalyptic in our times, this is the series for you! humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/away-from-...
So Bluesky's a fairly glum place, but as a small piece of good news: I got married 😊
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
So Bluesky's a fairly glum place, but as a small piece of good news: I got married 😊
Something something Second Foundation
‘I have sometimes asked myself what would have happened if modern science, instead of … converging on the study of matter, had begun by the consideration of mind—if Kepler, Galileo and Newton, for example, had been psychologists.’
– Bergson, 1913
– Bergson, 1913
June 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Something something Second Foundation
🎶(Shekhinah Shekhinah)🎶
Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of lying hips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of lying hips.
Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of lying hips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of lying hips.
June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🎶(Shekhinah Shekhinah)🎶
Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of lying hips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of lying hips.
Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of lying hips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of lying hips.
One day …
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June 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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There was a young woman who visited my church this morning. I learned later (from my partner) that she and her family had fled Ukraine a few years back; she's not a Christian, but with all that's happened to her, she's looking to make some sense of life.
June 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There was a young woman who visited my church this morning. I learned later (from my partner) that she and her family had fled Ukraine a few years back; she's not a Christian, but with all that's happened to her, she's looking to make some sense of life.
If you can read Tim Keller in your quiet time, you can read Judith. I don’t make the rules.
Today I had the pleasure of introducing Sister to the book of Judith. Protestants be missing out. #Narthex
June 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you can read Tim Keller in your quiet time, you can read Judith. I don’t make the rules.
The latest Addition to Daniel
Woke Bear and the Dragon
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The latest Addition to Daniel
PhD thesis coming along nicely, I see
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
PhD thesis coming along nicely, I see
It’s not just the death of classical education, it’s also the death of the things that make individual universities unique and interesting. Biblical studies at USYD was unusual for an Australian uni, and it was all thrown away because execs wanted something more profitable.
Emailed today with the last Biblical Hebrew/Biblical Studies lecturer left at the University of Sydney as he prepares for his final semester.
The death of classical education could just be a smart economic decision. It could also be a portent of the end for this civilisation.
The death of classical education could just be a smart economic decision. It could also be a portent of the end for this civilisation.
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s not just the death of classical education, it’s also the death of the things that make individual universities unique and interesting. Biblical studies at USYD was unusual for an Australian uni, and it was all thrown away because execs wanted something more profitable.
Low-church Anglicans when the Bible Project starts covering the Apocrypha:
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Low-church Anglicans when the Bible Project starts covering the Apocrypha:
Broke: one day, someone will write a book about my work
Woke: one day, someone will cite me
Bespoke: one day, someone will be forced to explain to their readers how my system of sub-verse-level referencing works and why it’s wrong, before introducing their own equally awful system of referencing.
Woke: one day, someone will cite me
Bespoke: one day, someone will be forced to explain to their readers how my system of sub-verse-level referencing works and why it’s wrong, before introducing their own equally awful system of referencing.
May 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Broke: one day, someone will write a book about my work
Woke: one day, someone will cite me
Bespoke: one day, someone will be forced to explain to their readers how my system of sub-verse-level referencing works and why it’s wrong, before introducing their own equally awful system of referencing.
Woke: one day, someone will cite me
Bespoke: one day, someone will be forced to explain to their readers how my system of sub-verse-level referencing works and why it’s wrong, before introducing their own equally awful system of referencing.
Me, desperately searching for information on Greek texts using the one scholar working on *Arabic* Daniel.
May 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Me, desperately searching for information on Greek texts using the one scholar working on *Arabic* Daniel.
We’ll need to start taking up the slack;
May 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We’ll need to start taking up the slack;
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ancient sumerian stand up comedian: who heckles from beneath me? do you not see how high my ziggurat is? the gods look upon me!
(realizing that comedy comes from shared humility) but they look at me with disdain
(realizing that comedy comes from shared humility) but they look at me with disdain
May 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
ancient sumerian stand up comedian: who heckles from beneath me? do you not see how high my ziggurat is? the gods look upon me!
(realizing that comedy comes from shared humility) but they look at me with disdain
(realizing that comedy comes from shared humility) but they look at me with disdain