Stephanie Seglenieks
@sseglenieks.bsky.social
Biblical Hebrew nerd ⟡ I love learning about all things Hebrew, Greek, linguistics, HB & LXX ⟡ MDiv student ⟡ Biblical Aramaic now in progress!
Does anyone have any theories re the Old Hebrew -êhu ending contracting to -êw? I'm spending some time with the Gezer Calendar, and Bekins and Ahituv both have the -êw 3ms suffix on a dual form, following Albright. But why? Why not -aw given there are no yod maters in the rest of it either? 📜
September 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Does anyone have any theories re the Old Hebrew -êhu ending contracting to -êw? I'm spending some time with the Gezer Calendar, and Bekins and Ahituv both have the -êw 3ms suffix on a dual form, following Albright. But why? Why not -aw given there are no yod maters in the rest of it either? 📜
Presented at a conference for the first time today! It was so much fun!! What could be better than sharing my nerdy love for cognitive linguistics and the Hebrew Bible?
August 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Presented at a conference for the first time today! It was so much fun!! What could be better than sharing my nerdy love for cognitive linguistics and the Hebrew Bible?
3 days til I present at a conference for the first time 👀
July 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
3 days til I present at a conference for the first time 👀
I have officially written my first conference paper! 🥳 I’ve had so much fun using mental space theory and frame analysis to look at the characterisation of Jael. While I’m a little nervous to present it in a couple of weeks, I’m mainly excited!
July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I have officially written my first conference paper! 🥳 I’ve had so much fun using mental space theory and frame analysis to look at the characterisation of Jael. While I’m a little nervous to present it in a couple of weeks, I’m mainly excited!
I'm currently cutting a paper from journal article style and length to conference paper style and length (for the first time!)...and it is a wild ride.
I easily halved one section. And then when I checked after editing the next section, I had ultimately deleted...2 whole words.
I easily halved one section. And then when I checked after editing the next section, I had ultimately deleted...2 whole words.
July 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm currently cutting a paper from journal article style and length to conference paper style and length (for the first time!)...and it is a wild ride.
I easily halved one section. And then when I checked after editing the next section, I had ultimately deleted...2 whole words.
I easily halved one section. And then when I checked after editing the next section, I had ultimately deleted...2 whole words.
Going back to work on a paper I haven’t touched for a few weeks and finding helpful notes I made on it, including
“What even is this?”
and
“Ahhh I don’t know anything anymore.”
“What even is this?”
and
“Ahhh I don’t know anything anymore.”
June 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Going back to work on a paper I haven’t touched for a few weeks and finding helpful notes I made on it, including
“What even is this?”
and
“Ahhh I don’t know anything anymore.”
“What even is this?”
and
“Ahhh I don’t know anything anymore.”
After a busy day with the kids, I settled down for a break. Not 2 minutes later my daughter bursts into the room and sweetly says “Mummy, I want to do some Hebrew with you.” Farewell break. How can I say no to that?!
May 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
After a busy day with the kids, I settled down for a break. Not 2 minutes later my daughter bursts into the room and sweetly says “Mummy, I want to do some Hebrew with you.” Farewell break. How can I say no to that?!
After front loading my degree with biblical languages, I’m now having to do all the other subjects. I’m doing a theology subject now and was incredibly delighted to use languages knowledge in my essay on the imago Dei. I even got to cite Rachel & @mikeaubrey.bsky.social on Greek prepositions!
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
After front loading my degree with biblical languages, I’m now having to do all the other subjects. I’m doing a theology subject now and was incredibly delighted to use languages knowledge in my essay on the imago Dei. I even got to cite Rachel & @mikeaubrey.bsky.social on Greek prepositions!
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I’ve been invited to run a 4-6 week Bible study for my church’s young adults on ‘tougher texts of the Old Testament.’ What should I make sure to include? So far my list includes Judges 19 & a yet-to-be-chosen cherem passage. 📜
April 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’ve been invited to run a 4-6 week Bible study for my church’s young adults on ‘tougher texts of the Old Testament.’ What should I make sure to include? So far my list includes Judges 19 & a yet-to-be-chosen cherem passage. 📜
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Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics. #biblicalgreek #biblicalhebrew
MA Degree in Biblical Languages and Linguistics
Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics. #biblicalgreek #biblicalhebrew
After attending SBL last year, I decided that if I was going to feel like an academic imposter, I may as well just go all in. So I submitted an abstract for an Aussie conference, and just found out it got accepted. 🥳
two among us characters are standing next to each other and the word imposter is above them
Alt: two among us characters are standing next to each other and the word imposter is above them
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April 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
After attending SBL last year, I decided that if I was going to feel like an academic imposter, I may as well just go all in. So I submitted an abstract for an Aussie conference, and just found out it got accepted. 🥳
My 7yo was chattering away to me, and just casually asked "How do we know the Bible is true?" Honestly, I was very grateful for my bible college education in that moment! Without it, I'm not sure I could have given a simple but nuanced answer while my other kid was saying "I'm hungry" on repeat.
April 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My 7yo was chattering away to me, and just casually asked "How do we know the Bible is true?" Honestly, I was very grateful for my bible college education in that moment! Without it, I'm not sure I could have given a simple but nuanced answer while my other kid was saying "I'm hungry" on repeat.
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I was once asked to judge a monastic baking competition, where a monk had prepared a really delicious victoria sponge. It was second to nun.
April 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I was once asked to judge a monastic baking competition, where a monk had prepared a really delicious victoria sponge. It was second to nun.
When the Hebrew reading group gets a little off track…
(For those unfamiliar, כרת בריתו sounds a bit like ‘carrot burrito’)
(For those unfamiliar, כרת בריתו sounds a bit like ‘carrot burrito’)
April 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When the Hebrew reading group gets a little off track…
(For those unfamiliar, כרת בריתו sounds a bit like ‘carrot burrito’)
(For those unfamiliar, כרת בריתו sounds a bit like ‘carrot burrito’)
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This really is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen today
Isn't this just the most beautiful thing you've seen today? DIU's new MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics. It's so new the details aren't on the website yet, but we're working on it.
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This really is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen today
Just finished writing my 1st independent research paper. Here’s a summary of my mental journey through the stages, as a chiasm.
A I am a massive imposter
B I know nothing
C My writing is terrible
D Hey, I know things
C My writing is pretty good
B What if I’m wrong?
A I am an imposter
A I am a massive imposter
B I know nothing
C My writing is terrible
D Hey, I know things
C My writing is pretty good
B What if I’m wrong?
A I am an imposter
March 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just finished writing my 1st independent research paper. Here’s a summary of my mental journey through the stages, as a chiasm.
A I am a massive imposter
B I know nothing
C My writing is terrible
D Hey, I know things
C My writing is pretty good
B What if I’m wrong?
A I am an imposter
A I am a massive imposter
B I know nothing
C My writing is terrible
D Hey, I know things
C My writing is pretty good
B What if I’m wrong?
A I am an imposter
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DIU has a new Master of Arts in Biblical Languages and Linguistics (MA-BLL) degree!!
Final approval has been received and the official announcement will come soon. It's so new the website is not complete yet, and the details are still being added to the catalog.
www.diu.edu/gial/ma-bibl...
Final approval has been received and the official announcement will come soon. It's so new the website is not complete yet, and the details are still being added to the catalog.
www.diu.edu/gial/ma-bibl...
MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics - Dallas International University
The MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics is currently under development, with plans to launch Fall 2025 pending approvals.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
DIU has a new Master of Arts in Biblical Languages and Linguistics (MA-BLL) degree!!
Final approval has been received and the official announcement will come soon. It's so new the website is not complete yet, and the details are still being added to the catalog.
www.diu.edu/gial/ma-bibl...
Final approval has been received and the official announcement will come soon. It's so new the website is not complete yet, and the details are still being added to the catalog.
www.diu.edu/gial/ma-bibl...
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🏆 CHRISTIAN BOOK ENDORSEMENT AWARDS 2025
It's time to celebrate the ONLY awards ceremony devoted to Christian book endorsements.
This year's awards are for books published in 2024.
So, grab a cup of tea and four biscuits, and read on to find out all 20 winners:
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It's time to celebrate the ONLY awards ceremony devoted to Christian book endorsements.
This year's awards are for books published in 2024.
So, grab a cup of tea and four biscuits, and read on to find out all 20 winners:
open.substack.com/pub/adamthom...
Christian Book Endorsement Awards 2025
Straight from Twitter to your Substack inboxes
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January 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🏆 CHRISTIAN BOOK ENDORSEMENT AWARDS 2025
It's time to celebrate the ONLY awards ceremony devoted to Christian book endorsements.
This year's awards are for books published in 2024.
So, grab a cup of tea and four biscuits, and read on to find out all 20 winners:
open.substack.com/pub/adamthom...
It's time to celebrate the ONLY awards ceremony devoted to Christian book endorsements.
This year's awards are for books published in 2024.
So, grab a cup of tea and four biscuits, and read on to find out all 20 winners:
open.substack.com/pub/adamthom...
I did what I swore to myself I would never do again… I didn’t reference as I went and now I have to add in references for an 8000 word paper.
March 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I did what I swore to myself I would never do again… I didn’t reference as I went and now I have to add in references for an 8000 word paper.
I have been working on my current paper for so long that I have lost all semblance of reasonable progress. But today I've written 3000 words & I'm feeling pretty good about myself! It's even mostly making sense, which is a real bonus.
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I have been working on my current paper for so long that I have lost all semblance of reasonable progress. But today I've written 3000 words & I'm feeling pretty good about myself! It's even mostly making sense, which is a real bonus.
Reading Deuteronomy in Hebrew is so interesting. I had no idea how much it switched back & forth between singular & plural 2nd person pronouns. Even if it’s nearly exact repetition of everything else a couple verses later. Is there a standard explanation for why it does this? 📜
March 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reading Deuteronomy in Hebrew is so interesting. I had no idea how much it switched back & forth between singular & plural 2nd person pronouns. Even if it’s nearly exact repetition of everything else a couple verses later. Is there a standard explanation for why it does this? 📜
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Anyone have a resource recommendation on the history of Lent? Where it came from, how it developed, etc.?
March 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Anyone have a resource recommendation on the history of Lent? Where it came from, how it developed, etc.?
Officially finished reading Joseph & Asenath! It was my first full not-NT-or-LXX Greek reading, and it was so much fun. I highly recommend! My favourite part was the resurrected bees!
March 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Officially finished reading Joseph & Asenath! It was my first full not-NT-or-LXX Greek reading, and it was so much fun. I highly recommend! My favourite part was the resurrected bees!