Perboreus
@aliyanubalu.bsky.social
Pseudepigrapha, Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, classics, linguistics.
Another presentation was on the SemitiLEX Project.
August 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Another presentation was on the SemitiLEX Project.
Went to an interesting talk this morning at ICHL on a new phylogenetic analysis of the Semitic language family with some surprising results. Best fit with the model (calibrated with known dates for attested varieties) is 3430-2380 BCE for Proto-Semitic. A bit later than I would have expected.
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Went to an interesting talk this morning at ICHL on a new phylogenetic analysis of the Semitic language family with some surprising results. Best fit with the model (calibrated with known dates for attested varieties) is 3430-2380 BCE for Proto-Semitic. A bit later than I would have expected.
Taylor Fritz today at #wimbledon. I caught the exact moment his racket made contact with the ball, distorting the strings and flattening the ball.
July 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Taylor Fritz today at #wimbledon. I caught the exact moment his racket made contact with the ball, distorting the strings and flattening the ball.
Captured this triumphant moment today when Amanda Anisimova got a chance for a breakpoint in the third set against Aryna Sabalenka. #wimbledon
July 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Captured this triumphant moment today when Amanda Anisimova got a chance for a breakpoint in the third set against Aryna Sabalenka. #wimbledon
The preliminary schedule has been released, excited to present again at SBL.
June 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The preliminary schedule has been released, excited to present again at SBL.
Iranists: I'm making my way through Kreyenbroek's magisterial Early Zoroastrianism and Orality. I confess though I am skeptical about his translation and interpretation of Yt. 13.22 which he makes refer to resurrection. Does this reading have antecedents in scholarship? #avestan
January 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Iranists: I'm making my way through Kreyenbroek's magisterial Early Zoroastrianism and Orality. I confess though I am skeptical about his translation and interpretation of Yt. 13.22 which he makes refer to resurrection. Does this reading have antecedents in scholarship? #avestan
My copy of Charles E. Hill’s The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church (Oxford, 2004) came from the personal library of #annerice. She considered Hill’s book as “full of real data” and the pages have quite a few of her notes.
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My copy of Charles E. Hill’s The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church (Oxford, 2004) came from the personal library of #annerice. She considered Hill’s book as “full of real data” and the pages have quite a few of her notes.
In 2000, I had the privilege of staying a week at Casa Guidi in Florence. The most memorable experience was reading a first edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's book Aurora Leigh in the very room where she composed it. #poetry #bibliophile
December 22, 2024 at 6:37 AM
In 2000, I had the privilege of staying a week at Casa Guidi in Florence. The most memorable experience was reading a first edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's book Aurora Leigh in the very room where she composed it. #poetry #bibliophile
"[The sun] returns to the east in the first gate ... On that day the night is longer and is double the daytime; the night is twelve parts exactly and the daytime six parts ... On that day the night decreases its length..." (1 Enoch 72:25-28)
The winter solstice.
The winter solstice.
December 22, 2024 at 5:01 AM
"[The sun] returns to the east in the first gate ... On that day the night is longer and is double the daytime; the night is twelve parts exactly and the daytime six parts ... On that day the night decreases its length..." (1 Enoch 72:25-28)
The winter solstice.
The winter solstice.
El Castillo, Chichen Itza before and after the restoration (3/3)
December 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
El Castillo, Chichen Itza before and after the restoration (3/3)
El Castillo, Chichen Itza before and after the restoration (2/3)
December 19, 2024 at 7:41 AM
El Castillo, Chichen Itza before and after the restoration (2/3)
El Castillo, Chichen Itza before and after the restoration (1/3)
December 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
El Castillo, Chichen Itza before and after the restoration (1/3)
My favorite experience in 2024 was watching hatchling sea turtles emerge from the sand and race to the shore before the seabirds could get to them.
December 17, 2024 at 7:56 PM
My favorite experience in 2024 was watching hatchling sea turtles emerge from the sand and race to the shore before the seabirds could get to them.
Additional books I picked up at #SBLAAR24, not counting the one on Theodotion Daniel that Brill lost. Favorite book is the one on Zoroastrianism; it puts the various layers in the Avesta in a historical perspective. Must read for anyone interested in Iranian influence on ANE literature and cultures.
December 1, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Additional books I picked up at #SBLAAR24, not counting the one on Theodotion Daniel that Brill lost. Favorite book is the one on Zoroastrianism; it puts the various layers in the Avesta in a historical perspective. Must read for anyone interested in Iranian influence on ANE literature and cultures.
Incredible scotch, even better conversation. @davidaburnett.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Incredible scotch, even better conversation. @davidaburnett.bsky.social
