Davis Sutton
@davismsutton.bsky.social
PhD Biblical Studies student, OT Research Associate
Septuagint Studies, Second Temple Judaism, Biblical Studies
Fan of many things
Septuagint Studies, Second Temple Judaism, Biblical Studies
Fan of many things
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This ancient Oxford University grudge has Ea-nāṣir vibes and levels of post-mortem infamy
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This ancient Oxford University grudge has Ea-nāṣir vibes and levels of post-mortem infamy
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The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
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Handbooks still saying that Biblical Hebrew is basically a VSO language is deeply misleading; this is a function of the morphosyntax of the wayyiqtol, nothing more. Sentences with qatal and pure yiqtol are often SVO or in some cases even a little V2-ish.
Handbooks still saying that Biblical Hebrew is basically a VSO language is deeply misleading; this is a function of the morphosyntax of the wayyiqtol, nothing more. Sentences with qatal and pure yiqtol are often SVO or in some cases even a little V2-ish.
July 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Handbooks still saying that Biblical Hebrew is basically a VSO language is deeply misleading; this is a function of the morphosyntax of the wayyiqtol, nothing more. Sentences with qatal and pure yiqtol are often SVO or in some cases even a little V2-ish.
Handbooks still saying that Biblical Hebrew is basically a VSO language is deeply misleading; this is a function of the morphosyntax of the wayyiqtol, nothing more. Sentences with qatal and pure yiqtol are often SVO or in some cases even a little V2-ish.
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If you're a learner or new reader of Greek or Syriac, or if you teach Greek or Syriac, try out the Pearlsong!
In Greek, there's both a late ancient prose text and a Byzantine paraphrase (in a homily); in Syriac, it's a 105-line poem.
Glossaries for both languages are included.
Open-access PDF:
In Greek, there's both a late ancient prose text and a Byzantine paraphrase (in a homily); in Syriac, it's a 105-line poem.
Glossaries for both languages are included.
Open-access PDF:
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
July 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you're a learner or new reader of Greek or Syriac, or if you teach Greek or Syriac, try out the Pearlsong!
In Greek, there's both a late ancient prose text and a Byzantine paraphrase (in a homily); in Syriac, it's a 105-line poem.
Glossaries for both languages are included.
Open-access PDF:
In Greek, there's both a late ancient prose text and a Byzantine paraphrase (in a homily); in Syriac, it's a 105-line poem.
Glossaries for both languages are included.
Open-access PDF:
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when i think of Colbert, i think of an interview he gave to GQ when he first took over The Late Show, and had this to say about losing his father and brothers in a plane crash. www.gq.com/story/stephe...
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
when i think of Colbert, i think of an interview he gave to GQ when he first took over The Late Show, and had this to say about losing his father and brothers in a plane crash. www.gq.com/story/stephe...
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the Baltimore Miracle should be getting as much or more attention as the murder rate drop in El Salvador
For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
the Baltimore Miracle should be getting as much or more attention as the murder rate drop in El Salvador
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‘It changes citizens into taxpayers - so individuals become angry at even the notion of public good.’
June 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
‘It changes citizens into taxpayers - so individuals become angry at even the notion of public good.’
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
This is deeply sad, especially after my home (western North Carolina) was left devastated by a hurricane just last September. FEMA did indescribably crucial work there. This whole thing is a disaster
(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources ..
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June 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is deeply sad, especially after my home (western North Carolina) was left devastated by a hurricane just last September. FEMA did indescribably crucial work there. This whole thing is a disaster
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Dedicamos la pieza del mes de mayo La Biblia Hebraica de Benito Arias Montano: Un Tesoro en la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás.
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
May 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Dedicamos la pieza del mes de mayo La Biblia Hebraica de Benito Arias Montano: Un Tesoro en la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás.
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...
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Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
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Spanish ‘tengo un sueño’ means “I have a dream”.
In contrast, ‘tengo sueño’ means “I’m sleepy” (lit. “I have sleep”).
Why does ‘sueño’ mean both “sleep” and “dream”, two very different things?
It’s because ‘sueño’ and ‘sueño’ are different words – with a different etymology.
My graphic explains:
In contrast, ‘tengo sueño’ means “I’m sleepy” (lit. “I have sleep”).
Why does ‘sueño’ mean both “sleep” and “dream”, two very different things?
It’s because ‘sueño’ and ‘sueño’ are different words – with a different etymology.
My graphic explains:
April 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Spanish ‘tengo un sueño’ means “I have a dream”.
In contrast, ‘tengo sueño’ means “I’m sleepy” (lit. “I have sleep”).
Why does ‘sueño’ mean both “sleep” and “dream”, two very different things?
It’s because ‘sueño’ and ‘sueño’ are different words – with a different etymology.
My graphic explains:
In contrast, ‘tengo sueño’ means “I’m sleepy” (lit. “I have sleep”).
Why does ‘sueño’ mean both “sleep” and “dream”, two very different things?
It’s because ‘sueño’ and ‘sueño’ are different words – with a different etymology.
My graphic explains:
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jesus, have mercy. This is absolutely disgraceful.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Jesus, have mercy. This is absolutely disgraceful.
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The NRSV translation of Luke-Acts is so frustrating.
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
February 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The NRSV translation of Luke-Acts is so frustrating.
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
When Luke-Acts uses the Greek word akribēs in proximity to references to the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; 26:5), NRSV translates it as 'strictly'/'strictest', which to most readers likely implies something negative. But...
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The sentence from Tolkien that C.S. Lewis said summed up his entire philosophy of history.
April 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The sentence from Tolkien that C.S. Lewis said summed up his entire philosophy of history.
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I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
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Worship of power is the deadliest of idolatries
March 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Worship of power is the deadliest of idolatries
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“We have to meet REAL Americans where they’re at: gun shows and tailgates” - these are the words of completely insular bloodsuckers whose strategy for political communication is to imagine the dumbest yokel they can, and then try to imagine how to talk down to that person
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“We have to meet REAL Americans where they’re at: gun shows and tailgates” - these are the words of completely insular bloodsuckers whose strategy for political communication is to imagine the dumbest yokel they can, and then try to imagine how to talk down to that person