Ryanair So at 1am you tell us to ask the ticket desk for hotel. Surprise... No one is at the desk! They have not been there all evening. Shambolic!

Very sad news of someone who was a lovely person and an amazing scholar. They do exist!

Dreikönigskirche

Great to see this sarcophagus on display in the Zwinger, with naughty Pan and one of those goats that everyone is talking about.

most accurate comparison to the ወረብ (wäräb), which is pre- or post-liturgical, is the sufi سَمَاع (samā‘). it's a ceremony where we repeatedly chant "ኣማን በኣማን" (ʾamān beʾamān). we start very slow, harmonious and gradually build up in pace until we reach a climax.

Join STECA for a virtual writing retreat this Spring!

Making the most of research.

New mummified crocodiles from the Ptolemaic period. A reminder of many new practices in this period. jpost.com/archaeology/ar…

An interview where I try to explain Septuagint scholarship in simple terms (I recall details by memory). Sorry for any simplicities! More to come from Faculty of Divinity colleagues. Fitzwilliam College #CamLXX

It's International Septuagint Day (Feb 8) and since I have prepared nothing for the occasion, I have instead uploaded a draft copy of my Handbook chapter on "Origins and Social Context of the Septuagint": academia.edu/96553847/Aitke…

Getting into the habit.

Sadly very funny!

In Liverpool a couple of weeks ago and it was already gearing up for Eurovision. Exciting to see the stadium ....

A quick visit to Geneva before business begins in Lausanne.

Conference underway on rhetoric in Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX. Here George Brooke questioning David Hamidovic, at UNIL.

Helpful article on the presentation of mummies in museums, given new sensitivites. bbc.com/culture/articl…

Delighted last week to have Jean Maurais join by Zoom to discuss his recent book Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy as an Ancient Translation. Subject to some hard questioning by PhD students, he gave elegant and reasoned responses. #CamLXX Faculty of Divinity

I wrote 5 words yesterday, but they were all exceptionally good words. At least two ("the ...of...") will probably survive the final edits too.