Sunday, November 26, 2006

I've been busy.

Sorry for the non-blogging. Since I've had a full-time non-academic job this year, most of the available writing time that I've had (not much) has been devoted to other compositions:
  • a Dictionary of Qumran Aramaic; so far the draft reaches from aleph to het;
  • a review of Ursula Schattner-Rieser's L'araméen des manuscrits de la mer Morte for Journal for the Study of Judaism, now published;
  • an article for Aramaic Studies, "The 'Kaufman Effect' in the Pseudo-Jonathan Targum," now in page proofs, to be published in volume 4/2;
  • a 2000-word entry for the Dictionary of Early Judaism on "Aramaic, Jewish use of in the Second Temple Period"; I spent Thanksgiving vacation finishing that one.
So ... see? I've been writing, not blogging. It's amazing how much you can get done when you don't blog. I do miss it, though, and hopefully the coming year I can blog a bit more.
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3 comments:

  1. Targuman11/27/2006 09:42:00 PM

    Great stuff! Any chance you would let someone, say me, read the drafts of your first and last entries in the above list? We are also having a special Qumran Aramaic session of Aramaic Studies Session next year. I hope your schedule allows you to submit a paper!

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  2. Anonymous12/02/2006 06:35:00 PM

    It's exciting to hear about the projects with which you are involved!

    Would you have any idea what year you will finish the "Dictionary of Qumran Aramaic"?

    William Smith

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  3. EMC12/03/2006 09:06:00 AM

    Thanks, William. If I keep on at a steady pace, I hope to finish the Dictionary next year.

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