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Conference on Chrysostom, and a paper by myself

On the just passed Friday and Saturday I was delighted to attend the Seventh Saint Andrew's Patristic Symposium at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, Sydney. The topic was Chrysostom, and the keynote speakers were Wendy Mayer and Pauline Allen. Top class speakers!

Anyway, I have uploaded a recording of my own presentation, "Chrysostom: Proof Texts and Problem Texts" which you may listen to at your leisure. I think with a bit more work it will turn into a nice article of its own.

Welcome

This is The Patrologist, the new but old site by Seumas Macdonald. I have a bit of tidying to do and making things more functional, but you can look forward to posts on language acquisition, ancient Greek and Latin, classics and patristics, and similar related topics. In the meantime you

What's worth doing: between the gym and the factory floor

Even as I wrote my last post, I considered complicating the metaphor I borrowed from Keeline: If you are working in a factory, you would be foolish not to use a forklift to lift things. If you are working out in a gym, you would be foolish to use a

Whither the humanities

(This was originally posted to my substack. But I think it's such an important piece, and it crosses the divide between my two blogging spaces, that I am reposting it here) The university sector is in crisis, humanities are under threat, AI is killing our ability to think,

Kevilex: An online Ancient Greek reading platform

Next in my series of things to share and tell you I'm excited about, Kevilex. (Just to be clear, this post is in no way sponsored by Kevilex. I just appreciate it so much I decided to tell you about it all). So excited, I made a whole

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Welcome

What's worth doing: between the gym and the factory floor

Whither the humanities

Kevilex: An online Ancient Greek reading platform