Lachlan Hodgson
@Ljhodgson_
MDiv Student | (Ancient) Language Nerd
Received this gorgeous book in the mail this week! Thanks @Timothy_A_Lee and @Neo_Jerome for making this a reality! Nunc est legendum!
So much fun (slowly) reading through Luke 2, some of the Apophthegmata Patrum, and magical papyri after one week of intensive Coptic at the Macquarie Ancient Languages School this week!
OK, thanks to the generous candour of our winners, the following books remain from our draw last month. If you would like to take these home, and are confident you would read all 11 (!), just retweet this message and follow us. One name will be drawn at MIDNIGHT BST TODAY (Tues!)
Ok. Tyche has spun herself dizzy and pulled out three names... 1st, choosing 20 books, is @JJx6ix 2nd, choosing 14 books, is @lanarkboy 3rd, receiving (rather than choosing!) 8 books, is @93vintagejones Thanks to all for giving this a go and for your enthusiasm for things such…
What an incredible achievement!! The questions and commentary are just amazing!!
Exciting news! We are finally publishing our Philemon book. It is completely updated and, for the first time, we have added a question and answers AND commentary section ALL IN SIMPLIFIED ANCIENT GREEK. We congratulate Mezhusevi Zutso for his incredible work. We know of no one in…
These look absolutely incredible!! What a great help for anyone keen to read the Vulgate. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy and dive in! #LatinReaders
The book you’ve heard of but never read! Unique Latin Readers, macronized with glosses are just out! • To win one of these books from @TimothyALeePub / timothyalee.com: Quote post this with Hashtag #LatinReaders • 5 winners will receive a book—T&C below Tolle Lege!
Now for our latest books give-away: 38 Classics books to be raffled off for free. Just RT this message, follow us, and we will make the draw on Monday 9 June. 1st name gets 20 books, 2nd 12, 3rd 6. Open to all, good luck! (Will post details and photos of each book this evening.)
Five months of on-again off-again relationship with Callirhoe, and I'm finally done!! Definitely has a place in my top 5 books of all time. Would highly recommend giving this a read if you're looking for a rollicking, drama-filled tale of romance and adventure!
This just arrived!! Inspired by @jackhardison's Greeking Out interview with Michael Kopf (@AGROS_edu) to read some fun koine outside the NT. 25 pages in and it's very, very fun and also quite readable! Very grateful for the vocab glosses though!
No better way to end the year!
It was lovely to spend some time on the final day of the year reading Hebrew with friends. There’s something special about sharing the nerdiness, noticing things that are absent in translation, debating verbal semantics, & just appreciating how lucky we are to be able to do this.
Is this the best thing I have ever done? Probably. To thank @cjfresch for an epic class, @Ljhodgson_ & I created a 3-folio Hexapla-style thank you note featuring Hebrew (unpointed, pointed, transliterated), Greek, Latin, & English. This is the definition of nerd fun.
Merry Christmas from myself and all my wonderful collaborators from around the globe! Stay tuned for exciting new books and projects in 2025!
📚 GIVEAWAY 📚 FOLLOW US + LIKE this post and RT to win this Popular Patristics book set, and follow along for this year's 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways beginning TOMORROW!
Osweald has made his way to Australia!! I'm really looking forward to his company over the summer break. Thanks @colingorrie for such an incredible resource!
Now for our latest books give-away, the biggest for a while. 26 books on Latin & Greek literature, language & culture printed over the last 200 years (pics below). Draw open to all: just RT this message, follow us, and we will pick a random winner on Friday 22 Nov. Good luck all!
First book unlocked!
The excitement is real!!!
Pre-orders open up on Nov. 1st for Ōsweald Bera: An Introduction to Old English by @colingorrie
Well, as the memory of summer still lingers, there's space for one last Loeb giveaway. This time it's Republican Latin: three vols of oratory & one of Ennius, father of Roman poetry! If you want to enter, just RT this message and we will pick a name from our followers on Tuesday.
My Greek Devotional Liturgy, with ENG translation as well. Inspired by the BCP and Daily prayers for Orthodox believers, this should be simple enough for newer Greek students, to over time get familiar with the text and use it devotionally. drive.google.com/file/d/1QDjSa1… #ancientgreek
This just arrived!! Inspired by @jackhardison's Greeking Out interview with Michael Kopf (@AGROS_edu) to read some fun koine outside the NT. 25 pages in and it's very, very fun and also quite readable! Very grateful for the vocab glosses though!
Peak nerd with @Ljhodgson_. This is what happens when two super-nerd biblical languages students get to do a (very) specialised subject (seminar) with the amazing @cjfresch, biblical languages & linguistics extraordinaire! It’s gonna be an epic semester!!
And it's been an absolute blast! Reading Greek with friends is just the best!
Today @Ljhodgson_ & I finally finished reading Revelation in Greek! It felt fantastic!! I’m grateful for his patience & vocab hints (in Grk!). It’s amazing to see how far my Greek has come in a year. From not knowing the full verbal system, to flying through the last 3 chapters!
OK, our final -and biggest- Loeb give-away for the summer: 31 of them by the looks of it! Sophocles, Euripides, Cicero, Sallust, Suetonius, and the dirtiest poet of all, Martial in 3 vols. Draw 10pm Thurs BST: just RT and follow us before then! And vote below for 1 or 2 winners!