(Image from Wikimedia Commons.) Again, more hype about the supposed Aramaic on the Shroud of Turin (which I mentioned in an earlier blog post). As such I have hesitated to comment yet again. Now, however, every news source is very loud about this...

Some translation companies try to expand their language offerings to tap into smaller "boutique" languages that they see as serving some novelty purpose. Unfortunately, when they go after some of the more obscure languages, they don't tend to...

At 9:45 AM this past Monday (the 9th) our daughter Abigail came into the world weighing in at 8 lbs 12 oz. :-) As such, please excuse me over the next few weeks as my family and I adjust to a new "normal." I may be even more scatterbrained than usual...

Gazetteport.com reports that farmers ploughing a field at Urfa in South-East Turkey struck something and when they went to dig it out which turned out to be a tablet inscribed with Syriac in Estrangela. Talk about a beautiful find, though. :-) Other...

On Thursday, Nov. 5, Sabar will read from "My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq" at the Capitola Book Cafe. It's a book that will appeal to those who thirst after secret, dusty corners of history, biography,...