Once wrote a book on the structure of Ecclesiastes. Studying PhD in Psalms at University of Sydney. Always happy to talk about home brewing and backyard chickens. Occasionally blogging at duck5.blogspot.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mrr2h5x7f22kWe used to have arguments over this. My colleague back in the day had the golden oldies/ads; I can’t stand ads. Whenever either of us would leave the workshop the other would switch it. 🥁 all the way 🤘 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrr2h5x7f22khttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mrlley5k222qPreaching conference at Morling College on the Letter to the Hebrews with David deSilva, which we are told is neither a letter nor to Hebrews.26 Jul 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlley5k222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mrhidfurjc2iI’m reading his book “Enshittification” at the moment and it’s all so depressing. The monopolies, now they own everything, are strip mining everything of value until there is nothing left. And as a non-American, we, the rest of the world, have to wait for them to do something about it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhidfurjc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mrethdrz4227I've been reading b. Qiddushin and I'm still confused about whether I have to get off the toilet or out of the bath to greet an honoured guest. (It's because it mentions in passing "two fifths" of the psalms, which may or may not be saying something about "books" within the psalter). https://www.sefaria.org/Kiddushin.33a.7?lang=bi24 Jul 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrethdrz4227https://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mqzraqlvzc2eThe highlights of this game are just going to be 20 shots by Spain plus their two goals (one disallowed) and the rest just Argentina rolling around on the ground. #ESPvARG This is what made the 3rd place game so fun - very little performative rolling.19 Jul 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzraqlvzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mqxcbneack2zNice of England to do a deal with France: if England get some easy first half goals then Mbappe can have one or two in the second so Messi is that much further away from the golden boot. #FRAvENG The shadow of the Falklands is long!18 Jul 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxcbneack2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mqlpj2qbb22dworking on Psalm 122 for this Sunday and there's a fun text thing going on. MT has in v4 שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים שִׁבְטֵי־יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה׃ while 11Q5 has just the second line in full: עדת ישראל להודות לשם יהוה LXX similarly has not statutes but witnesses: μαρτύριον τῷ Ισραηλ14 Jul 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlpj2qbb22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mqe3o7ixus23After 10 minutes of the new @theresthistory.bsky.social series I think I’m convinced: go team Redcoats.11 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqe3o7ixus23https://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mqbk7yn4jc2eAfter my talk at #SBL #ISBL on "books" and spacing in the medieval psalms manuscripts at Sydney University Library, here are some puzzles I'm still trying to solve around Radak's commentary. If you know anything about medieval Hebrew I'd love your thoughts on this: https://duck5.blogspot.com/2026/07/radak-at-seams.html10 Jul 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbk7yn4jc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mq6eqx6nvk26Final morning of #ISBL #SBL kicks off with politics and kinship. Gili Kugler backs up from yesterday with a fascinating take on Jacob & Esau/Judah & Edom - fraternal conflict is a massive thing in the Bible!09 Jul 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6eqx6nvk26https://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mq3un2tooc27Today at #ISBL #SBL we start out talking about the career of Ian Young (one of my PhD supervisors). It’s his collaborators in blowing up linguistic dating of Biblical texts, Robert Rezetko and Martin Ehrensvärd.08 Jul 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3un2tooc27https://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mpzcp5pxj227Absolute banger by Thomas Goud on Jesus cleansing the temple to start off Tuesday of #ISBL #SBL. A great pushback to the weaponisation of Jesus to validate human anger.07 Jul 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzcp5pxj227https://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mpwx3lripc2uGreat start to the Psalms unit at #ISBL #SBL with Andrew Brown on enemy language in the lament Psalms. Indeterminacy of enemies is key.06 Jul 2026 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwx3lripc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mpsnqflej22kSecond #ISBL #SBL talk now completed. Expecting a mad rush on the Sydney Uni rare books collection in the aftermath to behold the mysterious variation in spacing and segmentation in their medieval Hebrew Psalms manuscripts. #booksky04 Jul 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsnqflej22khttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mpnaraihqc2kOkay I'm not going to touch my #ISBL #SBL talk on Psalm 118 in the Dead Sea Scrolls again. I'll just say this: if you were planning to buy a new Bible, hold off until next week when I give my talk and they have to rewrite them all.02 Jul 2026 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnaraihqc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mp5rc37wjs2h(Re-)writing my #ISBL talk and reminded again how annoying it is when editors ignore the materiality of the texts they present. There is a double-spaced line before Psalm 145 in 11Q5 which Sanders completely ignores, which IMHO completely misrepresents the text.26 Jun 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5rc37wjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mp3xkvz4kc2mAfter perusing the #ISBL Radelaide program, the formula for any talk at the Catholic Biblical Association is quite straightforward: "[Any passage or topic] + and the eucharist" will get you a slot. Thanks for attending my talk on "the extra verse in Psalm 118 from 11Q5 and the Eucharist"25 Jun 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3xkvz4kc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mp3ij5fn4s22Getting excited for ISBL in Adelaide in a week and a bit. I rcecognise a couple of real life comrades and a few people I used to interact with in the other place. Noticing quite a few gaps with paper withdrawals - is this the norm for SBL and ISBL-type conferences?25 Jun 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3ij5fn4s22https://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3moph5257qk2xYouth speak in Australia: Last month it was adding “ing” to everything (helloing) This month it’s adding “ton” to that (helloington)20 Jun 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3moph5257qk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mofolnfdgk2pIn my current batch of marking my name is misspelled twice: Dough Fyfe Doug Fyffe I think we can thus postulate the existence of the Urtext where my name was spelled Dough Fyffe16 Jun 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofolnfdgk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mocghw5xdk2u [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jun 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocghw5xdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3moa4dgibdk2zThat was a fun game. Wasn’t sure how we’d go this year but that was a quality effort from the Socceroos. Two brilliant strikes and a lot of really good saves. #ausvtür14 Jun 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3moa4dgibdk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mnw4z4ufx22yI’m falling a bit behind on my weekly reflections on Zechariah. Here’s the rest of chapter 9. https://duck5.blogspot.com/2026/06/notes-on-zechariah-9b.html10 Jun 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnw4z4ufx22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mnin5z6uzc2uTaught my final class last night of Biblical Theology. It’s been an interesting unit, and has drifted around every department until it found its way home to OT. It’s felt a bit like teaching an OT overview class, but ensuring every time we think about connections forwards and backwards.04 Jun 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnin5z6uzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mnimplmauc2uI feel quite nostalgic thinking about this film. It was so well done. The question is how old my son has to be before I can get him to watch it with me - can a 14y/o handle it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnimplmauc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mmxdssmouk2fMy next section, Zechariah 9-11 has a bit too much going on. Actually, just Zechariah 9. Here are some thoughts then just on the first sub-section, 9:1-8, in my continuing Zechariah series. https://duck5.blogspot.com/2026/05/notes-on-zechariah-9a.html29 May 2026 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxdssmouk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/duck5.bsky.social/post/3mmgdma5qks2gPretty much finished my ISBL talks (pending feedback from supervisors). Pretty slide show coming Adelaide's way in 6 weeks time.22 May 2026 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:heygjluaasijegkk2275mqck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgdma5qks2g