I work on the languages and texts of the ancient Near East and the Bible: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic in its dialects, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Syriac, and Latin. This site collects finished writing and working scholarship — essays, exegetical studies, and philological notes.
The name comes from the Akkadian šāpiru (𒊭𒁉𒊒), one who sends and writes. The colophon at the end of each page follows scribal convention.
Everything here is plain text under version control. Corrections and discussion are welcome.