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Essays
In the Translator's Workshop: Featuring Emily Osborne on "Oláfr Tryggvason’s Death" by Hallfreðr Óttarsson
EMILY OSBORNE | Unsurprisingly, manuscript traditions reveal that scribes were often stumped by the kennings they recorded or copied, and Hallfreðr’s seven-part kenning for Oláfr is no exception.
Nov 105 min read
Why Tyrants Fear Speakers of Living Language
ALEXANDRA BARYLSKI | Language is in mortal peril, and we need to do something about it. The current trajectory of AI, left unchecked, will globalize the strongest weapon of colonialism...
Nov 1013 min read
Brian Gerrish and the Legacy of the Luther Renaissance Today: In Memoriam
Craig Hinkson In tribute to my friend and mentor, Brian Albert Gerrish, 1931-2025: To his excellence as a scholar and teacher, and kindness to me, his student Brian passed away on April 14 th during Holy Week this year at the age of 93. He and Bernard McGinn were my professors in historical theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School in the 1980s. Together, they provided the foundation for my work as an historical theologian and philosopher of religion. McGinn was
Oct 319 min read
In the Translator’s Workshop: Featuring Boris Dralyuk on “Adam” by Julia Nemirovskaya
BORIS DRALYUK | My goal was to meet the text whole, to find a fitting tone of voice, to make up for inevitable losses with gains available only in English.
Oct 266 min read
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