Jacob W. Peterson
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Jacob W. Peterson
@jacobwpeterson.com
Manuscripts and JavaScript | PhD, NT Textual Criticism, U. of Edinburgh | Software Engineer | Trail Ultrarunner | Immigrant

📍: Edinburgh, Scotland

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My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

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xeirographa.com
Xeirographa
A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.
xeirographa.com
*Worst person I know* meme
Gov Greg Abbott (R-TX) openly criticizes ICE and distances himself from their operations in Minnesota, suggesting he things they are a spectacular failure and that the GOP needs to find someone to blame other than the people of Minnesota. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2...
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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They are executing unarmed people in the streets for trying to protect their neighbors with the full support of the federal government.
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
If you or your company are looking to migrate from US-based tech services in light of current politics, tariffs, and everything else here’s a list of Europe-based alternatives european-alternatives.eu
European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
In a world dark with despair, a spot of light and hope for us: our daughter, Eleanor Freya, was born happy and healthy yesterday
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

Please share and give feedback!

xeirographa.com
Xeirographa
A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.
xeirographa.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

Please share and give feedback!

xeirographa.com
Xeirographa
A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.
xeirographa.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For those of you with personal Microsoft accounts you’ll likely have received notice of a large price increase hitting soon (due to AI). If you go through the cancellation flow, they offer a “classic” plan without AI for you to swap to at your existing price
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Half convinced these birds at the hospital are speaking Hebrew
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Jacob W. Peterson
Reposted by Jacob W. Peterson
Israel’s blockade of most food and aid, along with distribution difficulties inside the Gaza Strip, have driven many of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation.
Photos: Starvation and Chaos in Gaza
Israel’s blockade of most food and aid, along with distribution difficulties inside the Gaza Strip, have driven many of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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📘 Nothing to read? A new issue of #NovumTestamentum just dropped — with several #openaccess articles! Browse it here: shorturl.at/e2hsX.

#BiblicalStudies #NewTestament #aarsbl #sblaar
Novum Testamentum Volume 67 Issue 3 (2025)
"Volume 67 (2025): Issue 3 (May 2025)" published on 29 May 2025 by Brill.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My dog doing his best RayGun impression
May 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Practically packed for the Birmingham TC Colloquium tomorrow
April 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I’m glad to see Brent has saved me the time of listening to this
January 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s the fourth day of the year and my wife already has more citations than I got last year
January 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ignatius, Epistle to the Romans
OM NOM NOM
December 29, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Exciting news today for something that's been in the works for far too long. I've signed a contract to produce a new edition and study of the text, hands, and paratexts of P46
November 28, 2024 at 2:31 PM
First snow of the season
November 23, 2024 at 12:03 PM
One of my personal project papyrus46.com is online. It brings together a complete set of the latest digital images and the transcriptions I produced for my doctoral thesis. You can also add images and transcriptions from Kenyon's ed. pr. for comparison. It also contains an extensive bibliography.
Papyrus 46
Free online images and transcriptions of Papryus 46
papyrus46.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
My response to Varner on Paul's "large letters" in Gal 6.11 in P46 is out as of this week in TC. It's available open access here: jbtc.org/v29/TC_Peter...
November 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Going to catch the feed up on recent developments with me.
I have an article out in the latest NovT showing that GA 250 is a direct copy of GA 424. It's the first of a phenomenon I'm calling "fabschriften" (facsimile-Abschriften) that I've developed software for detecting. brill.com/view/journal...
November 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM