Travis Wright | Faculty of Divinity

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Travis Wright is a PhD candidate specialising in biblical languages and linguistics.

Research

Biblical Studies
- Biblical Exegesis
- Ancient Versions (e.g. Septuagint, Peshitta)
Linguistics
- Greek and Central Semitic (esp. Hebrew)
- Diachronic Construction Grammar
- Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
- Translation

Publications

Key publications:

“The περί-Preposition Phrase at the Grammar-Discourse Interface” in Post-Classical Greek Prepositions and Conceptual Metaphor: Cognitive Semantic Analysis and Biblical Interpretation, eds. William Ross and Steven Runge (DeGruyter, 2022)
"Punctual ἕως in Old Greek Genesis" in Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (forthcoming)

Teaching and Supervisions

Teaching:

Currently supervising undergraduates in:

New Testament Greek (Faculty of Divinity)
Biblical Hebrew (Faculty of Divinity)
Linguistic Theory (Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics)
Language Typology (Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics)

Other Professional Activities

Cambridge Language Sciences
Institute of Biblical Research
Linguistic Society of America
International Organization for Cognitive Linguistics
International Organization for Septuagint
Society of Biblical Literature
Evangelical Theological Society

PhD Candidate

Contact Details

Email address:

tw537@cam.ac.uk

Available for consultancy

Affiliations

Collaborator profiles:

Professor James Aitken

Classifications:

Graduate students

Specialities:

Old Testament specialists

Greek specialists

Hebrew specialists

Moodle

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