Video: I am the very model of a biblical philologist

Written By Kaspars Ozolins

Enjoy this biblical- and ancient–Near–Eastern–studies–themed parody of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" from The Pirates of Penzance. Lyrics, musical arrangement, and vocals by Joshua Tyra, ⓒ 2011. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, original lyrics by William S. Gilbert. Orchestral and piano samples used in this recording are from Garritan Instruments for Finale 2009.

Kaspars Ozolins

Dr. Ozolins is Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation. Fascinated with ancient languages since his teens, he has studied Indo-European historical linguistics at the doctoral level. Ozolins came to Southern from Tyndale House, Cambridge, where he was a research associate in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. He is married to Ieva, and they have two children.

https://www.sbts.edu/faculty/kaspars-ozolins/