Limmud presenter information

[lethargic_man]

*growl* Limmud have edited the presenter information I sent them. I sent them:

Despite lacking any formal training in the subjects he will be speaking on—Semitic languages and the Samaritan Torah—Michael Grant was once commissioned or at least asked to write a book of ancient Carthaginian baby names; and created the cuneiform texts in a recently published novel.

They edited it to:

Michael Grant lacks any formal training in the subjects he will be presenting: Semitic languages, and the Samaritan Torah. He was once commissioned, or at least asked, to write a book of ancient Carthaginian baby names; and has created the cuneiform texts in a recently published novel.

This changes the import of the blurb from qualifying my knowledge to actively arguing against me—not something I want when I want people to attend my talks. I'll be lucky if I get anyone turning up now!

It's too late to change the text for the handbook, but I've asked them to change the online blurb to put in a "Nevertheless, " before the second sentence.