Bax's blog has some updates since then, but no major changes. The new "hot" theory seems to be that a Romani (Gypsy) origin to the text might explain some of

Bax's blog has some updates since then, but no major changes. The new "hot" theory seems to be that a Romani (Gypsy) origin to the text might explain some of the linguistic characteristics. Here's a October 2016 post that talks about this theory in the context of differentiating it from other explanations that Bax considers less plausible: https://stephenbax.net/?p=1807 https://stephenbax.net/?p=1807.