Monthly Archives: January 2020

A New Edition of Sappho by Dirk Obbink

Posted on January 16, 2020 by

Following up on the fascinating article on Professor Dirk Obbink by Charlotte Higgins in The Guardian, Roberta Mazza recently revisited her conversations with a representative from Christie’s in 2014 and 2015, which now raise “further questions and doubts on the … Continue reading →

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MPhil in History of Religions at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

I recently began work as Professor of History of Religions at the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society in Oslo. A big part of my position here is overseeing a masters program in History of Religions: “History of … Continue reading →

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More News on Dirk Obbink and Sappho

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

Charlotte Higgins has just published a long story in The Guardian on Dirk Obbink. It is a very nice compilation of what we know and how the stories of the Sappho papyrus and the stolen Oxyrhynchus papyrus intersect. It also … Continue reading →

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A New Edition of the Freer Codex of the Letters of Paul in Greek

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

Thanks to Gorgias Press for sending along a copy of the new edition of the Freer Codex of Paul’s letters (Gregory-Aland 016, LDAB 3044) produced by Justin Soderquist and Thomas Wayment. The American railroad magnate Charles Lang Freer bought this … Continue reading →

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Publication of the Tchacos-Ferrini Mathematical Codex

Posted on January 2, 2020 by

I see that later this month we can expect the publication of the Tchacos-Ferrini mathematical codex (LDAB 10719, now dubbed by the editors P.Math.). This codex travelled the antiquities market along with a papyrus codex of Exodus in Greek, a … Continue reading →

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