Author Archives: Brent Nongbri

The Cast in “Greek Papyri”

Posted on March 17, 2019

Many thanks to Ann Hanson for helping to identify the figures in the “Greek Papyri” film featured in my last post. Starting from the beginning of the film: The voice reading the selection from Winckelmann’s account of the Herculaneum papyri … Continue reading →

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The Film “Greek Papyri”

Posted on March 14, 2019

Thanks to a notice from an anonymous commenter, I am thrilled to report that the film “Greek Papyri–The Rediscovery of the Ancient World” is now available on Youtube. The film was produced in 1971 by the Greek and Latin Departments … Continue reading →

Posted in Mummies, Mummy cartonnage, Oxyrhynchus Papyri | 3 Comments

Unpublished Christian Papyri from Oxyrhynchus: Some Numbers

Posted on March 8, 2019

My book on early Christian manuscripts contains a chapter on the Christian material that has so far emerged from the excavations of Grenfell and Hunt at Oxyrhynchus. One of the questions I was unable to answer during my research was … Continue reading →

Posted in First Century Mark, Oxyrhynchus Papyri | 7 Comments

The Green Collection’s “Block Book” and What It Means to Own a Cultural Heritage Item

Posted on March 7, 2019

During the “Passages” Speaker Series in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012 and 2013, it was customary for Jerry Pattengale to host the evening talks and to provide updates on the development of the Green Collection. In one of these updates, … Continue reading →

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Burning Papyri

Posted on March 1, 2019

As I compiled stories of discoveries of early Christian manuscripts for my book, God’s Library, one of the recurring tropes I encountered was the claim (usually by European and American scholars and collectors) that native Egyptians burned manuscripts. Such stories … Continue reading →

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P129: Some Questions about a Papyrus of 1 Corinthians

Posted on February 26, 2019

On a few occasions, I’ve mentioned a fragmentary papyrus leaf containing 1 Corinthians in the Green Collection, GC.PAP.000120 (which has been assigned the number P129 in the INTF Liste). In one of Scott Carroll’s videos from 2018, this papyrus was … Continue reading →

Posted in Antiquities Dealers and Collectors, Antiquities Market, Green Collection, Green Collection 1 Corinthians, Green Collection Romans, Scott Carroll | 4 Comments

The Tchacos-Ferrini Codex of the Pauline Epistles in Coptic

Posted on February 23, 2019

While working through Scott Carroll’s videos, I’ve mentioned what I’m calling the Tchacos-Ferrini Codex of the Pauline epistles in Coptic (LDAB 108582). Little is currently known about this papyrus codex aside from an article in the journal Early Christianity by … Continue reading →

Posted in Antiquities Dealers and Collectors, Antiquities Market, Scott Carroll, Tchacos-Ferrini Exodus Codex, Tchacos-Ferrini Pauline Epistles Codex | 1 Comment