Author Archives: Brent Nongbri
On Leaving academia.edu
I’ve removed all the content I had on academia.edu. Much of what was on my page there is available here on the publications page and the book review page. For copies of other publications, just email me. I’ve been contemplating … Continue reading
New Article on the History of Codex Alexandrinus
The latest issue of Novum Testamentum contains an important (open access!) article on Codex Alexandrinus: Mina Monier, “The History of Codex Alexandrinus: New Evidence from Arabic Paratexts,” Novum Testamentum 67 (2025) 501-526. Recent scholarship on the codex has generally rejected … Continue reading
Binding Sets of Wooden Tablets
For a long time, I assumed that sets of wooden tablets from the Roman era were bound in a fairly simple way, with a cord looped straight through the holes as we see in this set of tablets from Kellis … Continue reading
Taking Care of Papyrus Scrolls in Antiquity
The digital edition of a new book has recently become available: The volume is the result of a workshop back in 2022 in which I was fortunate enough to participate. It was a somewhat unusual seminar in the sense that … Continue reading
Crosby-Schøyen Codex now at the Museum of the Bible
Many of us had wondered who purchased the Crosby-Schøyen Codex when it was up for sale through Christie’s last year. Now we know (via an August 5th article by Emily Belz at Christianity Today): “The Green Collection, connected to the … Continue reading
New Article on P.Oxy. 1 2 and P.Oxy. 7 1010
This will be the first of a few posts about some recent articles of mine that have just been published. The first is a piece jointly authored by AnneMarie Luijendijk and me. The full article is available (open access!) here: … Continue reading
New Images of P52
For some time now, the Rylands Library at the University of Manchester has hosted good digital images of P.Ryl. Gr. 3 457 (a.k.a. P52), the fragment of the Gospel According to John. I recently visited the University of Manchester’s LUNA … Continue reading
Volumes 9 and 10 of The Bulletin of the Bezan Club
Thanks to C.R. van Tilburg and Jean Putnams for sending scans of issues 10 and 11 of The Bulletin of the Bezan Club. Thanks also to John Muccigrosso for improving the quality of some of the pdf files. These files … Continue reading
Volume 12 of The Bulletin of the Bezan Club
Thanks to Jean Putmans for tracking down a copy of volume 12 of The Bulletin of the Bezan Club. This, as far as I know, was the last issue of the Bulletin. The issue contains several comments that indicate another … Continue reading
Manuscripts of The Jewish War by Josephus
The seven-book composition by the historian Josephus describing the sacking of Jerusalem goes by different names in the Greek manuscript copies: Περὶ ἁλώσεως Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἱστορία περὶ ἁλώσεως Ἰουδαϊκὸς πόλεμος πρὸς Ῥωμαίους In the Latin tradition, these books were known to … Continue reading
