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EES Makes Edition of the New Oxyrhynchus Mark Fragment Available Online
The EES has made the edition of the new Mark fragment in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri series available freely online at https://www.ees.ac.uk/news/poxy-lxxxiii-5345 Also, Candida Moss and Joel Baden, who have been following the Green Collection and Museum of the Bible story for … Continue reading
P.Oxy. 83.5345: A Picture and Still More on Inventory Numbers
The papyrus formerly known as “First Century” Mark, which is now second or third (or fourth) century Mark, has finally appeared. Elijah Hixson’s original post has now been updated several times and now includes a picture of the papyrus in … Continue reading
Egypt Exploration Society on the Papyrus Formerly Known As “First Century” Mark
The Egypt Exploration Society has just posted an announcement on their website about P.Oxy. 83.5345:
So-called “First Century Mark.” Wow. (with a coda on Oxyrhynchus inventory numbers)
Quite a bit has gone down since Elijah Hixson broke the news yesterday that a newly published Oxyrhynchus papyrus (P.Oxy. 83.5345) is the much awaited “first century Mark” fragment that has been rumored to exist since 2012.
A Bit More on Sculpture Attributed to Oxyrhynchus
In an earlier post, I discussed a set of limestone sculptures usually described as funerary reliefs found at Oxyrhynchus. One of the pieces was a portrait of a woman acquired by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1972. I … Continue reading
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Faces from Oxyrhynchus?
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of visiting the University of Edinburgh. In addition to chatting with a fascinating group of graduate students, I was able to squeeze in a quick trip to the National Museum of Scotland. While … Continue reading
The Modern Lives of an Ancient Coptic Book: P.Bodmer XXII + VK 783
A couple years ago, Roberta Mazza traced the “modern biography” of a fragmentary papyrus leaf containing the Gospel According to John, P.Oxy. 15.1780 (better known to New Testament scholars as P39). It’s a fascinating article that can be downloaded here. … Continue reading
Menander at a Monastery
Even though I have a long chapter on the Bodmer Papyri in my book, there is still much that I didn’t get a chance to discuss in detail. Because of its time on the antiquities market, the ancient find we … Continue reading
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