Category Archives: Green Collection Sappho

Dirk Obbink, Scott Carroll, and Sappho

Posted on August 3, 2019 by

When I was pulling together material illustrating the long and close association of Dirk Obbink with the Green Collection / Museum of the Bible organizations, and especially the connection between Professor Obbink and Scott Carroll from 2010-2012, it occurred to … Continue reading →

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The Green Collection Sappho Papyrus: Some New Details

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

I am in the process of working my way through videos of the lectures associated with the “Passages” travelling exhibition of Green Collection. At the prompting of David Bradnick who is also engaging in this pastime, I jumped ahead to … Continue reading →

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Further Details on the Robinson Papyri

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

Once I got to organizing my thoughts about the Robinson Papyri yesterday, it occurred to me that the best thing to do was simply to list them out. As I was working through the collection, I came across another description of … Continue reading →

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The Robinson Papyri

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

“The Robinson Papyri” are a group of manuscripts bought by David Moore Robinson (1880-1958), professor of classics and archaeology at the University of Mississippi. I first became interested in these papyri while trying to sort out the origins of the … Continue reading →

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