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Category Archives: Palaeography
A Late Example of the Biblical Majuscule
When I think of the Biblical Majuscule, what usually comes to mind is the script of the famous Greek Bible, Codex Sinaiticus, which is usually assigned to the fourth century (though the early fifth is not out of the question). … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Majuscule, Palaeography, Scripts
Tagged Bible, Biblical Majuscule, colophons, Palaeography
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Callimachus on the Walls
At the Capitoline Museum in Rome, there are a series of rooms dedicated to finds from the various garden areas uncovered in the area of the Esquiline hill in the late nineteenth century. Tucked away in a corner of one … Continue reading
7Q5 and Appeals to Authority, Part 2: Herbert Hunger
I have written before about 7Q5, a small fragment of papyrus found in Cave 7Q at Qumran. It contains an unidentified text in Greek. It became (in)famous in the early 1970s when José O’Callaghan (1922-2001) argued that it preserved a bit … Continue reading
Posted in 7Q5, Dead Sea Scrolls, Herbert Hunger, Palaeography
Tagged 7Q5, Herbert Hunger, Palaeography
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New Radiocarbon Analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls
An important new study of the Dead Sea Scrolls has just been published (open access!) in the journal PLOS One: Mladen Popović et al., “Dating ancient manuscripts using radiocarbon and AI-based writing style analysis,” PLOS One 2025. In some ways, … Continue reading
Posted in Dead Sea Scrolls, Frank Moore Cross, Palaeography, Radiocarbon analysis
Tagged archaeology, books, Dead Sea Scrolls, history, qumran, Radiocarbon analysis
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The Bulletin of the Bezan Club
[[Update 5 June 2025: I managed to find two additional issues (8 and 9) and a copy of issue 6 that has all of its pages. So, now we lack only issues 10-12.]] [[Update 26 June 2025: Thanks to Jean … Continue reading
P52 on the Joe Rogan Experience: Fact Check
I’m not a regular consumer of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” but I was compelled to check it out when I heard that the podcaster was chatting about P.Ryl.Gr. 3.457, a.k.a. P52, the small fragment of a papyrus leaf containing a … Continue reading
Posted in P.Ryl. 3.457, Palaeography
Tagged Bible, christianity, egypt, Jesus, Joe Rogan, New Testament, New Testament manuscripts, P52, Rylands Papyri
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P.Oxy. 87.5575 and P.Oxy. 60.4009: The Same Copyist
The editors of P.Oxy. 87.5575, the recently published papyrus fragment with a collection of sayings of Jesus, stated that P.Oxy. 60.4009, another papyrus with material about Jesus, “may well be in the same hand, though the loops in that papyrus … Continue reading
Posted in Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Palaeography
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The Date of the New Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus P.Oxy. 87.5575
The publication of the latest volume of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri has been in the news. Among the newly published pieces is a small fragment of a leaf of a papyrus codex that contains a previously unknown collection of sayings of … Continue reading
A New Article on the Date of Codex Sinaiticus
The October 2022 issue of Journal of Theological Studies will contain an article I wrote on the dating of Codex Sinaiticus. It’s out now in pre-print format, and thanks to my institution–MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society–the article … Continue reading
Posted in Codex Sinaiticus, Codices, Palaeography, Radiocarbon analysis
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Variant Readings 