Category Archives: Passages Speakers Series

More on Dirk Obbink and the Provenance of the Sappho Papyrus

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Brent Nongbri

The latest issue of the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists was just published. It contains an article by C. Michael Sampson, “Deconstructing the Provenances of P.Sapph.Obbink.” The article brings a load of new evidence to bear on the … Continue reading →

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Recently Emerged Papyri of Dubious Origins: A Working List

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Brent Nongbri

In recent days, the Egypt Exploration Society has disclosed that 11 manuscripts from their Oxyrhynchus collection were allegedly illegally sold by Professor Dirk Obbink to the Hobby Lobby organization. Two further fragments of pieces from the Oxyrhynchus collection have surfaced … Continue reading →

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More Early Christian Greek and Coptic Papyri in the Green Collection?

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Brent Nongbri

In earlier posts I’ve discussed a number of early Christian manuscripts associated with the Green Collection (papyri of Genesis, Exodus and Hebrews, Matthew, Romans, and 1 Corinthians). Most of these pieces were featured at different points in the “Passages” speakers … Continue reading →

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Two More Greek Papyri in the Green Collection: Exodus and Hebrews

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Brent Nongbri

In my last post, I highlighted a papyrus of Genesis mentioned by Scott Carroll in his 2011 lecture in the “Passages” speakers series. Later in that same talk, Carroll singled out two other pieces in the collection, a papyrus leaf … Continue reading →

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A Green Collection Papyrus of Genesis in Greek

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Brent Nongbri

I continue to work through the “Passages” speakers series videos. During his talk in the 2011 sequence of lectures, Scott Carroll mentioned a number of literary papyri that the Green Collection had acquired. In the course of explaining the differences … Continue reading →

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The Green Collection 1 Samuel: A Place of Purchase

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Brent Nongbri

The “Passages” speakers series videos continue to yield insights into the early formation of the Green Collection, and in particular this papyrus of 1 Samuel that I have mentioned before. The usual format of these “Passages” talks involves extended introductory … Continue reading →

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The Green Collection Sappho Papyrus: Some New Details

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

Posted in Antiquities Dealers and Collectors, Antiquities Market, Dirk Obbink, Green Collection, Green Collection Sappho, Mummy cartonnage, P.Sapph. Obbink, Passages Speakers Series, Robinson Papyri, Scott Carroll | 16 Comments

A “Second Century” Papyrus of Matthew in the Green Collection

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Brent Nongbri

In my last post, I mentioned I was watching a set of DVDs that documented the series of lectures that accompanied the “Passages” exhibition of the Green Collection. One of the Green Collection papyri that is mentioned in the lectures … Continue reading →

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More on the Curious Green Collection 1 Samuel Papyrus

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Brent Nongbri

I’ve written several posts (like this one) on different aspects of the “Passages” travelling exhibition of the Green Collection that took place between 2011 and the opening of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of the Bible in 2017. Some … Continue reading →

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