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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
A New Project on Gospel Harmonies
I’m very happy to report that my colleague Dr. Mina Monier has been awarded funding from the Research Council of Norway for a four-year project examining gospel harmonies, texts that weave together the narratives of the four canonical gospels. The … Continue reading
A Nice Explanation of Dendrochronology
Yesterday’s New York Times has a fantastically illustrated article on dendrochronology, the science of studying tree rings. I’ve mentioned dendrochronology in a few posts here in connection to the process of calibrating the results of radiocarbon analysis (for instance, here). … Continue reading
A New Home for the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife?
Read down to the end of the story to learn where the “Jesus Wife” fragment is now: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/08/ariel-sabar-what-happened-to-the-gospel-of-jesus-wife/615160/
Upcoming Talk on Coptic Books
For those who might be interested, I will be giving a lecture on early Coptic books on 6 August at 6 pm (Berlin time).
MPhil in History of Religions at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society
I recently began work as Professor of History of Religions at the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society in Oslo. A big part of my position here is overseeing a masters program in History of Religions: “History of … Continue reading
Additional Papyri of Unknown Origins
At the prompting of David Bradnick, I have added a few more items to the list of recently emerged papyri with dubious origins. I hesitated to add these pieces to the list because I have not seen images of them, … Continue reading
The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath: Synoptic Problems
The saying in Matthew 12:8 (and its parallels) presents a fun puzzle. Continue reading
More Early Christian Greek and Coptic Papyri in the Green Collection?
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
Ancient Book Covers and “Cartonnage”
As a follow-up to my last post on the development of the use of the French term “cartonnage”: It looks like it was the late 1950s when the term “cartonnage” began to be applied to the material sometimes used in … Continue reading
Variant Readings 