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Additional Papyri of Unknown Origins

Posted on November 8, 2019 by

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 →

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The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath: Synoptic Problems

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

The saying in Matthew 12:8 (and its parallels) presents a fun puzzle. Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 11, 2019 by

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 →

Posted in First Century Mark, Green Collection, Green Collection Greek Genesis, Green Collection Hebrews, Passages Speakers Series, Scott Carroll, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Ancient Book Covers and “Cartonnage”

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Anton Fackelmann, Book covers, Codices, Mummy cartonnage, Nag Hammadi, Schøyen Collection, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Welcome

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

ⲡⲗⲉⲓⲥⲧⲁ ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉⲓⲛ. Thanks for stopping by. I’m a scholar in the area of religion specializing in early Christianity. I’m currently working on ancient Christian manuscripts. I’ve just completed a book on that topic (God’s Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest … Continue reading →

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