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A Nice Explanation of Dendrochronology

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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A New Home for the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife?

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Brent Nongbri

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/

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Upcoming Talk on Coptic Books

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Brent Nongbri

For those who might be interested, I will be giving a lecture on early Coptic books on 6 August at 6 pm (Berlin time).

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MPhil in History of Religions at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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Additional Papyri of Unknown Origins

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Brent Nongbri

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 Brent Nongbri

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 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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Ancient Book Covers and “Cartonnage”

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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Welcome

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Brent Nongbri

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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