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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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New Article on P.Oxy. 1 2 and P.Oxy. 7 1010
This will be the first of a few posts about some recent articles of mine that have just been published. The first is a piece jointly authored by AnneMarie Luijendijk and me. The full article is available (open access!) here: … Continue reading
7Q5 and Appeals to Authority, Part 1: Orsolina Montevecchi
I am fascinated by the Wikipedia entry for 7Q5, which seems to continuously bounce back and forth between being useful and informative to being goofy and borderline incoherent. 7Q5 is a tiny fragment of papyrus found in Cave 7Q at … Continue reading
Posted in 7Q5, Dead Sea Scrolls, Orsolina Montevecchi
Tagged 7Q5, ancient-judaism, Bible, christianity, Dead Sea Scrolls, early-christian-manuscripts, history
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The Lying Pen of Scribes Project: An Appreciation
Over the last few years, I have had a number of occasions to mention The Lying Pen of Scribes, a project on the Dead Sea Scrolls funded by the Research Council of Norway. In fact, it may not be quite … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities Market, Archaeological context, Dead Sea Scrolls, Fakes and Forgeries
Tagged archaeology, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, history, qumran
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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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Roberta Mazza’s Stolen Fragments
I’ve just finished reading Roberta Mazza’s excellent new book, Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts (Stanford: Redwood Press, 2024). This is a well organized and highly readable book. It tells a story–equal parts … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities Dealers and Collectors, Antiquities Market, Bruce Ferrini, Dead Sea Scrolls, Dirk Obbink, Fakes and Forgeries, Green Collection, Lee Biondi, P.Sapph. Obbink, Scott Carroll
Tagged Antiquities Market, archaeology, Bible, books, egypt, history, museum-of-the-bible, papyri, papyrology, roberta-mazza, sappho
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Stichometry 5: Problems with Metzger’s Stichometric Data
This will be my fifth and final post in this series on stichometry. For the earlier posts, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. One of the things that initially confused me about the stichometric data for … Continue reading
Posted in bruce-metzger, J. Rendel Harris, Stichometry
Tagged Bible, bruce-metzger, New Testament, Stichometry
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Stichometry 3: Counts for Galatians in Greek Manuscripts
In an earlier post, I set out the evidence used to establish that for ancient Greek and Latin prose writing, a stichos (or versus) was generally equal to 16 syllables. In a subsequent post, I drew attention to the discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Codex Sinaiticus, Stichometry
Tagged Bible, galatians, greek-manuscripts, New Testament, papyrology, Stichometry
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Moss, God’s Ghostwriters
Over the last few years, Candida Moss has published several very interesting articles on different aspects of slavery and early Christianity, such as: After reading these articles, I recognized that I was not going to be able to approach early … Continue reading
Posted in Book Trade in Antiquity
Tagged Bible, Jesus, New Testament, Roman literature, Roman slavery, scribes
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Variant Readings 