Tag Archives: New Testament

New Article on P.Oxy. 1 2 and P.Oxy. 7 1010

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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The Bulletin of the Bezan Club

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Brent Nongbri

[[Update 5 June 2025: I managed to find two additional issues (8 and 9) and a copy of issue 6 that has all of its pages. So, now we lack only issues 10-12.]] [[Update 26 June 2025: Thanks to Jean … Continue reading →

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P52 on the Joe Rogan Experience: Fact Check

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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Stichometry 5: Problems with Metzger’s Stichometric Data

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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Stichometry 3: Counts for Galatians in Greek Manuscripts

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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Moss, God’s Ghostwriters

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

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 →

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