News of a tremendous marketing and tax scam involving biblical manuscripts and evangelical seminaries is covered by Paul Barford and Roberta Mazza. (I am a bit busy to get into this right now, but if someone else is following things and wants to post on this subject it would probably be helpful.)
Fires in Moscow and New York highlight the fact that even manuscripts in major libraries are not imperishable - get those manuscripts photographed (please!). (we already noted CSNTM's plans for Athens)
Interesting brief discussion from about the possible impact of the increasing availability of digital images of manuscripts: Digitization and manuscripts as visual objects: effects of a media change
Anne Marie Luijendijk's new book on the Gospel of the Lots of Mary has been published, and there are some reviews and notes about (e.g. RBECS; BMCR; Larry Hurtado's Blog; James Snapp's blog [with pictures])
The 28th International Congress of Papyrology will be held in Barcelona in August 2016. The organisers write: "We congratulate ourselves and very much look forward to host a new edition of our periodic gatherings, where we traditionally share scientific knowledge and human experiences." If you are planning that far ahead information is available here.
If All The Bible Translations Had A Dinner Party.
Roger Pearse has written a paper on "Ancient chapter divisions, chapter headings, and tables of contents: a preliminary survey of the question" (he blogs about it here)
Brice Jones notes a new agraphon (of Jesus) in P.Monts.Roca 4.59 (V/VI): "It has been retained to pronounce sweet words."(yes, not too clear, I know; but it could be an agraphon about textual criticism, since the context seems to be a dispute about wording)
Lee McDonald bravely attempts a 322 word answer to the question - When did the early Christians consider the New Testament or rather, some books of the New Testament, scripture?(I wouldn't have said it quite like this, but would have taken longer!)
N de Lange is doing the second half of his Grinfield Lectures in the Septuagint in Oxford (March 2-4)
Fires in Moscow and New York highlight the fact that even manuscripts in major libraries are not imperishable - get those manuscripts photographed (please!). (we already noted CSNTM's plans for Athens)
Interesting brief discussion from about the possible impact of the increasing availability of digital images of manuscripts: Digitization and manuscripts as visual objects: effects of a media change
Anne Marie Luijendijk's new book on the Gospel of the Lots of Mary has been published, and there are some reviews and notes about (e.g. RBECS; BMCR; Larry Hurtado's Blog; James Snapp's blog [with pictures])
The 28th International Congress of Papyrology will be held in Barcelona in August 2016. The organisers write: "We congratulate ourselves and very much look forward to host a new edition of our periodic gatherings, where we traditionally share scientific knowledge and human experiences." If you are planning that far ahead information is available here.
If All The Bible Translations Had A Dinner Party.
Roger Pearse has written a paper on "Ancient chapter divisions, chapter headings, and tables of contents: a preliminary survey of the question" (he blogs about it here)
Brice Jones notes a new agraphon (of Jesus) in P.Monts.Roca 4.59 (V/VI): "It has been retained to pronounce sweet words."(yes, not too clear, I know; but it could be an agraphon about textual criticism, since the context seems to be a dispute about wording)
Lee McDonald bravely attempts a 322 word answer to the question - When did the early Christians consider the New Testament or rather, some books of the New Testament, scripture?(I wouldn't have said it quite like this, but would have taken longer!)
N de Lange is doing the second half of his Grinfield Lectures in the Septuagint in Oxford (March 2-4)