Codex Sinaiticus: New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript
The volume arising from the major conference on Codex Sinaiticus in the summer of 2009 (see blogs here for the programme and here and here for “highlights”), is advertised in the most recent British Library catalogue for publication in June 2015, as follows:
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There is an interesting mix of papers and contributions on both LXX and NT (including two papers on Hermas), with four papers on the modern history of the various portions, including archival work in Sinai and in the British Library and a first-hand report on the New Finds, and five papers on various aspects of the Codex Sinaiticus Project: conservation, photography, transcription etc.
Up-date: My copy arrived today, so the book is now available. Here is a table of contents:
The volume arising from the major conference on Codex Sinaiticus in the summer of 2009 (see blogs here for the programme and here and here for “highlights”), is advertised in the most recent British Library catalogue for publication in June 2015, as follows:
There is an interesting mix of papers and contributions on both LXX and NT (including two papers on Hermas), with four papers on the modern history of the various portions, including archival work in Sinai and in the British Library and a first-hand report on the New Finds, and five papers on various aspects of the Codex Sinaiticus Project: conservation, photography, transcription etc.
Up-date: My copy arrived today, so the book is now available. Here is a table of contents:
Section 1: Historical Setting 1
1 Codex Sinaiticus in Its Fourth Century Setting
Harry Gamble
Section 2: The Septuagint
2 The Septuagint in Codex Sinaiticus Compared with Other Sources
Emanuel Tov
3 Reconstructing Quire 17 Folio 1: Joshua 12:2–14:4
Rachel Kevern
4 Codex Sinaiticus and the Book of Psalms
Albert Pietersma
Section 3: Early Christian Writings
5 Codex Sinaiticus: Its Entrance into the Mid-Nineteenth Century Text-Critical Environment and Its Impact on the New Testament Text
Eldon Jay Epp
6 Codex Sinaiticus and the Formation of the Christian Bible
David Trobisch
7 The Corrected New Testament Text of Codex Sinaiticus
Klaus Wachtel
8 Codex Sinaiticus: An Early Christian Commentary on the Apocalypse?
Juan Hernández Jr
9 Some Observations on Various Features of Scribe D in the New Testament of Codex Sinaiticus
Peter M. Head
10 The Presence of a Fourth Scribe?
Amy Myshrall
11 The Appearance of Hermas’s Text in Codex Sinaiticus
Dan Batovici
12 The Shepherd of Hermas and Its Inclusion in Codex Sinaiticus: Almost Scripture
Archbishop Damianos of Sinai
Translated by George S. M. Foskolos
Section 4: Modern Histories of Codex Sinaiticus
13 One Story – Different Perspectives: The Discovery of Codex Sinaiticus
Christfried Böttrich
14 The Recent History of Codex Sinaiticus: Insights from the Sinai Archives
Nicholas Fyssas
15 The British Museum Purchase of the Codex Sinaiticus
William Frame
16 The Recovery of the New Finds at Sinai: A First-hand Report
Panayotis G. Nikolopoulos
Translation from the Greek original by George S. M. Foskolos
Section 5: Codex Sinaiticus Today
17 A Physical Perspective of Codex Sinaiticus: An overview from British Library Folios
Gavin Moorhead, Sara Mazzarino,
Flavio Marzo, Barry Knight
18 The Conservation and Photography of the Codex Sinaiticus at Saint Catherine’s Monastery: Not Quite Finished
Hieromonk Justin of Sinai and Nikolas Sarris
19 The Digital Sinaiticus Transcription: Process and Discovery
T. A. E. Brown
20 The Making of the Codex Sinaiticus Electronic Book
Peter Robinson
21 The Transcription and Reconstruction of Codex Sinaiticus
David Parker
22 Codex Sinaiticus and its Importance for Contemporary Christianity
Steve Walton