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Ephraimi Rescriptus Online Images
Images of Codex Ephraimi Rescriptus (C 04) are also online courtesy of theBibliothèque nationale de France.
View ArticleDaniel Wallace reviews NA28
Daniel Wallace has written a generally positive review of NA28. [thanks to Andy Naselli and Justin Taylor for the reference]
View ArticleThe Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
<http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/about-the-project/the-digital-library> A Note From the IAA DirectorThe Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is very proud to present the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls...
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Codex Claromontanus Online Images
In keeping with the current theme, images of Codex Claromontanus (D 06) (Paris, BN, Greek, 107AB) are also online courtesy of theBibliothèque nationale de France.
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My review of Wachtel and Holmes' The Textual History of the Greek New Testament has been published by RBL.Leonard review of The Textual History of the Greek New Testament
View ArticleReview of Karlheinz Schüssler's 2011 volume of Biblia Coptica
A quirky RBL review of Schüssler's 2011 volume of his long-term project of cataloging Coptical biblical manuscripts. The project is prelude to a much needed critical edition of the Coptic...
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Is there really a 'Wife-Beater's Bible'?
An e-mail correspondent recently sent me a list of famous Bible misprints and mistranslations of which the Wicked Bible probably contains the most famous.This list informed me of the existence of the...
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Elliott Reviews Parker, Textual Scholarship
J. K. Elliott has reviewed David Parker's, Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament (Oxford: OUP, 2012) in Times Literary Supplement, 14 Dec, 2012. Here is an extract of the review: In...
View ArticleRené Kieffer (1930-2013) R.I.P.
René Kieffer, Professor emeritus of Uppsala University, has passed away on 8 January at the age of 82. He was born in Aumetz in France and raised in Luxembourg. After studies in Paris and Germany he...
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How to Read and Understand the Göttingen LXX
Blogger Abram K-J has compiled a primer in two parts on how to read and understand the Göttingen LXX:Part 1 Part 2
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19-century old Torah scroll--really?
There is a report here of a 'thrilling' scoop by police on Christmas day on a 19-century old "Torah scroll", which was being smuggled. Of course the date would make it rival DSS, but from the image the...
View ArticleConference on Scribal Practice in the Ancient and Antique Mediterranean World
Call for papers (HT: Jennifer Cromwell, Papy-L):Observing the Scribe at Work: Knowledge Transfer and ScribalProfessionalism in Pre-Typographic SocietiesMacquarie University, Sydney27-28 September...
View ArticleA Tricky Variant in Acts and Some Musings on NA28/27
Working on a variant in Acts 17, I was faced with a whole set of issues, and was glad that this was in some sense also true for the editors of NA27/28.Here is the text from Acts 17:3:ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ...
View ArticlePhD Opportunity at ITSEE (Birmingham)
Hugh Houghton of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing (ITSEE), University of Birmingham, is principal investigator of the COMPAUL project on "The Earliest Commentaries on Paul...
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Agreement in Error and Common Origin
When two manuscripts share a rare characteristic our first reaction is to assume a common origin. This does not always work, but it is a better starting point than some others.For instance, take...
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The Four Evangelists in Gospel Manuscripts
I need every bit of comfort I can get during these January days, so I tried to brighten the mood by looking at some manuscript pictures. I came along the following ones. The way in which Matthew, Mark,...
View ArticleCambridge Online Journals: Free Access to 2012 Content
I am not sure how much textcritical or linguistic stuff there is of interest to this blog, but you can get free access till early March here.You may want to branch out into fields such as the...
View ArticleNew journal and new review of NA28
Today the online journal Marginalia is launched, and with it my review of Nestle-Aland 28. The journal seeks to set new standards for substantial reviews written for online media. The editor in chief...
View ArticleSubmit Your Paper to the SBL International Meeting in St Andrews (Last Chance)
The SBL International Meeting in St. Andrews Scotland July 7-11 is rapidly approaching. The program unit Working with Biblical Manuscripts has received a number of proposals and we know we will have...
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