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Commenting
For months now I have not been able to comment on this here blog using Google Chrome (PC). I’ve mostly just used other browsers or just refrained from commenting as much. But recently several other...
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Paulson Review of THGNT
I’m driving cross country today but, through the magic of Blogger, here is a review of the THGNT from Greg Paulson for you. Here’s the conclusion:In spite of these lingering queries, there is no doubt...
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New Book: A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22–42
I can finally announce that my critical edition is set to be released this Fall. I still need to work through another round of proofs this summer, but it will appear by SBL in San Diego. This is the...
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Funded PhD Positions in Germany
Do you want to be paid to write your PhD at a prominent German theological school? The Graduiertenkolleg in Wuppertal has advertised six funded positions for this fall (six starting in Sept, one in...
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Romans 16.3 as window into Codex Vaticanus
I've been enjoying leading some seminars for the Logos Summer School in Oxford. Yesterday we looked in some detail (!) at a page of Codex Vaticanus and enjoyed reading some of the text of Romans. Some...
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Text and Studies Series (Gorgias) Hosted by De Gruyter
Gorgias Press has entered a partnership with De Gruyter for the electronic hosting of the Texts and Studies volumes, which means that individual chapters are now available for each volume.The chapters...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Mark Movie in Koine Greek
From the folks at KoineGreek.com and the Lumo Project comes a high production quality movie of Mark’s Gospel completely in Koine Greek. Here’s the announcement, with the video of Mark 1 posted below....
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Invoice for the sale of First-Century Mark (and more)
I pass along here (with permission) an email I and the other members of the First-Century Mark panel just received from Mike Holmes. Brent Nongbri has already posted this, so be sure to see his website...
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Palaeography of an invoice
One thing I’ve already seen since Holmes’ email last night (see some discussion by Brent Nongbri here and here) is a questioning of the authenticity of the First-century Gospels invoice. Some have...
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Jerry Pattengale on ‘First-Century Mark’
Christianity Today has just published an article from Jerry Pattengale: “The ‘First-Century Mark’ Saga from Inside the Room.”
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Scott Carroll Responds to Christianity Today Article
Scott Carroll, Dirk Obbink, and Jerry PattengaleOn Elijah’s last blog post, Scott Carroll has chimed in, giving his side of things. I thought I would repost his comment here so it doesn’t get lost in...
View ArticleLingering Questions about First-Century Mark
I have actively tried to avoid posting too many speculative thoughts about all the new revelations and comments over the past week on the First-Century Mark (henceforth, FCM) ordeal, but a couple of...
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Is the Future of Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Free?
Over at the Society for Classical Studies blog, there is a new post on the TLG. We get a little peek behind what goes in to adding new material to the site. But what really grabbed my attention is this...
View ArticleTregelles's hymns
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles wrote hymns too. Here's a link to 10.As a textual critic, he occasionally couldn't resist the temptation to use brackets as in these two instances:1 O GOD of grace, our...
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10th anniversary of the Electronic Edition of Codex Sinaiticus
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the release of the electronic edition of Codex Sinaiticus!Here is the press release from ITSEE, University of Birmingham (by Hugh Houghton): Ten years ago this...
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Is the Muratorian Fragment a Late Antique Fake?
Clare Rothschild says yes in “The Muratorian Fragment as Roman Fake,” NovT 60, no. 1 (2018): 55–82 and now Christophe Guignard says no in “The Muratorian Fragment as a Late Antique Fake? An Answer to...
View ArticleBatovici on L2484 (Trinity Cambridge MS O.9.27)
Dan Batovici, ‘Digital Palimpsests: Mark in Trinity College Cambridge MS. O.9.27’ Open Theology 5 (2019). Abstract: The O.9.27 manuscript of Trinity College Cambridge is a minuscule manuscript of...
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Barton on the Bible
John Barton, Oriel and Laing Emeritus Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at Oxford, has a new book out titled A History of the Bible: The Story of the World’s Most Influential Book. (The...
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Textual Criticism and Other Areas of New Testament Studies: A Bibliography
Back in May I noted David Parker’s comments on the significance of the move away from the TR on New Testament studies. That got me thinking about how textual criticism more broadly has affected New...
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New Critical Edition: Ecclesiastes for Gӧttingen Septuaginta Series
The latest critical edition in the Gӧttingen Septuaginta Series (began in 1908) has been published: Peter J. Gentry, ed., Ecclesiastes, Septuaginta Vetus Testamentum Graecum, Vol. XI, 2 (Göttingen:...
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