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Is Martha an Interpolation into John's Gospel – A Note from the Editor
In her three-part guestpost “Is Martha an Interpolation into John's Gospel," Elizabeth Schrader has shared her research with the readers of this blog, and the recent week there has been a lively...
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10 Tips on Academic Job Hunting
Last week I had a conversation with a colleague that turned to how she got her current teaching job. Shortly after that, someone emailed me about advice on applying for a teaching job in biblical...
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Peter Gurry has encouraged me (over several years!) to share my teaching strategies on the ETC blog, and here we finally are – my first blog article.I am a strategist by nature. I look at a situation,...
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A shorter Byzantine reading in the parable of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt’s Return of the ProdigalI’ve written before on some shorter (not necessarily shortest) Byzantine readings and their significance for the Byzantine priority position held by my esteemed...
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Evidence for Codex Alexandrinus in Egypt
In a recent article (D. Lincicum, ‘Two Overlooked Greek Manuscripts of 1 Clement’ Vig. Cr. 73 (2019), 241–253) David Lincicum provides evidence that a Greek manuscript of 1 Clement in the National...
View ArticleHandwritten-Text Recognition (HTR) for Syriac Manuscripts
The Beth Mardutho Facebook pages just announced a major development in the quest to use OCR (optical character recognition) technology for manuscripts. Calling it Handwritten-Text Recognition (HTR),...
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New Images of Papyrus 967 (Ezekiel Portion)
Another portion of the 2nd-3d-century Papyrus 967 (LXX, RA 967), discovered in 1931, that contains parts of Ezekiel, Esther and Daniel has now been digitized and is available on-line. It is the...
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Correcting Text und Textwert in Eph 5.22
Where they have data, the Text und Textwert (TuT) volumes are invaluable. They are not, however, without the occasional mistake. At other times, their data is open to interpretation. Case in point: Eph...
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Eighth Lincoln College Summer School in Greek Palaeography
Wesley won’t be a lecturer this yearLincoln College is hosting its 8th Summer School in Greek Palaeography this summer. I highly recommend it. You can read about my experience.The eighth Lincoln...
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Colwell, Direct Copies, and Singular Readings in Dante
Paolo Trovato has alerted me to an interesting article just published in the latest Storie e linguaggi by one of his doctoral students, Federico Marchetti. The article grows out of his doctoral work...
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An example of how older editions mislead us about patristic citations
Earlier this week, I was speaking to Dirk Jongkind about Luke 1:50. The THGNT adopts the phrase "εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεάς" as the viable reading that cannot be attributed to harmonisation. Some variants...
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ETC Blog Dinner SBL 2019
Dark days in San Diego for the ETC blog!!! The Hard Rock Café in San Diego has closed somehow in relation to the opening of the Hard Rock Hotel. I, however, am pleased to announce that our blog will...
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Corrections in P46
Jacob W. Peterson has a new article out on the corrections in P46, the very useful, 'An Updated Correction List for Chester Beatty BP II & P. Mich. Inv. 6238 (Gregory-Aland Papyrus 46 [P46])’ BASP...
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NEWSFLASH: ‘Professor Obbink and Missing EES Papyri’ – MOTB returns 13 Papyri...
Just now at 3:30 p.m. (Oxford time) the EES posted the following statement (here):Professor Obbink and missing EES papyriOn 25 June 2019 the Egypt Exploration Society (EES) posted a statement on its...
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News Statement: ‘Museum of the Bible Helps EES Recover Antiquities’
The MOTB has now made the following statement, click image to read (HT: Mike Holmes):
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BREAKING: Andrew Stimer's Pieces of P129 and P131 and Their Fake Provenance
Earlier this summer we reported on two new papyriwhich accidentally were made public on the webpage of he Institute for New Testament Textual Research. They turned out to be pieces of P129 (1 Cor) and...
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Two Text-Critical Dissertations
I mention here two dissertations in NTTC that have recently been brought to my attention. The first is by Bart Kamphuis and was completed at VU Amersterdam and has now been published as volume 56 in...
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Welcome Dr. Anthony Ferguson to the Blog
Please join me in offering a warm welcome to our newest ETC blog contributor, Dr. Anthony Ferguson.Anthony completed his PhD at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he wrote his dissertation...
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Dirk Obbink Denies Wrongdoing
In what appears to be his first public statement in months, Dirk Obbink has denied selling EES papyri. Here is his statement as published in the Waco Tribune-Herald:Obbink, who is still a professor at...
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Lessons from a Neglected Variant
Last week I was asked to present some research to doctoral students in Southern Seminary’s 1892 Club. I presented on work I am currently doing on Eph 5.22 (see here). For this audience, I wanted to...
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