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The Textual Mechanic: The Oxyrhynchus Papyri and The Titles to Paul's Letters
I have been reading through a new book by Benjamin Laird, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Liberty University.
The Textual Mechanic: Review: "Logos and Literacy" by Jordan Peterson
For a limited time, Daily Wire is offering a documentary on the impact of the Christian Bible upon the western world.
The Textual Mechanic: Lincoln College Summer School of Greek Palaeography
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity of attending the 8th Lincoln College Summer School of Greek Palaeography at the University of Oxf...
The Textual Mechanic: Demetrius on Letter Writing and Christian Epistles
I came across an interesting reference by a figure dating from either the second or first century BCE, Demetrius, who some have attributed a...
The Textual Mechanic: Ignatius, Polycarp, and the Pauline Authorship of 1 and 2 Timothy
Page from Codex H (015) at 1 Tim 2.2-6 (6th Century) I recently read an older article in the academic journal Vigiliae Christianae that argu...
The Textual Mechanic: Deconstructing New Testament Autographs
I only just recently learned of Dr. Jamin Andreas Hübner, professor of economics at the University of the People, and a Research Fellow for ...
The Textual Mechanic: Pliny the Younger: A Written Work as a Lasting Monument
In the midst of praising his friend Octavius's excellent poetical works, Pliny urged him to not delay the publication of his friend's work.
The Textual Mechanic: Cicero On Repairing His Damaged Books
Repairing a loose fragment of P.Oxy 3203 using small ‘tabs’ applied with tweezers.
The Textual Mechanic: Greco-Roman Education and Textual Criticism
Raffaella Cribiore is Professor at New York University and specializes in ancient Greco-Roman education, papyrology, and Greek rhetoric amon...
The Textual Mechanic: Upcoming Event, Text and Manuscript Conference: Pen, Print, and Pixels
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts has launched a new biannual Text and Manuscript Conference.
The Textual Mechanic: Aurelius of Carthage: The Illiterate Church Lector and Confessor
Add. 40165 A 4th century fragments of Cyprians letters used as flyleaves for a 12th-century Latin manuscript At around 250 CE Cyprian,...
The Textual Mechanic: Sacred Words in the SBJT
In the latest issue of the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology is a collection of articles that address various topics in the area of the...
The Textual Mechanic: A Sacred Number in the Gospel of Mark?
The painstaking task of transcribing and collating Greek New Testament manuscripts will often bring to light many tantalizing features that ...
The Textual Mechanic: Celsus on the Corruption of Scripture
Celsus was a pagan philosopher who flourished in the last half of the second century.
The Textual Mechanic: Sillybos: Getting the Title Right
The primary format of books in the Roman imperial age was that of the bookroll ( see previous post ), or more popularly the scroll.
The Textual Mechanic: Pliny the Younger: Bestselling Author in Gaul
Greco-Roman authors largely preferred private copying through friends and acquaintances to publish their work over commercial book sellers (...
The Textual Mechanic: The Monks of Codex Sinaiticus
The grand Biblical manuscript, Codex Sinaiticus had an extremely long useful life ( see previous post ). It was manufactured around the midd...
The Textual Mechanic: Smoothing The Ride!
Working on an airplane is not so different from working on a car.
The Textual Mechanic: Julius Africanus and A Short Lived Book
George Houston, in his work “Inside Roman Libraries,” surveyed book collections in antiquity, analyzed their contents, the date of compositi...
The Textual Mechanic: Cicero and his "Original Copy"
In a letter to his long time friend Atticus, Cicero informs his friend that he had finished revising an essay and was sending it his way...