Scribes and Their Remains

by Craig A. Evans (Editor), Lester L. Grabbe (Editor), Jeremiah J. Johnston (Editor)

Overview

Cutting-edge studies on scribal practices and the development and transmission of early Christian texts with pieces from leading papyrologists and New Testament scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567688040
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/05/2019
Series:	The Library of Second Temple Studies
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Craig A. Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA.

Jeremiah J. Johnston is the president of Christian Thinkers Society, USA.

Table of Contents

Editors Introduction
Abbreviations
Text as Artifact: An Introduction - Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada
Part I: Scribes, Letters, and Literacy
1. Longevity of Late Antique Autographs and First Copies: A Postscriptum - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA
2. Greek Writ Plain: Village Scribes, Q, and the Palaeography of the Earliest Christian Papyri - Gregg Schwendner, Wichita State University, USA
3. My Lord and Protector: Papyri and Skepe Patronage in Sirach and 3 Maccabees - Christopher J. Cornthwaite, Canadian Institute in Greece, Greece
4. Hilarion’s Letter to His Wife, Child Exposure, and Early Christianity - Jeremiah J. Johnston, Houston Baptist University, USA
5. Fetishizing the Word: Literacy, Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ian C. Werrett, St Martin’s University, USA
Part II: Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian Scripture
6. Signed with an “X”: Stauros and the Staurogram Among the Nomina Sacra - Benjamin R. Overcash, Macquarie University, USA
7. New Light from the Papyri: The Sacred Background of Biblos in Matthew 1:1 - Michael P. Theophilos, Australian Catholic University, Australia
8. The Early Papyri, “Gospel-Parallel” Variants, and the Text of the New Testament in the Second Century - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent Scholar
9. Terms of Kinship from Usage in Everyday Language to Official Christian Life - Eleonora Angela Conti, University of Florence, Italy
10. Early Christian Rolls - Marco Stroppa, University of Florence, Italy
Index