New College, University of Edinburgh

New Director

(Helen Bond) Further to Larry’s earlier blog, I’d like to express my thanks to him for all the work he’s put into CSCO over the last few years. I can’t […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 21st August 2011

Nomina Sacra in Early Graffiti

(Larry Hurtado):  Over on my own blog site I’ve posted about an article surveying nomina sacra in graffiti and a mosaic found in several early Christian sites, at least one […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 18th August 2011

CSCO: Leadership Change

(Larry Hurtado): As of 01 August, I formally retired from my post in the University as Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology, and as Director of the Centre […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 3rd August 2011

New “Unknown Gospel” Fragment Identified

(Larry Hurtado)  Within the last week or so notice appeared of the identification of a portion of an “unknown gospel” text on a papyrus fragment, Oxyrhunchus 5072, palaeographically dated to […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 30th July 2011

Another Ossuary: Caiphas & Family

(Larry Hurtado)  On 29 June, the news story broke of initial scholarly analysis of an ossuary (bone-box) from the second-temple period with an Aramaic inscription:     מרים ברת ישוע בר קיפא […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 30th June 2011

New PhD projects

(Larry Hurtado):  We’ve just completed this year’s Review Boards for our first-year PhD students in NT/Christian Origins, a larger number than in most years, and these include a raft of […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 10th June 2011

New Testament post at Edinburgh

(Helen Bond) We’ve just started looking for a new person to join the NT team here at Edinburgh. It will be at entry/lecturer level and if you are interested (or […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 12th May 2011

“Q” Conference in Graz

(Larry Hurtado):  I’ve just received the brochure on a conference being held in the University of Graz (Austria), 20-23 July this year, with the intriguing title:  “Auf Fels oder Sand […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 29th April 2011

James Royse Seminar: Textual Variants in John

Dr. James Royse was our special guest presenter today in an ad hoc seminar sponsored by CSCO here at New College.  Royse is best known for his mammoth study, Scribal […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 26th April 2011

The Story of Jesus

This is a major new two-part documentary on the life of Jesus of Nazareth made by CTVC. Nine biblical scholars go in search of the Galilean peasant, amongst whom are […]

  • CSCO Team,
  • 23rd April 2011