(Larry Hurtado): P.Bodmer 12, previously thought to be a portion of a Paschal Homily by Melito of Sardis, and part of the multi-text Bodmer “miscellaneous codex”, is the subject of […]
We asked a recently graduated PhD student of ours, Prof. Chris Keith of Lincoln Christian College, to contribute to the blog. Chris is interested in literacy in the ancient world […]
(Larry Hurtado): In my 2006 book, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (Eerdmans), I included an appendix listing all copies of all texts of Christian provenance from before […]
(Larry Hurtado): Jan Bremmer retired from his chair in Religious Studies, University of Groningen (Netherlands) in January 2010. One of the commendable practices of that university is that retiring holders […]
(Larry Hurtado): Roger Bagnall’s recent book, Early Christian Books in Egypt (Princeton University Press, 2009) has now received a good deal of interest. So, I thought I’d give a pointer […]
(Larry Hurtado): Helen Bond’s posting about the “Nativity” TV series currently airing on BBC TV here in the UK reminded me of the round-table discussion among Alan Segal, John Kloppenborg […]
(Helen Bond) Readers in the UK and Canada (or with access to BBC iPlayer) may have seen the first of a new four-part adaptation of the nativity story which aired […]
(Larry Hurtado): I want to flag up a newly published book by William A. Johnson (Duke University): Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite […]
(Larry Hurtado): On Monday (06 December) my long-time acquaintance John Kloppenborg generously gave his time and thoughts to a day-long event here in New College. Staff and students are very […]
(Paul Foster) On Monday the 6th of December, Edinburgh will be hosting Prof. John Kloppenborg of the University of Toronto for a day conference. Prof. Kloppenborg is one of the […]