Egypt
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (review by Roberta Mazza)
AnneMarie Luijendijk, Greetings in the Lord: Early Christians and the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Harvard Theological Studies 60. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Divinity School, 2008.
- Book Review: Early Christian Books In Egypt
Scholia Reviews (Review by Jonathan More) Scholia Reviews ns 19 (2010) 1. Roger S. Bagnall, Early Christian Books in Egypt. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2009. Christian manuscripts discovered in the Egyptian desert have supplied students...
- Book Review: Early Christian Books In Egypt
bookreviews.org (review by Larry W. Hurtado) Thanks to the What's New in Papyrology blog for pointing to this link. Bagnall, Roger S. Early Christian Books in Egypt Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Originating in a set of lectures delivered...
- The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Lxxi (online Preview)
What's New in Papyrology The following post comes from the above blog focusing on “recent publications of papyri & ostraca 4th BC-8th AD; conferences, lectures etc”. If this field is of interest, this is a very good site to bookmark. Saturday,...
- Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/63063Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for this article from 14th February, which I missed:"Three BYU professors have uncovered mysteries in ancient Egyptian writings aided by new technology that allows people to see inscriptions...
- More On The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/features/hype.php An article which describes some of the responses to The Independent's article about the Oxyrhynchus papyri: "Unearthed from centuries-old garbage dumps in central Egypt in the late 19th century,...
Egypt
Book Review: Greetings in the Lord
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (review by Roberta Mazza)
AnneMarie Luijendijk, Greetings in the Lord: Early Christians and the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Harvard Theological Studies 60. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Divinity School, 2008.
The city of Oxyrhynchus has attracted the attention of scholars in early Christian studies since the first archaeological season of Grenfell and Hunt on the site (1896-1897), which, amongst others, brought into light the Greek original of what came to be known about fifty years later as the Gospel of Thomas (P. Oxy. I, 1). From that moment onwards the ancient rubbish heaps of the city have given to us a wide range not only of Christian literature, but also of documents -- such as letters, lists and contracts -- relating to the everyday life of Christians and Christian institutions in that city and its neighbourhood.
AnneMarie Luijendijk's "Greetings in the Lord" is an updated and well-structured presentation of the papyrological material relating to early Christianity from the site. The book, mainly addressed to students and scholars in early Christian studies, is divided into three parts ("Meeting Christians at the Marketplace"; "Papa Sotas, Bishop of Oxyrhynchus"; "Legal matters and Government Dealings"), preceded by a general introduction ("Destination Oxyrhynchus: Historical Detective Work in the Footsteps of Monks and Papyrologists") and ended by a concluding chapter ("Early Christians in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri: New Voices in Ancient History").
- Book Review: Early Christian Books In Egypt
Scholia Reviews (Review by Jonathan More) Scholia Reviews ns 19 (2010) 1. Roger S. Bagnall, Early Christian Books in Egypt. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2009. Christian manuscripts discovered in the Egyptian desert have supplied students...
- Book Review: Early Christian Books In Egypt
bookreviews.org (review by Larry W. Hurtado) Thanks to the What's New in Papyrology blog for pointing to this link. Bagnall, Roger S. Early Christian Books in Egypt Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Originating in a set of lectures delivered...
- The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Lxxi (online Preview)
What's New in Papyrology The following post comes from the above blog focusing on “recent publications of papyri & ostraca 4th BC-8th AD; conferences, lectures etc”. If this field is of interest, this is a very good site to bookmark. Saturday,...
- Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/63063Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for this article from 14th February, which I missed:"Three BYU professors have uncovered mysteries in ancient Egyptian writings aided by new technology that allows people to see inscriptions...
- More On The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/features/hype.php An article which describes some of the responses to The Independent's article about the Oxyrhynchus papyri: "Unearthed from centuries-old garbage dumps in central Egypt in the late 19th century,...