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Working with Biblical Manuscripts (Textual Criticism)
7/27/2004
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: Heymans Lecture Hall - Main Building (Academiegebouw)
David Trobisch, Bangor Theological Seminary, Presiding
The Sociology of Ethiopian Biblical Scribal Communities Steve Delamarter George Fox Evangelical Seminary At the 2003 International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Cambridge, it was reported that the Ethiopian Orthodox church is, perhaps, the last Christian community in existence that uses hand-written manuscripts in its worship services. The subject arose in the context of discussion of a paper I delivered there on “sociological models for understanding scribal practices in the biblical Dead Sea scrolls.” This paper will report on an anthropological survey in Ethiopia in the spring of 2004 aimed at understanding the sociology of Ethiopian biblical scribal communities. The survey was supported by an Association of Theological Schools/Lilly research scholars grant and conducted in affiliation with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of the Addis Ababa University. The paper will report on: 1) the theoretical framework adopted for the study (based on elements of Peter Berger’s and Emile Durkheim’s theories on the sociology of religions); 2) the methodology employed in the survey; 3) an overview of the findings of the study; and 4) their possible relevance for understanding scribal evidence in the biblical Dead Sea scrolls. |
The Palaeography of Mark 6.3, 15.47 and Ancient Jewish Onomastics Bruce W. Griffin University of Oxford The texts of Mark 6.3 and 15.47 in NA/27 read Josetos, following Codex Vaticanus. But this reading is probably impossible: the name Josetos is unknown among ancient Jews. Codex Vaticanus appears to follow an ancient scribal error for Josepos, a name well-attested among ancient Jews. This paper will illustrate the ease with which tau and pi can be confused in certain ancient styles of handwriting. This scribal error appears to be quite old and has interesting consequences for Westcott-Hort’s theory of the origin of the Neutral text of the Gospels. |
P72 and the Bodmer Codex Tommy Wasserman Lund University P72 is the designation of one of the most significant and early textual witnesses of the New testament, containing the entire text of 1-2 Peter and the Epistle of Jude. However, these biblical texts are bound with other works into a single papyrus codex. Apart from studies focused on codicology and palaeography, scholars have normally studied only individual parts of the codex as textual witnesses for a particular work. In this paper attention will be drawn to several aspects of the codex such as codicology, palaeography, textual criticism and theology. |
Codex Boernerianus and Its Sister Manuscripts David Trobisch Bangor Theological Seminary G 012 and its allies may very well represent a second century edition of the Letters of Paul, which competed with the Canonical Edition of the New Testament. The paper will review the main arguments for this thesis and present new insights and observations made while working with the originals at libraries in Dresden, Paris, Cambridge, and St. Petersburg. |
