Ad fontes: Original Manuscripts and Their Signicance for Studying Early Christianity. Selected Essays (Texts and Editions for New Testament Study)

Cover
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Series......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
ISSN 1574-7085    ISBN 978 90 04 16182 5......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 18
CHAPTER ONE. ‘WHY AM I DOING WHAT I DO?’ INTRODUCING MY WORK ON MANUSCRIPTS AND ORDERING THE ESSAYS ACCORDING TO TOPICS AND APPROACH......Page 28
CHAPTER TWO. ‘PARCHMENT OR PAPYRUS?’:  SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WRITING MATERIAL WHEN ASSESSING MANUSCRIPTS......Page 40
Addenda......Page 47
CHAPTER THREE. AD FONTES—THE BENEFIT OF THE CONSULTATION OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AS FOR INSTANCE P.VINDOB.G 31974......Page 52
1. Editing Process and Description of P.Vindob.G 31974......Page 54
2. Other Variant Readings of the Original not Integrated in Critical Editions......Page 56
3. Notes on the Writing on the Fragment......Page 57
4. The Page Layout in Comparison with Other Papyri......Page 59
5. Result and Prospect......Page 62
Addenda......Page 65
CHAPTER FOUR. P.OXY. V 840—AMULET OR MINIATURE CODEX? PRINCIPAL AND ADDITIONAL REMARKS ON TWO TERMS......Page 74
1. P.Oxy. V 840—The Results from Palaeography......Page 76
2. Palaeography and the Question about the Use of P.Oxy. V 840......Page 80
3. Desiderata and Questions......Page 84
Addenda......Page 87
CHAPTER FIVE. P.VINDOB.G 2325: THE SO-CALLED FAYÛM-GOSPEL—RE-EDITION AND SOME CRITICAL CONCLUSIONS......Page 96
1. P.Vindob.G 2325—Description and History of Research......Page 97
2. Transcription and Discussion of the Fragment......Page 101
3. Reconstruction and Assessment of the Text (Preserved)......Page 107
Addenda......Page 110
P.Vindob.G 35835......Page 122
Palaeographical line-by-line commentary......Page 126
Remarks on content and purpose of the verso......Page 129
Addenda......Page 130
CHAPTER SEVEN. (IL)LITERACY IN NON-LITERARY PAPYRI FROM GRAECO-ROMAN EGYPT: FURTHER ASPECTS TO THE EDUCATIONAL IDEAL IN ANCIENT LITERARY SOURCES AND MODERN TIMES......Page 134
Addenda......Page 152
CHAPTER EIGHT. ‘SLOW WRITERS’— Bradeos grafontes (Grk). WHAT, HOW MUCH, AND HOW DID THEY WRITE?......Page 158
Addenda......Page 171
CHAPTER NINE. ‘UNEDUCATED’, ‘IGNORANT’, OR EVEN ‘ILLITERATE’? ASPECTS AND BACKGROUND FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF Agrammatoi (Grk) AND Idiotai (Grk) IN ACTS 4:13......Page 176
1. o idiotes (Grk) — its meanings and usages according to divergent sources......Page 178
2. agrammatos (Grk) — a hapax legomenon of the New Testament and how to come closer to its significance
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3. Idiotai ... kai agrammatoi (Grk) : Aspects of social status and position?......Page 184
4. A hendiadys in the phrase under discussion in Acts 4:13?......Page 186
5. Acts 4:13 in its context, and other helps for interpretation......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 190
Addenda......Page 191
(a) Codex Bezae and Acts 4:13......Page 192
(b) A hendiadys in the nearest and smallest context around Acts 4:13?......Page 193
CHAPTER TEN. JOHN 7:15B: ‘KNOWING LETTERS’ AND (IL)LITERACY......Page 198
Addenda......Page 208
1. The problem......Page 212
2. Esdras (Grk) and h lepth Genesis (Grk)-—objects of a reciprocal lending......Page 214
3. Socio-cultural remarks on the lending of books......Page 217
4. The lending process in P.Oxy. LXIII 4365......Page 221
Addenda......Page 224
1. The Problem......Page 234
2. Clarifications and Explanations of the Juridical Background of Phlm 19......Page 236
3. (Further) Evidence for a Juridical Diction......Page 241
4. Some Remarks about Onesimus’ State as a Slave......Page 243
5. The Context of Phlm 17–20......Page 245
Addenda......Page 247
1. A summary of the Proposals for Identifying the Fragments from Cave 7......Page 258
2.1 7Q5 = Mark 6:52–53 ( José O’Callaghan)......Page 261
2.2 Two other proposals for identifying the text (Maria Vittoria Spottorno)......Page 268
2.2.1 7Q5 = Zech 7:3c–5......Page 269
2.2.2 7Q5 = grEnoch 15:9d–10......Page 272
3. On ‘Identifying’ 7Q5—Assessment and Prospect......Page 274
Addenda......Page 276
New Testament......Page 288
Ancient Classical Authors and Texts......Page 290
MANUSCRIPTS (PAPYRI, OSTRACA, TABLETS ET AL.)......Page 292
INDEX OF (SELECTED) MODERN AUTHORS......Page 295
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 297