The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri at Ninety: Literature, Papyrology, Ethics

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The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri at Ninety

Literature, Papyrology, Ethics

Edited by: Garrick Vernon Allen , Usama Ali Mohamed Gad , Kelsie Gayle Rodenbiker , Anthony Philip Royle and Jill Unkel

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Volume 10 | Manuscripta Biblica

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Despite the significant work carried out on the text, transmission, materiality, and scribal habits preserved in the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri since their acquisition by Beatty ninety years ago in 1931, these early copies of Jewish scripture and the New Testament have, for the most part, belonged primarily to textual critics. The goal of this book is to resituate this important collection of manuscripts in broader contexts, examining their significance in conversation with papyrology as a discipline, in the context of other ancient literary traditions preserved on papyri, and in discussion with the intellectual and cultural history of collecting, colonialism, and scholarly rhetoric. The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, and other papyrological collection with which they are inextricably bound, remind us of the critical value of examining old manuscripts afresh in their historical, scholarly, and intellectual contexts. These studies are relevant for all scholars who work with manuscripts and ancient texts of any variety.

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G. Allen, K. Rodenbiker and A. Royle, Univ. of Glasgow; J. Unkel, The Chester Beatty, Dublin; U. Gad, Ain Shams University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Alfred Chester Beatty and his Biblical (and other) Papyri at Ninety Garrick V. Allen Open Access Download PDF	1
Papyrology in its Second Century, and the Chester Beatty Brian McGing Open Access Download PDF	7
Decolonizing the Troubled Archive(s) of Papyri and Papyrology Usama Gad Open Access Download PDF	19
The Bodmer Papyri and the Chester Beatty Daniel B. Sharp and Brent Nongbri Open Access Download PDF	37
An Old Story Retold: The Acquisition of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri Jill Unkel Open Access Download PDF	51
Reading across the Archives: Mining the Beatty Narrative Yii-Jan Lin Open Access Download PDF	83
Papyrology as an Art of Destruction Jennifer Wright Knust Open Access Download PDF	97
Scribal “Faithfulness” and the Text-Critical Imaginary Kelsie G. Rodenbiker Open Access Download PDF	107
The Threads that Bind: Evidence of the Early Codex Structure in Chester Beatty’s Papyri Kristine Rose-Beers Open Access Download PDF	121
Beyond Palaeography: Text, Paratext and Dating of Early Christian Papyri Tommy Wasserman Open Access Download PDF	143
The Papyri and the Septuagint: Chester Beatty Papyrus 967 and the Greek Texts of the Book of Esther Kristin De Troyer Open Access Download PDF	155
The Apocalypse of Elijah in the Context of Coptic Apocrypha Hugo Lundhaug Open Access Download PDF	161
Characterising Discipleship in the Fifth Manichaean Psalm of Heracleides: Women’s Participation in Late Antique Egypt Kimberley A. Fowler Open Access Download PDF	175
Manuscripts Index Open Access Download PDF	193
Ancient Texts Index Open Access Download PDF	195
Subject Index Open Access Download PDF	197

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May 8, 2023

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9783110781304

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May 8, 2023

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9783110781014

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Front matter:

6

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198

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25

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50

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4

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110781304

eBook ISBN: 9783110781304

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Philology; Colonialism; Social history; Manuscripts

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Scholars of the New Testament, Septuagint, history, ethics, colonialism, philology, cultural history

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