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Dating Ancient Manuscripts with Help from Modern Software


Dating Greek manuscripts by handwriting can be precarious, but a new method may put the results on firmer ground.

Pat Sanders

October 8, 2024

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Facsimile photo of Codex Vaticanus by Chandler Nick

The Changing Fortunes of Codex Vaticanus


Today, Codex Vaticanus is treated as a premier biblical manuscript. It was not always so.

An-Ting Yi

August 6, 2024

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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the earliest Bibles to include both testaments. Illustration by Peter Gurry.

How the Two Testaments Became One Bible


When production of two-testament Bibles began in the fourth century, the notion already had centuries of precedent.

Michael Dormandy

May 21, 2024

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A list of seventy different ways of writing the Greek letter epsilon in minuscule script. Source

Resources for Reading Greek Manuscripts


If you want to read Greek manuscripts, use these tools to demystify what looks like an alphabet soup.

Clark R. Bates

April 2, 2024

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Drawing of Jesus teaching in the synagogue by Gustave Doré (1832–1883). Illustration by Peter Gurry.

What’s the Big Deal about a New Papyrus with Sayings of Jesus?


A second-century date for a new Greek fragment with gospel material makes it unique among papyri.

Michael W. Holmes

September 13, 2023

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Greek and Arabic numerals. Illustration by Peter Gurry.

Scribal Blunders in Biblical Numbers


Different ways of writing numbers in Greek can be difficult both for ancient scribes and modern scholars.

Zachary J. Cole

November 21, 2022

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The Silos Apocalypse

A depiction of Rev. 12 in the Silos Apocalypse (11th c.). Add MS 11695

Revelation’s Place in the Greek Bible


The history of the Apocalypse in the Greek manuscripts reveals that its place at the end is not uniform.

Clark R. Bates

October 11, 2022

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Four Greek biblical manuscripts (Rahlfs 962, GA 2374, GA 01, and GA 1). Illustration by Peter Gurry.

Four Benefits of Reading Greek Manuscripts


Reading biblical manuscripts, even for beginners, brings history to life and promises untold surprises along the way.

Amy S. Anderson

September 6, 2022

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Codex Zacynthius

Multispectral imaging makes it much easier to read the undertext in purple (bottom) that had been scraped off to make way for the overtext in black (top). Images from Cambridge University Library

Recovering an Erased Gospel


How the earliest Greek New Testament commentary manuscript has been restored by modern imaging techniques

H. A. G. Houghton

May 17, 2022

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A collage of those involved in the First-Century Mark story

Key figures from the “First-Century Mark” story. Illustration by Josh Koch. Wikipedia

Taking Stock of the “First-Century Mark” Saga


What can we learn from the overzealous excitement about the earliest known copy of our earliest Gospel?

Elijah Hixson

January 25, 2022

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