Late last year, the Egyptian Exploration Society grabbed headlines when it announced the publication of a new cache of ancient papyri from Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. The 87th volume of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri contained several pieces of interest to scholars of the New Testament and early Christianity. Among the newly published fragments were a vaguely “gnostic” speech … Continue reading Putting the New Papyrus of Jesus’ Sayings in Context