Table of Contents

Introduction — C. A. Evans and H. D. Zacharias

John P. Flanagan, "Papyrus 967 and the Text of Ezekiel: Parablepsis or an Original Text?"

Gregg Schwendner, "A Fragmentary Psalter from Karanis and its Context"

Thomas Kraus, "‘He that dwelleth in the help of the Highest': Septuagint Psalm 90 and the Iconographic Program on Byzantine Armbands"

Don Barker, "Another Look at Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1353?"

Scott D. Charlesworth, "Public and Private — Second and Third-Century Gospel Manuscripts"

Pamela Shellberg, "A Johannine Reading of Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840"

Peter Arzt-Grabner, "‘I was intending to visit you, but . . .': Clauses Explaining Delayed Visits and their Importance in Papyrus Letters and in Paul"

Annette Bourland Huizenga, "Advice to the Bride: Moral Exhortation for Young Wives in Two Ancient Letters"

Marianne Schleicher, "Transitions between Artifactual and Hermeneutical Use of Scripture"

Larry Hurtado, "Early Christian Manuscripts of Biblical Texts as Artifacts"

Stephen Reed, "Physical and Visual Features of Dead Sea Scrolls Scriptural Texts"

Eduard Iricinschi, "‘A thousand books will be saved': Manichean Manuscripts and Religious Propaganda in the Roman Empire"

Kirsten Nielsen, "The Danish Hymnbook: Artifact and Text"

David Chalcraft, "Some Biblical Artifacts in Search of a Sociological Theory"

Dorina Miller Parmenter, "The Bible as Icon: Myths of the Divine Origin of Scripture"

Peter M. Head, "Letter Carriers in the Ancient Jewish Epistolary Material"

Juan Hernández, "The Apocalypse in Codex Sinaiticus"v

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A fascinating collection of essays that builds upon the growing interest in manuscripts as artifacts and witnesses to early stages in Jewish and Christian understanding of sacred scripture.

About the Author

Craig A. Evans (Ph.D., Claremont) is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
H. Daniel Zacharias is a Lecturer at Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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*Journal of Ancient Judaism*

In this stimulating collection of essays scholars of varied disciplines investigate the material features of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures... since scholarly interest in the books and the book culture of antiquity has been on the rise, the present volume will find a receptive audience.
*Journal of Jewish Studies*