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.
Language:
English
Publisher:De Gruyter
Copyright year:2023
Audience:Scholars of the New Testament, Septuagint, history, ethics, colonialism, philology, cultural history
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