A Papyrus Fragment of the Gospel of John and What It Reveals about Ancient Religion
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The world first learned about the Willoughby Papyrus—a fragment of the Gospel of John in Greek (ca. 250–350 CE)—in January of 2015, when it appeared for sale on eBay in a no reserve auction. Within hours the listing caught the attention of scholars worldwide, who blogged about it and shared links to the auction on social media. The seller eventually cancelled the listing, and allowed the manuscript to be published, but the fragment itself remained inaccessible to New Testament scholars and interested members of the public. But it now resides in the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin and is on view with the Gutenberg Bible.
This talk by Dr. Geoffrey Smith held on Nov. 30, 2022 in the Prothro Theater at the Harry Ransom Center introduces the Willoughby Papyrus, details the curious circumstances of its discovery, and explores what it might teach us about religion in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Cosponsored with UT-Austin’s Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins and the Department of Religious Studies.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geoffrey Smith is currently serving as Director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (ISAC). He is an Associate Professor and Fellow of the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies. He received a PhD in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity from Princeton University in 2013. Smith is a scholar of the New Testament and Early Christianity whose research interests include Paul and the Pauline tradition, Patristics, orthodoxy and heresy, papyrology, and Valentinianism.
He has published two books: "Guilt by Association: Heresy Catalogues in Early Christianity" (Oxford University Press, 2015) and "Valentinian Christianity: Texts and Translations" (University of California Press, 2020). A third book, coauthored with Brent Landau, will be available in 2023: "The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate over Its Authenticity" (Yale University Press).
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The world first learned about the Willoughby Papyrus—a fragment of the Gospel of John in Greek (ca. 250–350 CE)—in January of 2015, when it appeared for sale on eBay in a no reserve auction. Within hours the listing caught the attention of scholars worldwide, who blogged about it and shared links to the auction on social media. The seller eventually cancelled the listing, and allowed the manuscript to be published, but the fragment itself remained inaccessible to New Testament scholars and interested members of the public. But it now resides in the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin and is on view with the Gutenberg Bible.
This talk by Dr. Geoffrey Smith held on Nov. 30, 2022 in the Prothro Theater at the Harry Ransom Center introduces the Willoughby Papyrus, details the curious circumstances of its discovery, and explores what it might teach us about religion in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Cosponsored with UT-Austin’s Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins and the Department of Religious Studies.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geoffrey Smith is currently serving as Director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (ISAC). He is an Associate Professor and Fellow of the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies. He received a PhD in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity from Princeton University in 2013. Smith is a scholar of the New Testament and Early Christianity whose research interests include Paul and the Pauline tradition, Patristics, orthodoxy and heresy, papyrology, and Valentinianism.
He has published two books: "Guilt by Association: Heresy Catalogues in Early Christianity" (Oxford University Press, 2015) and "Valentinian Christianity: Texts and Translations" (University of California Press, 2020). A third book, coauthored with Brent Landau, will be available in 2023: "The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate over Its Authenticity" (Yale University Press).
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