The effects of the Antonine plague in the later half of the second century (ca. 165-190s CE) were far reaching. It is commonly accepted...

P.Fam.Tebt. 15. British Library Papyrus 1885 (ca. 114 CE) It has been a common statement for scholars to claim that the autographs of th...

In the midst of discussing a textual reading at John 1:28 in his "Commentary on John" Origen of Caesarea (ca. 184 - 253 CE) wax...

Brian J. Wright has published an excellent book that covers, quite exhaustively, communal reading events in the first century; Communal R...

Click to Play YouTube Video Here is an interview that I had with Stephen Boyce of City Light Church. We talked about my chapter ...

The September 2019 issue of JETS published my review of Matthew Larsen. "Gospels Before the Book." New York: Oxford University ...

Ancient writings were largely circulated within communities through copying and distributing, with no legal copyright or formal system ...