Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts

Alan Taylor Farnes, PhD. (2018), University of Birmingham (UK), is an independent scholar focusing mainly on New Testament textual criticism. He has published a monograph entitled Simply Come Copying (Mohr Siebeck, 2019) and articles in papyrology and New Testament exegesis.Scott D. Mackie, Ph.D. (2006) has taught at Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, and Fuller Seminary. He is the author of Eschatology and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Hebrews (Mohr Siebeck, 2007) and The Letter to the Hebrews: Critical Readings (Bloomsbury, 2018).David T. Runia, Ph.D. (1983), D.Litt. (2003), is Professorial Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University. He has published widely on the history of ancient philosophy, with a particular emphasis on the thought of Philo of Alexandria.

• List of TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAlan Taylor Farnes, Scott D. Mackie and David T. RuniaJames Royse: Scholar and Connoisseur of Manuscripts, Texts and LibrariesDavid T. RuniaThe Publications of James R. Royse 1976–2020Part 1 New Testament Textual Criticism1 In Defense of the UrtextAmy S. Anderson2 The Synoptic Problem and Lectio Brevior Potior: Does Brevity Suggest an Earlier Reading?Alan Taylor Farnes3 Evidence, Evaluation, and Edition: The Example of Acts 1:2: The Evaluation and Presentation of the Secondary Traditions and Approaches to Critical ReadingGeorg Gäbel4 Codex Sinaiticus’s Fourth-Century Corrections and the Andreas “Text Type”Juan Hernández Jr.5 Scribal Habits Applied: Six Examples from the Tyndale House Greek New TestamentElijah Hixson6 The Various Scribal Habits Behind SubstitutionsDirk Jongkind7 A New Light on Old Variants: Notes on the New Testament Text of Codex Ephraemi Syri RescriptusPeter Malik8 The Verso of MS 0188 (Berlin P. 13416) and the Text of Mark 11:17–25Cambry G. Pardee9 New Traces of an Old Text: The Corrections of Gregory-Aland 424 in the Book of ActsTommy WassermanPart 2 Studies on Philo of Alexandria10 The Scribes of Philo of Alexandria’s Oxyrhynchus CodexSean A. Adams11 Of Dreams and Editions: Emendations, Conjectures, and Marginal Glosses in David Hoeschel’s Copy of De Somniis 2Michael B. Cover12 Enduring Divine Discipline in Philo, De Congressu 157–180 and the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:5–17Scott D. Mackie13 The Late-Byzantine Philonic Treatise De mundo: Analysis of its Method and ContentsDavid T. Runia14 The Student Sharpens the Master’s Face: The Text of QE 2.62 ReconsideredFrank Shaw15 Philon als JuristFolker Siegert16 In Fragments: The Authenticity of the HypotheticaGregory E. Sterling17 The Conflation of Israel’s Past, Present, and Future in PhiloAbraham TerianIndex