Scribes and Their Remains

Craig A. Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA.Jeremiah J. Johnston is the president of Christian Thinkers Society, USA.

• Editors Introduction AbbreviationsText as Artifact: An Introduction - Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaPart I: Scribes, Letters, and Literacy1. Longevity of Late Antique Autographs and First Copies: A Postscriptum - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA2. Greek Writ Plain: Village Scribes, Q, and the Palaeography of the Earliest Christian Papyri - Gregg Schwendner, Wichita State University, USA3. My Lord and Protector: Papyri and Skepe Patronage in Sirach and 3 Maccabees - Christopher J. Cornthwaite, Canadian Institute in Greece, Greece4. Hilarion’s Letter to His Wife, Child Exposure, and Early Christianity - Jeremiah J. Johnston, Houston Baptist University, USA5. Fetishizing the Word: Literacy, Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ian C. Werrett, St Martin’s University, USAPart II: Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian Scripture6. Signed with an “X”: Stauros and the Staurogram Among the Nomina Sacra - Benjamin R. Overcash, Macquarie University, USA7. New Light from the Papyri: The Sacred Background of Biblos in Matthew 1:1 - Michael P. Theophilos, Australian Catholic University, Australia8. The Early Papyri, “Gospel-Parallel” Variants, and the Text of the New Testament in the Second Century - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent Scholar9. Terms of Kinship from Usage in Everyday Language to Official Christian Life - Eleonora Angela Conti, University of Florence, Italy 10. Early Christian Rolls - Marco Stroppa, University of Florence, ItalyIndex