New article in TC Journal

TC, which has been somewhat out of commission for a while, appears to be back up-and-running, with a new article which some may find interesting:

Peter Head, The Gospel of Mark in Codex Sinaiticus: Textual and Reception-Historical Considerations

This was my paper from last year's SBL, as briefly noted here. By the way, I'm sorry about the lack of an "M." in my name (I shall see if I can do anything about that before my mum notices). This paper is not so much an argument, as a series of observations about the way Mark is (re-)presented in Codex Sinaiticus. The main issues of interest as I see them, none of which are particularly earth-shattering, are:

• the presentation of Mark in terms of 'openings' (rather than pages)
• the appearance and setting of Mark within a four-gospel collection
• the inexplicable variation in paragraphing practices
• the flexibility with which abbreviations (including, but not limited to nomina sacra) are deployed
• the number of singular readings which harmonise to Matthew
• the lack of observable theological-scribal Tendenz

If you are not bothered about the data, then the conclusions are on pp. 23-24.