Along with Codex Tchacos (= the Gospel of Judas Codex), two other codices were found. One of these contained the Pauline Epistles. This codex was sold about a year and a half ago and has been sent to Augsburg to be restored by Gregor Wurst. Apparently, it is also Sahidic with considerable Middle Egyptian influence. A picture has apparently been published of one side of a relatively intact leaf of Colossians in Ink and Blood Dead Sea Scrolls to the English Bible. Is there anyone out there who can send me a scan of the photo from this publication? The pamphlet was created as part of a traveling exhibition. cha25 [a] cam.ac.uk
UPDATE: The text is written in Sahidic (although the vowels are not abbreviated) and preserves a text essentially the same as the circa 600 CE Chester Beatty Codex.
am I the only one whose eyes skipped over the "ch" in "Codex Tchacos" and immediately conjured images of hungry Mexican scribes? And could that be because it's 2:00PM here and so far I've missed lunch today?
ReplyDeleteSorry, off topic I know, I'm just always interested in the types of reading errors we make, wondering how it should or should not influence our evaluation of variants.
Maybe you would be interested in a juicy bite of the Hamburger papyrus.
ReplyDeleteI've a copy but unable to scan it at present - my apologies.
ReplyDeleteYou mention the MS having been sent to Augsburg, but has all of it been sent there?
(1) E. Muro is the owner of a few fragments purchased in 2006. See his webpage at http://www.breadofangels.com/geneva1983/paul/index.html
See also a small image on Bob Krafts "Pursuing Papyri and Papyrology by Way of eBay: A Preliminary Report" at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/papyri/ebay/report-2007/report-2007/report-frame.html
(2) There were at least 2 frgs. from Ferrini's estate being held in a bank vault in Akron
Hope this helps, if not my email is m.hamilton@campion.edu.au
Matthew
Further to my comment of this morning I checked the link to Ernest Muro's webpage - it nolonger works. A check of the webpage of Roger Pearse "The Coptic Ps.Gospel of Judas (Iscariot)" at http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/gospel_of_judas/ shows that Muro died over a year ago and his frgs. of Gospel of Judas, Exodus in Greek, and Pauline Epistles have been put on ebay for sale. I don't have any details yet if they have been sold or not or exactly where on ebay they are or were. If anybody has any details please advise.
ReplyDeleteMatthew Hamilton
m.hamilton@campion.edu.au
Matthew,
ReplyDeleteGregor Wurst gave a paper at the International Association of Coptic Studies Conference in Cairo this last summer, and revealed the details posted here. In my notes, I have written "~13 fragmentary leaves, Galatians and Colossians". Hans-Gebhard Bethge (Humboldt University, Berlin) is editing the text.
I think that these fragments were bought at an antiquities auction -- not on eBay, although I am aware of the eBay incident.
I am still in search of this photo. If anyone can send me a scan, I would appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteI now have a digital image. I hope to post on the nature of the text sometime soon.
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