14th Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism

Hugh Houghton sends word that the call for papers it out for the next Birmingham Colloquium. I wish I could say I have been to one of these but I’ve never been able to make it. I’ve heard they’re wonderful and I have certainly benefitted from many of the published papers over the years. 

Details

The call for papers for the 14th Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament is now open.

The colloquium will be held in Birmingham from 9th to 11th April 2025. It is in conjunction with the AHRC-DFG GALaCSy project, currently investigating the earliest translations of the Pauline Epistles.

The topic of the Colloquium will therefore be The Pauline Epistles, with particular focus on the ancient translations. Proposals are invited for papers of around 25 minutes on this topic. A title and brief abstract should be sent to colloquium@contacts.bham.ac.uk by Wednesday 18th December 2024. It is expected that presenters will be there in person, although we hope to broadcast papers on Zoom as in 2023.

The selection will be announced and booking will open early in 2025. For more information, please see the news page at: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/birmingham-colloquium-2025-call-for-papers

Coptic Text of the Pauline Epistles

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.