Problems with the Original

Here is an interesting news story that has some analogies with textual criticism.

Aleppo Codex Reunion

After a 60-year separation, a small piece of the Aleppo Codex is being sent to be with the larger manuscript. Read the Haaretz article, here.

Towards the Fifth Edition of the UBS GNT

This is just to highlight an important presentation regarding the planned Fifth Edition of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament. The meeting is AM17-20 at the forthcoming Society of Biblical Literature congress in San Diego on 17 November this year. Time: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM; Location: Del Mar A - GH [Correction: Ort Convention Center 31A].

Free Access to SAGE Journals throughout November

On X-talk, here, James Pantou notifies that there is free online access to SAGE journals throughout November, after registration here.

Among the journals of particular interest are:

Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
The Expository Times

In the latter, for example, you can dowload the following items:

David Parker, "Textual Criticism and Theology" in Expository Times 2007 118: 583-589.

Book Review of Tommy Wasserman, The Epistle of Jude: Its Text and Transmission (CBNTS 43; Sweden: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2006. SEK 211. pp. xvi + 368 + xvi plates. ISBN 91—22 — 02159 — 0 )by Paul Foster in Expository Times, 5 2007; vol. 118: pp. 411 - 412.

In my opinion, this review is very well written :-)

IGNTP online editions temporarily unavailable

As noted in a comment to a previous post the IGNTP online editions are temporarily offline. Here is what Peter Robinson had to say:

"Some of the readers of this site may have noticed that the electronic editions linked to from www.iohannes.com -- that is, the electronic NT editions being made by ITSEE at Birmingham (www.itsee.bham.ac.uk) have not been functioning since early 1 November, 2007: over 24 hours, as I write. We apologize for this break in service. The editions are based on a University of Birmingham server, and we are currently seeking to identify and resolve the problem. We will try to fix this a s quickly as we can. Peter Robinson (co-director of ITSEE, with David Parker and Barbara Bordalejo)"

Having checked www.iohannes.com this morning, it appears to me that the problem relates strictly to the body of the Byzantine, Vetus Latina and Majuscule editions and not to the preliminary matter, which remains available.

One Hundred Fifty Thousand!

On Reformation day 2007, early evening, we welcomed our 150.000th visit to the ETC blog. A warm thank you to all our readers!