Biographical note: Renate Burri, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Although Ptolemy's Geography has attracted considerable interest among researchers in recent years, our understanding of its origins remains fragmented and unsatisfying. The present volume taps into the heretofore…
The present volume taps into the heretofore scarcely leveraged potential offered by a codicological and paleographic approach to reconstruct the history of Ptolemy's Geography. The author presents many of the work's manuscripts for the first time, and also provides a number of i…
Der Privatbesitz der kaiserlichen Familie (domus divina), der bisher vor allem auf der Grundlage epigraphischer und juristischer Testimonien erforscht worden ist, bildet ein Thema von wesentlicher Bedeutung für das Studium des byzantinischen Reiches. In diesem Rahmen stellen auc…
"Codex Alexandrinus is one of the three earliest surviving entire Greek Bibles and is an important fifth-century witness to the Christian Scriptures, yet no major analysis of the codex has been performed in over a century. In this book W. Andrew Smith delivers a fresh and highly…
In 'Numerals in Early Greek New Testament Manuscripts', Zachary J. Cole provides the first in-depth examination of the seemingly obscure, yet important topic: how early Christian scribes wrote numbers and why. While scholars have long been aware that Christian scribes occasional…
In 'Numerals in Early Greek New Testament Manuscripts', Zachary J. Cole provides the first in-depth examination of the seemingly obscure, yet important topic: how early Christian scribes wrote numbers and why. While scholars have long been aware that Christian scribes occasional…
"In 'Numerals in Early Greek New Testament Manuscripts', Zachary J. Cole provides the first in-depth examination of the seemingly obscure, yet important topic: how early Christian scribes wrote numbers and why. While scholars have long been aware that Christian scribes occasiona…
"This volume is a collection of newly compiled editions of papyrus texts, enhanced and elaborated studies on manuscript traditions, and new hypotheses on historical-cultural aspects of Greco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt. The writings are dedicated to Franco Maltomini, Professor at …