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An exercise in bibliographical history, tracing the provenance of the Bodmer Papyri, one of the key collections of manuscripts relating to the New Testament.
The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted author James Robinson with tracking down the place where the Nag Hammadi Codices had been discovered. Priests whom the author interviewed in the region told Robinson that the codices had once been in the possession of a priest in the town of Dishna, a bit further upstream than Nag Hammadi itself. Robinson found that this priest had not had the Nag Hammadi Codices but rather the Bodmer Papyri. For Dishna is where the monastery headquarters of the first monastic order was located. The Bodmer Papyri discovery consisted of all that was left of the library of the Pachomian monastic order: Coptic letters of Pachomius and very early Greek copies of Luke and John, perhaps donated when Athanasius was in hiding at the monastery. These treasures were preserved in a jar hidden in the mountain where monks were buried. This book traces the story of the Bodmer Papyri from beginning to end.
The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted author James Robinson with tracking down the place where the Nag Hammadi Codices had been discovered. Priests whom the author interviewed in the region told Robinson that the codices had once been in the possession of a priest in the town of Dishna, a bit further upstream than Nag Hammadi itself. Robinson found that this priest had not had the Nag Hammadi Codices but rather the Bodmer Papyri. For Dishna is where the monastery headquarters of the first monastic order was located. The Bodmer Papyri discovery consisted of all that was left of the library of the Pachomian monastic order: Coptic letters of Pachomius and very early Greek copies of Luke and John, perhaps donated when Athanasius was in hiding at the monastery. These treasures were preserved in a jar hidden in the mountain where monks were buried. This book traces the story of the Bodmer Papyri from beginning to end.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 224
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
28 February 2013
Trim Size: 9.02 X 5.98 in
ISBN: 9780227172780
Format: Paperback
Only James M. Robinson - based largely on first-hand experience - could recall, review, and evaluate the intricate details of the discovery and collection of the Dishna papers, which became part of the 'Bodmer Papyri'. In a detective-like fashion, he traces the complex history of this sizable collection, utilizing conversations, letters, and reports from native discoverers, Egyptian antiquities dealers, collectors of manuscripts, museum curators and conservators, as well as papyrologists, Coptologists, and editors of Greek, Latin, and Coptic texts. This history can never again be retrieved, and Robinson's account will serve all future generations.
— Eldon Jay Epp, author of Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism
To this huge advance in our knowledge of Christian-Coptic 'Gnosticism' [Robinson] has now added the story of his involvement with the puzzles posed by the Greek and Coptic Bodmer Papyri (BP) and their contribution to other parts of early Christian literature and history [...] No one is better qualified to unravel them. Robinson has written a very readable and detailed account.
— J. Lionel North
There are two main aims to the book. The first is to produce evidence that manuscripts from a number of other collections, including the Chester Beatty Library, are part of the same find as nearly all the Bodmer papyri. The second is to argue that this find was made in the neighbourhood of Dishna and that it represents the library of a Pachomian monastery.
— David Parker, University of Birmingham
... this book is an important contribution to understanding one of the most significant manuscript discoveries of the twentieth century. [...] The volume will be of particular interest to New Testament textual critics and those interested in early Christian Coptic history.
— Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh
— Eldon Jay Epp, author of Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism
To this huge advance in our knowledge of Christian-Coptic 'Gnosticism' [Robinson] has now added the story of his involvement with the puzzles posed by the Greek and Coptic Bodmer Papyri (BP) and their contribution to other parts of early Christian literature and history [...] No one is better qualified to unravel them. Robinson has written a very readable and detailed account.
— J. Lionel North
There are two main aims to the book. The first is to produce evidence that manuscripts from a number of other collections, including the Chester Beatty Library, are part of the same find as nearly all the Bodmer papyri. The second is to argue that this find was made in the neighbourhood of Dishna and that it represents the library of a Pachomian monastery.
— David Parker, University of Birmingham
... this book is an important contribution to understanding one of the most significant manuscript discoveries of the twentieth century. [...] The volume will be of particular interest to New Testament textual critics and those interested in early Christian Coptic history.
— Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh
Preface
Part One
Introduction
1 The Bodmer Papyri
2 Bodmer Papyri in the Chester Beatty Library Part Two
3 Mississippi, Cologne, Barcelona
4 The Dishna Papers
5 The Pachomian Library
Appendix 1: The Pachomian Monastic Library at the Chester Beatty Library and the Bibliothèque Bodmer
Appendix 2: List of Papyrus Bodmer Publications Collectors, Dealers, Scholars, and Institutes
Glossary of Technical Terms
Bibliography
Index of Names
Part One
Introduction
1 The Bodmer Papyri
2 Bodmer Papyri in the Chester Beatty Library Part Two
3 Mississippi, Cologne, Barcelona
4 The Dishna Papers
5 The Pachomian Library
Appendix 1: The Pachomian Monastic Library at the Chester Beatty Library and the Bibliothèque Bodmer
Appendix 2: List of Papyrus Bodmer Publications Collectors, Dealers, Scholars, and Institutes
Glossary of Technical Terms
Bibliography
Index of Names