ERC Advanced Grants

I just learned of two new ERC Advanced Grants that are relevant here:

Mladen Popović (University of Groningen), "Tracing Scribes and Scrolls." This project aims to use analytical chemistry, artificial intelligence, and palaeography to determine where the Dead Sea Scrolls were produced.

Hugh Houghton (University of Birmingham), "Exegetical Manuscripts and the Greek New Testament." This project aims to study a number of commentaries on the New Testament as new evidence for the text of the Bible.

Congratulations both Mladen and Hugh for these well-earned awards, and good luck on accomplishing these challenging aims!

Conference on the Ezekiel Papyrus

The recording of a recent conference on the famous Chester Beatty Ezekiel Papyrus (Ra 967) has been uploaded here. They have lots of interesting material about the purchasing and history of the papyrus, as well as some discussions of its format and text.