Blumell and Wayment present a thorough compendium of all published papyri, parchments, and patristic sources that relate to Christianity at Oxyrhynchus before the fifth century CE. Christian Oxyrhynchus provides new and expanded editions of Christian literary and documentary texts that include updated readings, English translations--some of which represent the first English translation of a text--and comprehensive notes. The volume features New Testament texts carefully collated against other textual witnesses and a succinct introduction for each Oxyrhynchus text that provides information about the date of the papyrus, its unique characteristics, and textual variants. Documentary texts are grouped both by genre and date, giving readers access to the Decian Libelli, references to Christians in third- and fourth-century texts, and letters written by Christians. A compelling resource for researchers, teachers, and students, Christian Oxyrhynchus enables broad access to these crucial primary documents beyond specialists in papyrology, Greek, Latin, and Coptic.
I. Introduction
II. Christian Literary Papyri from Oxyrhynchus New Testament TextsExtracanonical TextsOther Christian Literary Texts
III. Documentary Papyri and Christianity at Oxyrhynchus Decian Libelli Christian References in Third-Century Documentary TextsChristian References in Fourth-Century Documentary TextsLetters Written by Christians from the Third and Fourth Centuries
IV. Patristic, Coptic, and Other Sources on Christians and Christianity at Oxyrhynchus
BibliographyScripture and Ancient Sources IndexManuscript IndexSubject Index
Lincoln H. Blumell is Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University.
Thomas Wayment is Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University.
Harvey B. and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award in Ancient Scripture (2016) - Winner
