2018/01/03 by Clare K. Rothschild · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Byzantine Studies and History #Historical and Linguistic Studies #Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
paper · doi:10.1163/15685365-12341590
openalex publication_date 2018/01/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract Today scholarship has reached an impasse as to the origin of the well-known fragment published by L. A. Muratori. Approximately half accepts a second-century Roman provenance based on views held by, for example, Adolf von Harnack and Samuel Tregelles. The other half, following Albert C. Sundberg Jr., accepts a fourth-century Eastern provenance. This paper argues that the Fragment represents an attempt to provide a venerable second-century precedent for a later position on canon. The present essay restricts itself to three aspects of the debate: (1) initial discovery; (2) Fraternity Legend and Catalogue of Heresies; and, (3) historical settings in which such a text might have emerged.