2016/09/16 by Brent Nongbri · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Linguistic Studies #Biblical Studies and Interpretation #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
paper · doi:10.1163/15685365-12341535
openalex publication_date 2016/09/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The construction of the so-called Bodmer Composite or Miscellaneous codex has been an ongoing problem since the publication of its constituent parts began in the 1950s. A recent inspection of high resolution digital images of P.Bodmer viii shows compellingly that this portion of the codex had more than one phase of use, was originally part of a separate codex, and was only later removed and joined to the other sections of the Bodmer “composite” codex. The New Testament manuscript known as P72 (P.Bodmer vii + P.Bodmer viii ) is thus a codicological unity only in a secondary sense.