{"id":6636,"date":"2006-05-30T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2006-05-30T11:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/libtest\/2006\/05\/30\/biblical_and_other_ancient_man\/"},"modified":"2006-05-30T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2006-05-30T11:59:22","slug":"biblical_and_other_ancient_man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/humansciences\/2006\/05\/30\/biblical_and_other_ancient_man\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblical and Other Ancient Manuscripts Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently trying to track down online images of ancient Christian and Jewish manuscripts.  I found quite a few imaging projects that are making ancient Mediterranean manuscripts more and more available to the scholar and layperson.  The briefly annotated list below highlights some of the more interesting sites I ran across.  (By the way, if anyone knows of any other good sites with images of ancient manuscripts, please let me know.  Thanks.)    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/lweb\/projects\/digital\/apis\/index.html\">APIS: Advanced Papyrological Information System<\/a>&#8211;&#8220;APIS is a collections-based repository hosting information about and images of papyrological materials (e.g. papyri, ostraca, wood tablets, etc) located in collections around the world.&#8221;  Browse and search the database.  <strong>Note:<\/strong>Search system gives you the option to &#8220;Show records w\/images first&#8221;.  The five collections immediately below are included in APIS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tebtunis.berkeley.edu\/\">Center for the Tebtunis Papyri<\/a>&#8211;UC Berkley collection from the town of Tebtunis Egypt.  &#8220;&#8230;largest collection of papyrus texts in the Americas.&#8221;  For images click on &#8220;The Collection&#8221; and &#8220;On-Line Exhibits&#8221; on the left-hand side of the page.<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> from 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD; administrative, legal, business, and religious documents; literary fragments (Homer, Xenophon, Pinder, Euripides) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scriptorium.lib.duke.edu\/papyrus\/\">Duke Papyrus Archive<\/a>&#8211;Very easy site to navigate.  Search or browse by topic or language.  Catalog records included with each image.<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> &#8220;1400 papyri from ancient Egypt.&#8221;  Includes Old Testament (used by christians), New Testament, and other early Christian manuscripts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/papyrus\/\">Princeton University Library Papyrus Homepage<\/a>&#8211;Scroll down the page and click on &#8220;Digital Images of Selected Princeton Papyri&#8221;.<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> administrative, religious, literary manuscripts in Greek (including New Testament), Latin, Egyptian, Coptic, Arabic <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.umich.edu\/pap\/\">University of Michigan Papyrus Collection<\/a>&#8211;Well-designed site with lots of information on ancient writing.  To see images click on &#8220;Exhibits&#8221; or &#8220;APIS&#8221; in menu bar at top..<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> Greek (including New Testament) and Latin papyri <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beinecke.library.yale.edu\/papyrus\/\">Yale Papyrus Collection<\/a>&#8211;Search Yale&#8217;s Papyrus Collection Database to view images.<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> many genres, many languages, many locations, many time periods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alpha.reltech.org:8080\/\">Biblical Manuscripts Project<\/a>&#8211;Purpose is to make &#8220;high quality images and transcriptions of important Bible manuscripts and early printed editions freely available through the Internet.&#8221;  Scroll down the page for descriptions and links to these excellent images.<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> New Testament, Old Testament, Hebrew Scriptures<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kchanson.com\/papyri.html\">Catalogue of New Testament Papyri and Codices 2nd&#8211;10th Centuries<\/a>&#8211;no images on this site but lots of links and a nice overview of major collections of New Testament manuscripts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csntm.org\/Manuscripts.aspx\">Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts<\/a><br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong>very sharp images of New Testament manuscripts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/163.1.169.40\/cgi-bin\/library?site=localhost&amp;a=p&amp;p=about&amp;c=PHerc&amp;ct=0&amp;l=en&amp;w=utf-8\">Herculaneum Papyri<\/a>&#8211;Search this database of papyri found at Herculaneum, Italy. <br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> Greek literary and philosophical documents<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rylibweb.man.ac.uk\/insight\/mancoll.htm\">University of Manchester Image Collections<\/a>&#8211;Amazing images, select &#8220;Rylands Genizah&#8221; for Hebrew documents or &#8220;Rylands Papyri&#8221; for Egyptian, Coptic, Arabic, Greek fragments (including classical authors and New Testament).  You must turn off your popup blocker.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csad.ox.ac.uk\/\">New Testament Gateway On-Line Images<\/a>&#8211;Very nice list of links to images on other web sites.  Try the &#8220;Codex W: Images of Mark&#8221; link for very readable images of a New Testament manuscript.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoa.org\/bible\/bible.pl\">Online Database of New Testament Manuscripts<\/a>&#8211;Search this database for location and description of New Testament manuscripts held in museums and libraries around the world.  This database does NOT contain any images.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/163.1.169.40\/cgi-bin\/library?site=localhost&amp;a=p&amp;p=about&amp;c=POxy&amp;ct=0&amp;l=en&amp;w=utf-8\">Oxyrhynchus Papyri<\/a>&#8211;Search or browse this database of papyri found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. <br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> from 1st century BC to 6th century AD, Greek papyri,wide range of genres including classical authors and New Testament<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usc.edu\/dept\/LAS\/wsrp\/index.html\">West Semitic Research Project<\/a>&#8211;Project at USC.  Click on the &#8220;Educational Site&#8221; link to go to images.<br \/><strong>Image Content:<\/strong> ancient religious documents including pages from Leningrad Codex and Dead Sea Scrolls<\/li>\n<p>   &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/library.temple.edu\/about\/directory\/stafflist.jsp?criteria=rowland&amp;type=name&amp;bhcp=1\">Fred Rowland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently trying to track down online images of ancient Christian and Jewish manuscripts. I found quite a few imaging projects that are making ancient Mediterranean manuscripts more and more available to the scholar and layperson. 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