But, to bring it back to my original point: If there are such unpublished pieces, the majority of which probably have certain Oxyrhynchite provenance, why are editors choosing to publish pieces of dubious provenance in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri series? I’m genuinely curious.It's a good question. The questions about the no-longer-first-century Mark fragment just published in the series are helping to draw attention to it.
Dr. Nongbri has been posting a lot lately on the Oxyrhynchus papyri, so go have a look at his blog.
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