Friday, May 31, 2024

Still more on the Crosby-Schøyen Codex

MORE ON THE CODEX'S CONTENTS: Crosby-Schøyen Codex: ancient Coptic manuscript reveals sermon that spurred violence against Jews (M J C Warren, The Conversation).

The article tells us that there are five texts in this Sahidic Coptic codex. We already knew it contains Jonah and 1 Peter. The article adds that it also has excerpts from 2 Maccabees and (the headline text) a copy of Melito's homily on Passover (Peri Pascha). The fifth text, unmentioned, is an otherwise unknown Easter sermon. For additional detains see here.

PaleoJudaica posts on the codex are here, here, here, and here (cf. here).

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