ISAC Sponsored Projects
ISAC Sponsored Projects
The UT Papyrology Project
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Since 2013, ISAC has sponsored several trips to Oxford University, where under faculty supervision students work directly with ancient manuscripts in the Oxyrhynchus collection.
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This past summer, students had the following experiences:
I returned to the Weston library at Oxford to continue working on a Coptic fragment containing a conversation between Jesus and Andrew from an unknown text. I was able to use our department's digital microscope not only to take images of magnified letter forms, but also to use the microscope's ultraviolet light to make previously invisible ink significantly more visible.
I worked towards transcribing an Egyptian oracle, preserved on a fragmentary papyrus sheet from the 3rd century CE, in hopes of publishing a new edition. The prophetic text recounts the devastation caused by foreign kings and foretells their eschatological destruction.
I had the opportunity to closely examine papyrus fragment P.Oxy. XXXI 2603, a highly stylized Christian letter of recommendation from the fourth century CE. The ability to work with this fragment, in conjunction with access to other archival material in the Oxyrhynchus collection, has enabled me to further develop my research on letter of recommendation rhetoric in the Pauline corpus, particularly in 2 Corinthians 3.
Ostia Synagogue Mapping,Archaeology, and Preservation Project.
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UT-OSMAP is a long-term archaeological project directed by Professor Emeritus L. Michael White under the auspices of the Superintendency of Archaeology for Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome. After completing multiple successful seasons leading undergraduate and graduate students in excavations of Ostia’s synagogue complex, Dr. White is now preparing the final reports for publication.
The Early Manuscripts Electronic Library
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Through a donation of the Stokes Imaging Cradle (developed in Austin, TX), ISAC contributed to the EMEL project in its early days. Since then, the project has expanded, shedding new light on these fragile, early writings.
