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Religions, 2020
This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and ae... more This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and aesthetic cognitivism, a normative theory of the value of art. Arguing that manuscripts both contain and constitute works of art, we explore paratextuality as a phenomenon that connects manuscript studies to both qualitative and quantitative sides of aesthetic cognitivism. Focusing on our work with a single unpublished gospel manuscript (Dublin, CBL W 139) in the context of a larger project called Paratextual Understanding, we make that case that paratexts have aesthetic functions that allow them to contribute to the knowledge yielded by the larger literary work of which they are a part. We suggest a number of avenues for further research that engages with material culture, non-typography, paratexts, and the arts.
COMSt Bulletin, 2023
Studies Bulletin is the biannual on-line and print-on-demand journal of the European research net... more Studies Bulletin is the biannual on-line and print-on-demand journal of the European research network Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies. Born in 2009 as a European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme, the network has been affiliated to the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/) since 2016. Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin welcomes articles, project descriptions, conference reports, book reviews and notes on all topics connected with the written cultures of the Mediterranean Near and Middle East and related traditions or offering a comparative perspective. Contributions should be sent to Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies,
Classics, 2021
No abstract available
Religions, 2020
This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and ae... more This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and aesthetic cognitivism, a normative theory of the value of art. Arguing that manuscripts both contain and constitute works of art, we explore paratextuality as a phenomenon that connects manuscript studies to both qualitative and quantitative sides of aesthetic cognitivism. Focusing on our work with a single unpublished gospel manuscript (Dublin, CBL W 139) in the context of a larger project called Paratextual Understanding, we make that case that paratexts have aesthetic functions that allow them to contribute to the knowledge yielded by the larger literary work of which they are a part. We suggest a number of avenues for further research that engages with material culture, non-typography, paratexts, and the arts.
This paper seeks to look at how eschatology impacts Christian moral behaviour. Previously, schola... more This paper seeks to look at how eschatology impacts Christian moral behaviour. Previously, scholars have noted how eschatology has been used as a motivating force in provoking moral behaviour. I propose that a realised eschatology, the inaugurated Kingdom of God, impacts Christian ethics in a more theologically informed and practically equipped way. The Kingdom that Jesus established, based on the Kingdom given to the Son of Man in Daniel 7, provides numerous theological points that form a hermeneutic for the interpretation of Biblical Law (Halakhah). This becomes apparent when surveying the many case studies in the NT that help us understand how the Kingdom impacted the approach to the application of the Jewish Scriptures by Jesus and His apostles.
Book Reviews by Anthony Royle
Teaching Documents by Anthony Royle
Leaflet for the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Biblical papyri collection at the Chester Beatty... more Leaflet for the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Biblical papyri collection at the Chester Beatty. Part of the Leaflet Engagement with NT Manuscript project funded by the British New Testament Society.
Books by Anthony Royle
In the introductory volume to the first edition of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, a project ... more In the introductory volume to the first edition of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, a project funded by Beatty himself, Sir Frederic G. Kenyon concludes with a lengthy note of gratitude to his patron: Biblical students will not be slow to congratulate Mr. Chester Beatty on his extraordinary good fortune in acquiring this unique group of manuscripts, and to thank him for making them so fully available for their study. As editor, I can only express my gratitude to him for placing material of such fascinating interest in my hands just at the moment when I was free to undertake it, and my regret for the imperfections of execution which more competent scholars will no doubt discover.1 Although this statement is a stereotypical acknowledgement of funding and humility, it reflects a larger perspective that the guild owes collectors a debt of gratitude. This view that Beatty and the other large-scale collectors of that generation are ultimately responsible for the discovery, acquisition, and publication of the papyri remains largely intact in the popular imagination. Beatty is, after all, the one who purchased the material with his own funds, transported them to Europe, had Hugo Ibscher mount them in glass, brought them to London to be studied by Kenyon, paid for their publication, and eventually brought them to Dublin (along with the rest of his astounding collection) after the Second World War, finally leaving them upon trust for the use and enjoyment of the public to be housed in a museum that bears his name to this day. This is surely no insignificant series of events and, insofar as Beatty could have discharged his fortune in any way he saw fit, we might indeed be thankful that he spent his money on items that are so relevant to our field. The portrait of Beatty as a lone actor and generous benefactor to Biblical Studies and Papyrology, not to mention the other disciplines and the broader public that
Religions, 2020
This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and ae... more This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and aesthetic cognitivism, a normative theory of the value of art. Arguing that manuscripts both contain and constitute works of art, we explore paratextuality as a phenomenon that connects manuscript studies to both qualitative and quantitative sides of aesthetic cognitivism. Focusing on our work with a single unpublished gospel manuscript (Dublin, CBL W 139) in the context of a larger project called Paratextual Understanding, we make that case that paratexts have aesthetic functions that allow them to contribute to the knowledge yielded by the larger literary work of which they are a part. We suggest a number of avenues for further research that engages with material culture, non-typography, paratexts, and the arts.
COMSt Bulletin, 2023
Studies Bulletin is the biannual on-line and print-on-demand journal of the European research net... more Studies Bulletin is the biannual on-line and print-on-demand journal of the European research network Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies. Born in 2009 as a European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme, the network has been affiliated to the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/) since 2016. Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin welcomes articles, project descriptions, conference reports, book reviews and notes on all topics connected with the written cultures of the Mediterranean Near and Middle East and related traditions or offering a comparative perspective. Contributions should be sent to Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies,
Classics, 2021
No abstract available
Religions, 2020
This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and ae... more This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and aesthetic cognitivism, a normative theory of the value of art. Arguing that manuscripts both contain and constitute works of art, we explore paratextuality as a phenomenon that connects manuscript studies to both qualitative and quantitative sides of aesthetic cognitivism. Focusing on our work with a single unpublished gospel manuscript (Dublin, CBL W 139) in the context of a larger project called Paratextual Understanding, we make that case that paratexts have aesthetic functions that allow them to contribute to the knowledge yielded by the larger literary work of which they are a part. We suggest a number of avenues for further research that engages with material culture, non-typography, paratexts, and the arts.
This paper seeks to look at how eschatology impacts Christian moral behaviour. Previously, schola... more This paper seeks to look at how eschatology impacts Christian moral behaviour. Previously, scholars have noted how eschatology has been used as a motivating force in provoking moral behaviour. I propose that a realised eschatology, the inaugurated Kingdom of God, impacts Christian ethics in a more theologically informed and practically equipped way. The Kingdom that Jesus established, based on the Kingdom given to the Son of Man in Daniel 7, provides numerous theological points that form a hermeneutic for the interpretation of Biblical Law (Halakhah). This becomes apparent when surveying the many case studies in the NT that help us understand how the Kingdom impacted the approach to the application of the Jewish Scriptures by Jesus and His apostles.
Leaflet for the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Biblical papyri collection at the Chester Beatty... more Leaflet for the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Biblical papyri collection at the Chester Beatty. Part of the Leaflet Engagement with NT Manuscript project funded by the British New Testament Society.
In the introductory volume to the first edition of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, a project ... more In the introductory volume to the first edition of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, a project funded by Beatty himself, Sir Frederic G. Kenyon concludes with a lengthy note of gratitude to his patron: Biblical students will not be slow to congratulate Mr. Chester Beatty on his extraordinary good fortune in acquiring this unique group of manuscripts, and to thank him for making them so fully available for their study. As editor, I can only express my gratitude to him for placing material of such fascinating interest in my hands just at the moment when I was free to undertake it, and my regret for the imperfections of execution which more competent scholars will no doubt discover.1 Although this statement is a stereotypical acknowledgement of funding and humility, it reflects a larger perspective that the guild owes collectors a debt of gratitude. This view that Beatty and the other large-scale collectors of that generation are ultimately responsible for the discovery, acquisition, and publication of the papyri remains largely intact in the popular imagination. Beatty is, after all, the one who purchased the material with his own funds, transported them to Europe, had Hugo Ibscher mount them in glass, brought them to London to be studied by Kenyon, paid for their publication, and eventually brought them to Dublin (along with the rest of his astounding collection) after the Second World War, finally leaving them upon trust for the use and enjoyment of the public to be housed in a museum that bears his name to this day. This is surely no insignificant series of events and, insofar as Beatty could have discharged his fortune in any way he saw fit, we might indeed be thankful that he spent his money on items that are so relevant to our field. The portrait of Beatty as a lone actor and generous benefactor to Biblical Studies and Papyrology, not to mention the other disciplines and the broader public that