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Oxyrhynchus - Wikipedia
"Since 1898, academics have collated and transcribed over 5,000 documents from what were originally hundreds of boxes of papyrus fragments the size of large cornflakes. This is thought to represent only 1 to 2% of what is estimated to be at least half a million papyri still remaining to be conserved, transcribed, deciphered and catalogued. The most recent published volume was Vol. LXXXVII, released on 31 August 2023."
Oxyrhynchus Papyri - Wikipedia
"The discovery of a historical work known as the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia also revealed new information about classical antiquity. The identity of the author of the work is unknown; many early scholars proposed that it may have been written by Ephorus or Theopompus but many modern scholars are now convinced that it was written by Cratippus.[14][15] The work has won praise for its style and accuracy[16] and has even been compared favorably with the works of Thucydides.[17]"
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" The author is a competent and most conscientious historian who derives his material from the best possible sources, makes an effort to interpret it impartially, and presents it clearly, but somehow lacks distinction in thought and style. He is a second-rate Thucydides, seeking to follow the narrative methods of his master without fully appreciating their subtlety."
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection contains around twenty manuscripts of New Testament apocrypha, works from the early Christian period that presented themselves as biblical books, but were not eventually received as such by the orthodoxy. These works found at Oxyrhynchus include the gospels of Thomas, Mary, Peter, James, The Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache. (All of these are known from other sources as well.) Among this collection are also a few manuscripts of unknown gospels.
The three manuscripts of Thomas represent the only known Greek manuscripts of this work; the only other surviving manuscript of Thomas is a nearly complete Coptic manuscript from the Nag Hammadi find.[26]
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Gospel of Thomas - Wikipedia
After the Coptic version of the complete text was discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, scholars soon realized that three different Greek text fragments previously found at Oxyrhynchus (the Oxyrhynchus Papyri), also in Egypt, were part of the Gospel of Thomas.[25][26] These three papyrus fragments of Thomas date to between 130 and 250 AD.
"Since 1898, academics have collated and transcribed over 5,000 documents from what were originally hundreds of boxes of papyrus fragments the size of large cornflakes. This is thought to represent only 1 to 2% of what is estimated to be at least half a million papyri still remaining to be conserved, transcribed, deciphered and catalogued. The most recent published volume was Vol. LXXXVII, released on 31 August 2023."
Oxyrhynchus Papyri - Wikipedia
Historiography
"The discovery of a historical work known as the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia also revealed new information about classical antiquity. The identity of the author of the work is unknown; many early scholars proposed that it may have been written by Ephorus or Theopompus but many modern scholars are now convinced that it was written by Cratippus.[14][15] The work has won praise for its style and accuracy[16] and has even been compared favorably with the works of Thucydides.[17]"
Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/706964
" The author is a competent and most conscientious historian who derives his material from the best possible sources, makes an effort to interpret it impartially, and presents it clearly, but somehow lacks distinction in thought and style. He is a second-rate Thucydides, seeking to follow the narrative methods of his master without fully appreciating their subtlety."
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection contains around twenty manuscripts of New Testament apocrypha, works from the early Christian period that presented themselves as biblical books, but were not eventually received as such by the orthodoxy. These works found at Oxyrhynchus include the gospels of Thomas, Mary, Peter, James, The Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache. (All of these are known from other sources as well.) Among this collection are also a few manuscripts of unknown gospels.
The three manuscripts of Thomas represent the only known Greek manuscripts of this work; the only other surviving manuscript of Thomas is a nearly complete Coptic manuscript from the Nag Hammadi find.[26]
That's a lot of interesting things to follow if I've got a mind to. How about you?
Gospel of Thomas - Wikipedia
After the Coptic version of the complete text was discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, scholars soon realized that three different Greek text fragments previously found at Oxyrhynchus (the Oxyrhynchus Papyri), also in Egypt, were part of the Gospel of Thomas.[25][26] These three papyrus fragments of Thomas date to between 130 and 250 AD.
