Craig A. Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA.Jeremiah J. Johnston is the president of Christian Thinkers Society, USA.

• Editors Introduction AbbreviationsText as Artifact: An Introduction - Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaPart I: Scribes, Letters, and Literacy1. Longevity of Late Antique Autographs and First Copies: A Postscriptum - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA2. Greek Writ Plain: Village Scribes, Q, and the Palaeography of the Earliest Christian Papyri - Gregg Schwendner, Wichita State University, USA3. My Lord and Protector: Papyri and Skepe Patronage in Sirach and 3 Maccabees - Christopher J. Cornthwaite, Canadian Institute in Greece, Greece4. Hilarion’s Letter to His Wife, Child Exposure, and Early Christianity - Jeremiah J. Johnston, Houston Baptist University, USA5. Fetishizing the Word: Literacy, Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ian C. Werrett, St Martin’s University, USAPart II: Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian Scripture6. Signed with an “X”: Stauros and the Staurogram Among the Nomina Sacra - Benjamin R. Overcash, Macquarie University, USA7. New Light from the Papyri: The Sacred Background of Biblos in Matthew 1:1 - Michael P. Theophilos, Australian Catholic University, Australia8. The Early Papyri, “Gospel-Parallel” Variants, and the Text of the New Testament in the Second Century - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent Scholar9. Terms of Kinship from Usage in Everyday Language to Official Christian Life - Eleonora Angela Conti, University of Florence, Italy 10. Early Christian Rolls - Marco Stroppa, University of Florence, ItalyIndex

Craig A. Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA.Jeremiah J. Johnston is the president of Christian Thinkers Society, USA.

• Editors Introduction AbbreviationsText as Artifact: An Introduction - Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaPart I: Scribes, Letters, and Literacy1. Longevity of Late Antique Autographs and First Copies: A Postscriptum - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA2. Greek Writ Plain: Village Scribes, Q, and the Palaeography of the Earliest Christian Papyri - Gregg Schwendner, Wichita State University, USA3. My Lord and Protector: Papyri and Skepe Patronage in Sirach and 3 Maccabees - Christopher J. Cornthwaite, Canadian Institute in Greece, Greece4. Hilarion’s Letter to His Wife, Child Exposure, and Early Christianity - Jeremiah J. Johnston, Houston Baptist University, USA5. Fetishizing the Word: Literacy, Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ian C. Werrett, St Martin’s University, USAPart II: Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian Scripture6. Signed with an “X”: Stauros and the Staurogram Among the Nomina Sacra - Benjamin R. Overcash, Macquarie University, USA7. New Light from the Papyri: The Sacred Background of Biblos in Matthew 1:1 - Michael P. Theophilos, Australian Catholic University, Australia8. The Early Papyri, “Gospel-Parallel” Variants, and the Text of the New Testament in the Second Century - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent Scholar9. Terms of Kinship from Usage in Everyday Language to Official Christian Life - Eleonora Angela Conti, University of Florence, Italy 10. Early Christian Rolls - Marco Stroppa, University of Florence, ItalyIndex

Craig A. Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA.Jeremiah J. Johnston is the president of Christian Thinkers Society, USA.

• Editors Introduction AbbreviationsText as Artifact: An Introduction - Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaPart I: Scribes, Letters, and Literacy1. Longevity of Late Antique Autographs and First Copies: A Postscriptum - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA2. Greek Writ Plain: Village Scribes, Q, and the Palaeography of the Earliest Christian Papyri - Gregg Schwendner, Wichita State University, USA3. My Lord and Protector: Papyri and Skepe Patronage in Sirach and 3 Maccabees - Christopher J. Cornthwaite, Canadian Institute in Greece, Greece4. Hilarion’s Letter to His Wife, Child Exposure, and Early Christianity - Jeremiah J. Johnston, Houston Baptist University, USA5. Fetishizing the Word: Literacy, Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ian C. Werrett, St Martin’s University, USAPart II: Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian Scripture6. Signed with an “X”: Stauros and the Staurogram Among the Nomina Sacra - Benjamin R. Overcash, Macquarie University, USA7. New Light from the Papyri: The Sacred Background of Biblos in Matthew 1:1 - Michael P. Theophilos, Australian Catholic University, Australia8. The Early Papyri, “Gospel-Parallel” Variants, and the Text of the New Testament in the Second Century - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent Scholar9. Terms of Kinship from Usage in Everyday Language to Official Christian Life - Eleonora Angela Conti, University of Florence, Italy 10. Early Christian Rolls - Marco Stroppa, University of Florence, ItalyIndex