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How Computers Are Changing the New Testament
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Location: Cooper Conference Room, Erdman Hall
Study of the ancient copies of the Gospels and comparison of their texts is going through a revolution. New critical theories and the introduction of computer software are changing the ways scholars work and think. This presentation of a series of new electronic editions of the Gospel of John describes these changes, and explores their effect on readers and students of the text.
Seminar Leaders
Bruce Morrill, David Parker, and Ulrich Schmid are making a series of editions of the Gospel of John in paper and electronic formats for the International Greek New Testament Project at the University of Birmingham, U.K. Morrill studied at Kansas State University and Harding University Graduate School in Memphis, where his dissertation under Carroll Osburn treated Greek manuscripts of 1 Corinthians. Parker studied at both St. Andrews and Cambridge, and has taught in Birmingham since 1985. His writings include a monograph on Codex Bezae (1992) and The Living Text of the Gospels (1997). Schmid studied at the Universities of Tübingen and Münster and has taught at the Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel. His publications include books on Marcion’s Pauline text (1995) and the medieval Gospel harmonies (2005). For more information, visit http://www.itsee.bham.ac.uk.
Audience: Theological librarians, students of religion and library science, computer support professionals, seminarians, ministry professionals, and church leaders: also for those interested in personal enrichment.
Registration Fee: This event is free and open to the public.
Contact Hours: 1.5
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“The creation of electronic
forms…will influence
the very concept of ‘sacred
text,’ and of such a text’s
role within the community
that uses it.”
—David Parker
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