Papyrus Exhibit
On April 9, 2013, Metropolitan Nicholas attended an Early Christians Texts Exhibit from the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection presented by Dr. Arthur Verhoogt at the St. Nicholas Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The University of Michigan Papyrus collection is the largest in the United States and the fifth largest in the world. With texts in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Coptic and Arabic, the collection dates from the 11th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D., incorporating a vast array of types of texts of great interest to scholars in fields as diverse as history, classical studies, religion, science and law. The 7 papyri (5 Greek and 2 Coptic) brought for display are fragments from the oldest manuscript of the Epistles of St. Paul, the Gospel according to St. Matthew and a document from the Decian persecution in the mid-third century A.D.
Read MoreThe University of Michigan Papyrus collection is the largest in the United States and the fifth largest in the world. With texts in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Coptic and Arabic, the collection dates from the 11th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D., incorporating a vast array of types of texts of great interest to scholars in fields as diverse as history, classical studies, religion, science and law. The 7 papyri (5 Greek and 2 Coptic) brought for display are fragments from the oldest manuscript of the Epistles of St. Paul, the Gospel according to St. Matthew and a document from the Decian persecution in the mid-third century A.D.
