Tag Archives: Hans Förster

Coptica Update: New Article on Coptic Manuscript Fragment (H. Förster, ZAC 16 [2013])

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Alin Suciu

The latest issue of the Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum features the article of Dr. Hans Förster (University of Vienna), “‘Siehe, Magier kamen aus dem Osten’: Eine Paraphrase der Magier-Perikope aus dem Matthäusevangelium (Mt 2,1-12).” If your university has a subscription … Continue reading →

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A Solved Riddle: The Authorship of a Coptic Encomium on the Archangel Gabriel

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Alin Suciu

In a previous blog post (August 2011), I drew attention to the editio princeps of P. Vindob. K 9670, a parchment leaf in Vienna which had been published by Hans Förster in a recent issue of the Zeitschrift für Antikes … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Christian Askeland on the Coptic Versions of the Gospel of John

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Alin Suciu

In earlier posts, Alin announced his discovery of several previously unidentified fragments of the Fayumic New Testament.  These discoveries are particularly exciting for those of us involved in the textual criticism of the New Testament. In 1874, the Bishop of … Continue reading →

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About Some Coptic Fragments on the Dormition of the Virgin

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Alin Suciu

(This post would have been impossible without the invaluable help of David Tibet, aka Anok Pe) My friend Hans Förster has recently published with Walter de Gruyter a volume that brings together a number of Coptic fragments on the Dormition … Continue reading →

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An Encomium on the Archangel Gabriel of Unknown Authorship

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Alin Suciu

In a recent issue of Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, Hans Förster published the editio princeps of P. Vindob. K 9670, a Sahidic parchment folio from the collection of the National Library in Vienna.[1] The fragment seems to come from an … Continue reading →

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