Digital Scholarship Seminar:

Hugh Houghton (University of Birmingham)

Editing the Greek and Latin New Testament in the Digital Age

Hugh Houghton, University of Birmingham

Editing the Greek and Latin New Testament in a Digital Age

Computer technology has transformed the editing of the New Testament. For the first time ever, it is possible to take into account all surviving manuscripts, as well as the indirect evidence of early translations and quotations. In addition, more and more of the evidence is becoming available online, which has stimulated a revival of interest in a field previously restricted to a handful of specialists. In this illustrated presentation, Hugh Houghton will introduce recent work including the new “Editio Critica Maior” of the Greek New Testament, the collaborative text-editing interface used by a range of international partners, and electronic resources such as the digital Codex Sinaiticus. There will also be a chance to discuss the impact of this new methodology on textual scholarship and the reception of the Bible.

Hugh Houghton is Reader in New Testament Textual Scholarship at the University of Birmingham and Deputy Director of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing. A classicist by training, he has spent over a decade working on the texual tradition of the New Testament. He is currently principal investigator of a five-year European-funded project on Pauline commentaries and led the Anglo-German “Workspace for Collaborative Editing” initiative. A committee member of the International Greek New Testament Project and a corresponding editor of the Vetus Latina Institute, he has advised or worked on digital editions of texts ranging from Magna Carta to the Qur’an. His publications include monographs on Augustine’s biblical text and the Latin New Testament, critical editions of biblical texts and manuscripts, and several edited volumes. See further http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/HAGHoughton

Seminars are open to all and conclude with discussion over lunch

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