Wesley Huff

So this is, this is the kind of work that I do in terms of trying to figure out, okay, you have these fragments, how big would have this codex actually been? How big would have the document been? And then, um, then you compare and you contrast them to say like, uh, non-Christian literature, like Thucydides or Tacitus or Pliny or Cicero or, um, Cassiodio, those kinds of guys.

And look at the differences between how these documents would have been put together and written in their day.

And look at the differences between how these documents would have been put together and written in their day.

And look at the differences between how these documents would have been put together and written in their day.

You know what's wild is when you actually get the chance, which I have a number of times, to actually handle the original documents.

You know what's wild is when you actually get the chance, which I have a number of times, to actually handle the original documents.

You know what's wild is when you actually get the chance, which I have a number of times, to actually handle the original documents.

No. You know why? We used to do that, but actually the oils in your hands are more abrasive than latex or even cloth.

No. You know why? We used to do that, but actually the oils in your hands are more abrasive than latex or even cloth.

No. You know why? We used to do that, but actually the oils in your hands are more abrasive than latex or even cloth.

No, sorry. I said that wrong. They're less abrasive. So it used to be that you always had to handle things with, you know, gloves. And nowadays we don't do that anymore.

No, sorry. I said that wrong. They're less abrasive. So it used to be that you always had to handle things with, you know, gloves. And nowadays we don't do that anymore.

No, sorry. I said that wrong. They're less abrasive. So it used to be that you always had to handle things with, you know, gloves. And nowadays we don't do that anymore.

Yeah. That's got to feel bizarre. I was at the, um, two summers ago, I was at the university of, uh, uh, And I was looking at a manuscript called P1 or Poxy 2, 1.2. And it's a beginning of the third century copy of the first page of Matthew's gospel. And when I requested access to it, they told me that the last person to request it was

Yeah. That's got to feel bizarre. I was at the, um, two summers ago, I was at the university of, uh, uh, And I was looking at a manuscript called P1 or Poxy 2, 1.2. And it's a beginning of the third century copy of the first page of Matthew's gospel. And when I requested access to it, they told me that the last person to request it was

Yeah. That's got to feel bizarre. I was at the, um, two summers ago, I was at the university of, uh, uh, And I was looking at a manuscript called P1 or Poxy 2, 1.2. And it's a beginning of the third century copy of the first page of Matthew's gospel. And when I requested access to it, they told me that the last person to request it was

was when Pope John Paul II came and visited the States and they pulled it out for him. So on the like, you know, the library when you used to like have to punch your name, write your name on the cards. Yeah. If there was a card. Yeah, that guy. So I made a facsimile of that one too. And that one is the, that's the genealogy of Jesus from Matthew's gospel. Wow.

was when Pope John Paul II came and visited the States and they pulled it out for him. So on the like, you know, the library when you used to like have to punch your name, write your name on the cards. Yeah. If there was a card. Yeah, that guy. So I made a facsimile of that one too. And that one is the, that's the genealogy of Jesus from Matthew's gospel. Wow.

was when Pope John Paul II came and visited the States and they pulled it out for him. So on the like, you know, the library when you used to like have to punch your name, write your name on the cards. Yeah. If there was a card. Yeah, that guy. So I made a facsimile of that one too. And that one is the, that's the genealogy of Jesus from Matthew's gospel. Wow.

Actually, you know what, Jamie, if you go up to the search bar and put CSNTM, those letters, csntm.org. So this is the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. So if you click Digital Manuscript Collection, So they go around the world and they try to digitize all the existing New Testament manuscripts to preserve them. And so you can actually see there on the side, you can click.