Two Notes on the Papyri of the Shepherd of Hermas and Its Egyptian Transmission

This short article calls into question a long standing assumption concerning the Egyptian circulation of the Shepherd of Hermas which was based on the reconstruction of P.Mich. 2.2.129, and the similar claim with regard to P.Bodmer 38. An additional note confirms that P.Berol inv. 6789 and P.Amh. 2.190 are not of the same codex, and offers a fresh argument that the same is true for P.Oxy. 15.1828 and P.Oxy. 15.1783, despite the fact that this has been suggested in older as well as more recent scholarship.status: publishe