Re: EES statement on Obbink
Al Schlaf <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:23:35 -0400
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Why isn't this SOB Obbink in jail? ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Spinti" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:00:57 AM Subject: Re: [CLASSICS-L] EES statement on Obbink A couple more updates: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrentnongbri.com%2F2019%2F10%2F14%2Fhow-many-oxyrhynchus-papyri-have-been-sold%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cclassics-l%40lsv.uky.edu%7Ce4a7113c805744e30b6308d7519ccbe1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637067606186417398&sdata=0soGU%2B5NEIQ7D1KhWGH5eZ0o%2BRxo3FCLSDpCe%2Bh7Sd8%3D&reserved=0 Safelinks avoidance: https://brentnongbri [.] com/2019/10/14/how-many-oxyrhynchus-papyri-have-been-sold/ https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fhobby-lobby-scandal-widens-as-museum-of-the-bible-admits-oxford-prof-sold-illicit-papyri-to-green-family%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cclassics-l%40lsv.uky.edu%7Ce4a7113c805744e30b6308d7519ccbe1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637067606186417398&sdata=IEl1TNn%2Ft5Ox6gk2mDQ3zIWJSQoIRfVRjAlV%2BkjQ%2Buk%3D&reserved=0 Safelinks avoidance: https://www [.] thedailybeast [.] com/hobby-lobby-scandal-widens-as-museum-of-the-bible-admits-oxford-prof-sold-illicit-papyri-to-green-family/ https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fevangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com%2F2019%2F10%2Fnews-museum-of-bible-helps-ees-recover.html&data=02%7C01%7Cclassics-l%40lsv.uky.edu%7Ce4a7113c805744e30b6308d7519ccbe1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637067606186417398&sdata=QzHXwbLc7A29k3HgTEu1OdjSOwrv3QWm3odiu7UGGak%3D&reserved=0 Safelinks avoidance: http://evangelicaltextualcriticism [.] blogspot [.] com/2019/10/news-museum-of-bible-helps-ees-recover [.] html James _______________________ James Spinti Marketing, Eisenbrauns, An imprint of PSU Press [email protected] Web: http://www [.] eisenbrauns [.] org Phone: 260-445-3118 > On Oct 14, 2019, at 3:31 PM, david meadows <[email protected]> wrote: > > Something has been afoot for quite a while ... I the last.month or so he > was stripped of membership from the papyrologist set > > On Mon., Oct. 14, 2019, 4:26 p.m. Susan O. Shapiro, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Is it true? Is there reliable evidence that he did this? If it is true, >> it is quite shocking. >> >> >> >> Sue >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Susan O. Shapiro >> >> Associate Professor of History and Classics >> >> Utah State University >> >> Senior Editor, Mediterranean Studies >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/14/19, 12:56 PM, "Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group on >> behalf of david meadows" <[email protected] on behalf of >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I've long been wondering if he was working alone in this .... >> >> >> >> On Mon., Oct. 14, 2019, 2:53 p.m. Diana Wright, < >> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> What does he have to do to get arrested? >> >>> >> >>> DW >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 10/14/2019 12:15 PM, Dimitri Nakassis wrote: >> >>>> This statement was just released today: >> >>>> >> >>> >> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ees.ac.uk%2Fnews%2Fprofessor-obbink-and-missing-ees-papyri&data=02%7C01%7Cclassics-l%40lsv.uky.edu%7Ce4a7113c805744e30b6308d7519ccbe1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637067606186417398&sdata=Zv9Vm8tTo3k4zfDU4F4rESGVgRlwzugRRmQNrLmoLCA%3D&reserved=0 >> >>>> >> >>>> The highlights (MOTB = Museum of the Bible; EES = Egypt Exploration >> >>>> Society; emphases mine): >> >>>> >> >>>> With the help of photographs provided by the MOTB, the EES has so >> far >> >>>>> identified thirteen texts from its collection, twelve on papyrus >> and >> >>> one on >> >>>>> parchment, all with biblical or related content, which are >> currently >> >>> held >> >>>>> by the MOTB (see the attached list). *These texts were taken >> without >> >>>>> authorisation from the EES* ... >> >>>> >> >>>> *The MOTB has informed the EES that 11 of these pieces came into >> its care >> >>>>> after being sold to Hobby Lobby Stores by Professor Obbink*, most >> of >> >>> them >> >>>>> in two batches in 2010. >> >>>> >> >>>> This is really bad. >> >>>> >> >>>> Dimitri Nakassis >> >>> >> >> >>