Origin Stories: A Forum on the “Discovery” and Interpretation of First-Millennium Manuscripts. June 22, 2018August 5, 2018 Introduction – Jennifer Barry (University of Mary Washington) and Eva Mroczek (UC Davis) Cluster #1 Årstein Justnes (University of Agder, Norway) – Fragments for Sale: Dead Sea Scrolls Kipp Davis (Trinity Western University) – Gleaning from the Cave of Wonders? Fragments, Forgeries and “Biblicism” in the Dead Sea Scrolls Eva Mroczek (UC Davis) – Batshit Stories: New Tales of Discovering Ancient Texts Cluster #2 Tommy Wasserman (Ansgar Teologiske Høgskole) – Simonides’ New Testament Papyri: Their Production and Purported Provenance Roberta Mazza (University of Manchester) – “Property of a gentleman”: The market of ancient manuscripts and the problem of provenance Nicola Denzey Lewis (Claremont Graduate University) – (Still) Rethinking the Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices Cluster #3 Nils Hallvard Korsvoll (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) – Seeing the forest but Missing the Trees Samuel Collins (George Mason University) – The Staffordshire Hoard and the Distance of the Past Cluster #4 Daniel A. Hirshberg (University of Mary Washington) – Language Scattered, Treasures Revealed: Tibet’s First Millennium Manuscripts Alba Fedeli (University of Birmingham) – Collective Enthusiasm and the Cautious Scholar: The Birmingham Qur’ān
