Bible as Notepad

Abstract

The present volume aims to provide a comparative look at the contents and layout features of secondary annotations in biblical manuscripts across manuscript traditions. These annotations, and the practices that produced them, have not received the attention they deserve. It is our hope that this collection of essays will display some of the vast richness that accompanies the biblical texts in the margins of the manuscript pages.Most of the collected articles were first presented at the conference "Bible as Notepad," held at MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, 10-12 December 2014.We would like to thank the series editors Patrick Andrist and Martin Wallraff and the publisher, Walter de Gruyterin particular Stefan Selbmann and Anett Rehner-for all of their work. We are grateful to Matthew P. Monger for co-organizing the conference from which many of the contributions were drawn, and to our editorial assistant, Per Kristian Saetre, for finalizing the bibliographies. Most of all, we are thankful to the contributors to the volume for the lively discussions in Oslo and all the efforts made to approach a still relatively unexplored and highly fascinating field from different, but converging perspectives.