Midwestern partners with Green Scholars Initiative

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary officials have announced a partnership with the Green Scholars Initiative offering Midwestern’s ancient language students opportunities to research and publish their findings about one of the world’s oldest biblical texts that dates to the second century.

Over the next 10–12 years, Midwestern biblical language professors and students will research, analyze and publish information from the earliest Greek texts of the Book of Psalms, part of a collection known as the Bodmer Papyri.

Midwestern’s research will begin with the Papyrus Bodmer 24 (P24), which was officially presented to Midwestern by Green Collection director Scott Carroll during the seminary’s Feb. 2 faculty meeting. Midwestern subsequently will receive one papyrus leaf of the text from Psalms 17–119 approximately every two months until all 50 leaves are completed. This papyrus is approximately dated to the late second century.