Sabbath Work/Sabbath Rest: Genesis, Thomas, John

Droge talks about the Papyrus Bodmer III. The ancient codex contains the Coptic text of the Gospel of John together with the first three chapters of the book of Genesis. Erratic orthography and numerous errors and corrections indicate that the manuscript was copied privately and that it was not the product of a scriptorium. Unfortunately, there is no satisfactory information about the manuscript's provenance. All that is known is that Papyrus Bodmer III was part of a lot of Greek and Coptic manuscripts acquired together. More precisely, Droge argues that the Gospel of John-especially in its Genesis exegesis, manipulates a limited number of texts and symbols in order to create an entirely new world (of meaning).