BDAG Bibliography Expansion: Ancient Texts (8 vols.)

J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941) was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, before becoming professor of New Testament Greek at Johns Hopkins University and at Haverford College. Harris then taught theology at Leiden University. He spent much of his career in the Near East, collecting and translating rare manuscripts.

Edward Lee Hicks (1843–1919) was a scholar and priest. Raised by evangelical parents, Hicks was educated at Oxford , where then them served as a Fellow and a Tutor at Corpus Christi College at Oxford. He was Bishop of Lincoln From 1910 until his death in 1919.

George Francis Hill (1867–1948) was born to missionaries in India. He attended University College, London and the Merton College Oxford, becoming an expert in numismatics, the study of ancient coins. He served as the director and principal librarian of the British Museum from 1931–1936.

Edgar Johnson Goodspeed (1871–1962) was educated at Denison University and the University of Chicago. Goodspeed went on to become professor of biblical literature and patristics at the University of Chicago in 1894. Goodspeed’s works include The Twelve: The Story of Christ’s Apostles, Problems of New Testament Translation, and The Apostolic Fathers: An American Translation.

Ernest S. Roberts (1847–1912) was a classicist and academic administrator. He studied at Cambridge and later served as the vice-chancellor of the university. Roberts lectured in classics, comparative philology, and was a leading scholar of Greek epigraphy.

Ernest Arthur Gardner (1862–1939) was a British archaeologist. He served as the director of the British School in Athens, Greece between 1887 and 1895.

Ernest S. Roberts (1847–1912) was a classicist and academic administrator. He studied at Cambridge and later served as the vice-chancellor of the university. Roberts lectured in classics, comparative philology, and was a leading scholar of Greek epigraphy.

Ernest Arthur Gardner (1862–1939) was a British archaeologist. He served as the director of the British School in Athens, Greece between 1887 and 1895.

J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941) was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, before becoming professor of New Testament Greek at Johns Hopkins University and at Haverford College. Harris then taught theology at Leiden University. He spent much of his career in the Near East, collecting and translating rare manuscripts.

Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937) was born in the region of Mosul in about 1878. He was educated at the Syro-Chaldean seminary in Mosul, and ordained priest in the Chaldean Church. From 1902-1910 he was Professor of Syriac at Mosul. His wide scholarly output included many editions of hitherto unknown Syriac and Arabic texts. In 1913, on the invitation of J. Rendel Harris, Mingana came to England. In 1915, he was appointed to the John Rylands Library, Manchester as curator of oriental manuscripts, where he stayed until 1932, after which he moved to Birmingham as curator of the manuscript collection named after him.

J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941) was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, before becoming professor of New Testament Greek at Johns Hopkins University and at Haverford College. Harris then taught theology at Leiden University. He spent much of his career in the Near East, collecting and translating rare manuscripts.

Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937) was born in the region of Mosul in about 1878. He was educated at the Syro-Chaldean seminary in Mosul, and ordained priest in the Chaldean Church. From 1902-1910 he was Professor of Syriac at Mosul. His wide scholarly output included many editions of hitherto unknown Syriac and Arabic texts. In 1913, on the invitation of J. Rendel Harris, Mingana came to England. In 1915, he was appointed to the John Rylands Library, Manchester as curator of oriental manuscripts, where he stayed until 1932, after which he moved to Birmingham as curator of the manuscript collection named after him.

Josiah Gilbert Smyly (1867–1948) was professor of Latin at Trinity College, Dublin.