John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (397-407), is considered one of the most important Christian preachers. He was nicknamed 'the golden-mouthed' because of his interpretations of biblical passages and his moral teachings. His homilies on various biblical books are considered his most valuable works.

For his dissertation, Dr. Peter J. Montoro examined manuscripts of Chrysostom's sermons on Paul's letter to the Romans. Using digital tools, he has been able to shed light on the history of the tradition with unprecedented precision. ‘Nobody who deals with the evaluation of New Testament quotations in the context of New Testament textual criticism will be able to ignore these observations and conclusions in future,’ says Prof Strutwolf, Director of INTF.

On 14 April at 6 p.m., Montoro will present the conclusions for New Testament textual criticism that result from his investigations into the evaluation of Pauline citations in Chrysostom. External listeners are also welcome to attend the lecture ‘Counting with Coherence: Why Commentary Manuscripts should be included systematically in the “Liste” and treated distinctively in the ECM’ in the INTF meeting room (Pferdegasse 1).