Dirk Obbink

Dirk D. Obbink (born 13 January 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American papyrologist and classicist. He was Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature in the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University until 6 February 2021, and was the head of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project until August 2016. Obbink was also a fellow and tutor in Greek at Christ Church Oxford,[1] from which role he was suspended in October 2019, as a result of allegations that he had stolen some of the Oxyrhynchus papyri and sold them to the Museum of the Bible.[2]

  1. ^ "Dirk Obbink: Associate Professor in Papyrology and Greek Literature". University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (9 January 2020). "A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2020.