Papyrus 39
New Testament manuscript |
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Name | P. Oxy. 1780 |
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Text | John 8 † |
Date | 3rd century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Egypt |
Now at | The Green Collection |
Cite | Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XV, 1922, pp. 7-8. |
Size | 26 by 16 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | I |
Papyrus 39 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 39, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, it contains only John 8:14-22. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 3rd century. Written by professional scribe, in 25 lines per page, in large, beautiful letters. It has numbered pages.[1]
Don Barker proposes a wider and earlier range of dates for Papyrus 39, along with Uncial 0232, Papyrus 88 and Uncial 0206; and states that all four could be dated as early as the late second century or as late as the end of the fourth century.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.[3] 39 shows agreement with Vaticanus and 75.[1] There are no singular readings.[4]
Guglielmo Cavallo published its facsimile in 1967.[5]
The manuscript now resides in the Green Collection and is featured in its worldwide-traveling exhibition, Passages.
See also
References
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- ↑ Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 399-408.
- ↑ G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (1967), pl. 27.
Further reading
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External links
- Robert B. Waltz. 'NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri 39.'
- Text of the 39 with reconstructed lacunae
- Sotheby's