Categories of New Testament manuscripts
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New Testament manuscripts are categorized into five groups.[1] This categorization scheme was introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier, Alexandrian manuscripts are category I while later, Byzantine manuscripts are category V.
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[edit] Description of categories
[edit] Category I
This category represents the earliest and best manuscripts. Fourth century and earlier papyri and uncials are in this category, as are manuscripts of the Alexandrian text-type. The manuscripts in this category are important when considering textual problems and are considered to be a good representation of the autograph.
[edit] Category II
The manuscripts in this category are similar to category I manuscripts, and are important in textual consideration of the autograph. However, the texts usually contain some alien influences, such as those found in the Byzantine text-type. Egyptian texts falls in this category.
[edit] Category III
The manuscripts in category III are important when discussing the history of the textual traditions and to a lesser degree for establishing the original text. The manuscripts usually contain independent readings, and have a distinctive character. f1, f13 are examples of manuscript families that fall within this category.
[edit] Category IV
Category IV contains the few manuscripts that follow the text of the Codex Bezae (D). These texts are of the Western text-type.
[edit] Category V
Byzantine and mostly Byzantine texts fall under this category.
[edit] Distribution of Greek manuscripts by century and category
See [Aland:159-162].
| I | II | III | IV | V | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | P52, P90 | ||||
| 200 | P32, P46, P64/67, P66, P77, 0189 | ||||
| 250 | P1, P4, P5, P9, P12, P15, P20, P22, P23, P27, P28, P29, P30, P39, P40, P45, P47, P49, P53, P65, P70, P75, P80, P87, 0220 | 0212 | P48, P69 | ||
| 300 | P13, P16, P18, P37, P72, P78, 0162, p115 | P38, 0171 | |||
| 350 | P10, P24, P35, 01, 03 | P6, P8, P17, P62, P71, P81, P86, 0185 | P88, 058?, 0169, 0188, 0206, 0207, 0221, 0228, 0231, 0242 | ||
| 400 | 057 | P19, P51, P57, P82, P85, 0181, 0270 | P21, P50, 059, 0160, 0176, 0214, 0219 | ||
| 450 | 02 (except Gospels), 0254 | P14, 04, 016, 029, 048, 077, 01722, 0173, 0175, 0201, 0240, 0244, 0274 | 02 (Gospels), 032, 062, 068, 069, 0163, 0165?, 0166, 0182, 0216, 0217, 0218, 0226, 0227, 0236, 0252, 0261 | 05 | 026, 061 |
| 500 | P56, 071, 076, 088, 0232, 0247 | P54, P63, 072, 0170, 0186, 0213 | |||
| 550 | P33+58, 06, 08, 073, 081, 085, 087, 089, 091, 093, 094, 0184, 0223, 0225, 0245 | P2, P36, P76, P83, P84, 06, 015, 035, 040, 060, 066, 067, 070, 078, 079, 082, 086, 0143, 0147, 0159, 0187, 0198, 0208, 0222, 0237, 0241, 0251, 0260, 0266 | 022, 023, 024, 027, 042, 043, 064, 065, 093 (Acts), 0246, 0253, 0265? | ||
| 600 | P26 | P43, P44, P55, 083 | P3, 0164, 0199 | ||
| 650 | P74, 098 | P11, P31, P34, P79, 0102, 0108, 0111, 0204 | P59, P68, 096, 097, 099, 0106, 0107, 0109, 0145, 0167, 0183, 0200, 0209, 0210, 0239, 0259, 0262 | 0103, 0104, 0211 | |
| 700 | P42, P61, | P60 | |||
| 750 | 019, 0101, 0114, 0156, 0205, 0234 | P41, 095, 0126, 0127, 0146, 0148, 0161, 0229, 0233, 0238, 0250, 0256 | 07, 047, 054?, 0116, 0134 | ||
| 800 | 044 | 044 | |||
| 850 | 33 | 010, 038, 0155, 0271, 33, 892, 2464 | 012, 025 (except Acts, Rev), 037, 050, 0122, 0128, 0130, 0131, 0132, 0250, 0269, 565 | 09, 011, 013, 014, 017, 018, 020, 021, 025 (Acts, Rev), 030, 031, 034, 039, 041, 045, 049, 053?, 063, 0120, 0133, 0135, 0136?, 0151, 0197, 0248, 0255, 0257, 0272, 0273?, 461 | |
| 900 | 1841 | 0115, 1424 | 1424, 1841 | ||
| 950 | 1739 | 0177, 0243?, 1739, 1891, 2329 | 051, 075, 0105, 0121a, 0121b, 0140, 0141, 0249, 307, 1582, 1836, 1845, 1874, 1875, 1912, 2110, 2193, 2351 | 028, 033, 036, 046, 052, 056, 0142, 1874, 1891 | |
| 1050 | 1175, 1243, 2344 | 81, 323, 945, 1006, 1854, 1962, 2298 | 28, 104, 181, 323, 398, 424, 431, 436, 451, 459, 623, 700, 788, 1243, 1448, 1505, 1838, 1846, 1908, 2138, 2147, 2298, 2344, 2596? | 103, 104, 181, 398, 431, 451, 459, 945, 1006, 1448, 1505, 1846, 1854, 2138, 2147, 2298 | |
| 1100 | 256, 1735 | 1735, 1910 | 256 | ||
| 1150 | 1241 | 36, 610, 1611, 2050, 2127 | 1, 36, 88, 94?, 157, 326, 330, 346, 378, 543, 826, 828, 917, 983, 1071, 1241, 1319, 1359, 1542b, 1611, 1718, 1942, 2030, 2412, 2541, 2744 | 1, 180, 189, 330, 378, 610, 911, 917, 1010, 1241, 1319, 1359, 1542b?, 2127, 2541 | |
| 1200 | 1573 | 1573 | |||
| 1250 | 2053, 2062 | 442, 579, 1292, 1852 | 6, 13, 94, 180, 206, 218, 263, 365, 441, 614, 720, 915, 1398, 1563, 1641, 1852, 2374, 2492, 2516, 2542, 2718? | 6, 94?, 180, 206, 218, 263, 365, 597, 720, 1251?, 1292, 1398, 1642, 1852, 2374, 2400, 2492?, 2516 | |
| 1300 | 1342 | ||||
| 1350 | 2427 | 1067, 1409, 1506, 1881 | 5, 209, 254, 429, 453, 621, 629, 630, 1523, 1534, 1678?, 1842, 1877, 2005, 2197, 2200, 2377 | 5?, 189, 209, 254, 429, 1067, 1409, 1506, 1523, 1524, 1877, 2200 | |
| 1400 | 2495 | ||||
| 1450 | 322 | 69, 205, 322, 467, 642, 1751, 1844, 1959, 2523, 2652 | 69, 181, 205, 429, 467, 642, 886, 2523, 2623, 2652? | ||
| 1500 | 61, 522, 918, 1704, 1884 | 61, 522, 918, 1704 | |||
| 1550- | 849, 2544 (Paul) | 2544 (except Paul) |
[edit] See also
- List of New Testament papyri
- List of New Testament uncials
- List of New Testament minuscules
- List of New Testament lectionaries
[edit] Notes
- ^ Aland:106f,332-337.
[edit] References
- Aland, Kurt and Aland, Barbara. The text of the New Testament: an introduction to the critical editions and to the theory and practice of modern textual criticism. Second revised edition. Translated by Erroll F Rhodes. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 0802840981.
