Papyrus 17

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Papyrus \mathfrak{P}17
Name P. Oxy. 1078
Text Hebrews 9 †
Date 4th century
Script Greek
Found Egypt, Lord Crawford
Now at Cambridge University
Cite B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII, (London 1911), pp. 11-13
Size 14.2 x 8.4 cm
Type Alexandrian text-type
Category II

Papyrus 17 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by \mathfrak{P}17, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews, but only contains verses 9:12-19. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 4th century.[1] However, according to Philip Comfort it is from the late 3rd century.[2]

Contents

Description

The leaf is in fragmentary condition (originally 19 by 25 cm).[2] The text fills in where Codex Vaticanus is vacant (from Hebrews 9:14).[2]

The Nomina Sacra are used throughout. The scribe used marks for punctation between verses 12 and 13, and between 15 and 16.[2] It has no itacistic errors.

The Greek text of this codex is representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]

It was discovered by Lord Crawford in Egypt.[3] The text was edited in 1911 by Grenfell and Hunt.[4]

Currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. 5893) in Cambridge.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. http://books.google.pl/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  2. ^ a b c d Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earlies of New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 101.
  3. ^ Frederic G. Kenyon, "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London2, 1912, p. 44.
  4. ^ B. P., Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII. London. pp. 11–13. http://www.archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspapyr08grenuoft#page/10/mode/2up. 
  5. ^ "Handschriftenliste". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10017. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 

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External links

Grenfell and Hunt
Bernard Grenfell
Arthur Hunt