Papyrus 47
Papyrus  47 | |
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| Text | Book of Revelation 9:10-17:2 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Chester Beatty Library |
| Cite | F. G. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri III, (London, 1934). |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
| Note | close to Sinaiticus, 0308 |
Papyrus 47 (Gregory-Aland), signed by 47, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, it contains Rev. 9:10-11:3; 11:5-16:15; 16:17-17:2. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century. It gives the number of the beast as "666" (as opposed to 616).[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as a Normal text, and placed it in Category I.[2] The text of this manuscript is closest to Codex Sinaiticus, and they are witnesses for one of early textual types of the Book of Revelation.[3] Another type is represented by manuscripts Papyrus 115, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Ephraemi.
It is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in Dublin.[2][4]
See also
References
- ↑ Beacon Bible Commentary: Hebrews-Revelation (1969), p. 577. "616" is given by Papyrus 115.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 68.
- ↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading
- F. G. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri III, (London, 1934).
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 335–351. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.