Papyrus 50

Papyrus \mathfrak{P}50

New Testament manuscript

Text Acts of the Apostles 8; 10 †
Date 3rd/4th century
Script Greek
Found Egypt
Now at Yale University Library
Cite C. H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172.
Size 13.8 x 17.7 cm
Type mixed
Category III

Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by \mathfrak{P}50, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd/4th century.[1]

Description

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. Aland placed it in Category III.[1] The text generally concurs with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.[2]

The nomina sacra are contracted (ΙΛΗΜ, ΠΝΑ, ΑΝΟΣ, ΑΝΟΝ, ΘΣ, ΘΥ, ΚΥ).[3]

The manuscript was purchased in Paris by Yale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egyptian provenance.[4] The text of the codex was published in 1937 by Carl H. Kraeling.[5]

Papyrus 50; Acts 10:26-31

It is currently housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (P.CtYBR inv. 1543) in New Haven.[1][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ↑ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.
  3. ↑ Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Lake F/S, p. 169.
  4. ↑ Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362.
  5. ↑ Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Lake F/S, pp. 163-172.
  6. ↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Beinecke papyrus database.

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