Papyrus 72
|
Two sides of the Papyrus Bodmer VIII | |
| Name | Papyrus Bodmer VII-IX |
|---|---|
| Sign |
 72 |
| Text | Jude, 1 Peter, 2 Peter |
| Date | 3rd/4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Cologny/Geneva; Vatican City, Bibl. Bodmeriana; Bibl. Vaticana |
| Size | 14.5 by 16 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
| Hand | documentary hand |
| Note |
resembles 50 |
Papyrus 72 (72, Papyrus Bodmer VII-IX) is an early New Testament papyrus. It contains all the text of 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century.[1]
Description
It is the earliest known manuscript of these epistles', though a few verses of Jude are in a fragment 78 (P. Oxy. 2684).[2]
The manuscript also contains the following works: Nativity of Mary, the apocryphal correspondence of Paul to the Corinthians, the eleventh ode of Solomon, Melito's Homily on the Passover, a fragment of a hymn, the Apology of Phileas, and Psalm 33 and 34.[3] Written on 72 leaves (14.5 cm, by 16 cm), in 16-20 lines per page. The manuscript is written by a documentary hand.[3]
The manuscript contains the usual nomina sacra for Messiah, Jesus, God, Lord, Spirit, Father, plus a few non-standard ones: ΔΥΜΙ (power), Σαρρα (Sarah), Αβρααμ (Abraham), Νωε (Noah), Μιχαης (Archangel Michael), and Ενωχ (Enoch).
A facsimile edition of Bodmer Papyrus VIII was published in 2007 by Testimonio Compañía Editorial.[4]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. According to Aland in 1-2 Peter it has normal text, in Jude free text, both with certain peculiarities. Aland placed it into I Category.[1] It is close to the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus.[3]
72 is currently housed at the Vatican Library (P. Bodmer VIII) at Rome.[1][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 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. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ Wasserman (2005), p. 137
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 479.
- ↑ http://www.testimonio.com/en/facsimil-colecciones/st-peter-facsimile.html
- ↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
Further reading
- Beare, FW (1961),The Text of I Peter in Papyrus 72, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 80, No.3, pp. 253-260.
- Wasserman, T. (2005), Papyrus 72 and the Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex, NTS 51, p. 137-154. doi:10.1017/S0028688505000081
- Jones, Brice C. (2011), The Bodmer 'Miscellaneous' Codex and the Crosby-Schøyen Codex MS 193: A New Proposal, JGRChJ (2011-2012): 9-20.
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 478–500. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- Sakae Kubo, 72 and the Codex Vaticanus, Studies and Documents 27 (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1965).
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