New Testament manuscript
Papyrus 17 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering ), signed by š¯”“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]
Description
Grenfell and Hunt
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 punctuation between verses 12 and 13, and between 15 and 16.[2] It has no iotacistic 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
^ a b c 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. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1 .
^ a b c d Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earlies of New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 101.
^ Frederic G. Kenyon , "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London2 , 1912, p. 44.
^ B. P., Grenfell ; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII . London. pp. 11ā€“13.{{cite book }}
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^ "Handschriftenliste" . MĆ¼nster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011 .
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