Papyrus 40
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| Text | Romans 1-4; 6; 9 † |
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| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | University of Heidelberg |
| Cite | F. Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV, (Heidelberg 1924), 28-31 |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 40 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 40, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century. It is carelessly written.
Description
It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains Romans 1:24-27; 1:31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5.16; 9:16-17.27.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, rather proto-Alexandrian, Aland named it as "Free text", and placed it in Category I because of its date.[1]
This manuscript is closer to Codex Sinaiticus than to Codex Alexandrinus and Vaticanus.[2]
It is currently housed at the Papyrussammlung der Universität in the University of Heidelberg (Inv. no. 45).[1][3]
See also
References
- 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.
- ↑ Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading
- Friedrich Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV, (Heidelberg 1924), pp. 28–31.
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