Papyrus 78 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓78, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓78 is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 2684 |
|---|---|
| Text | Jude † |
| Date | 3rd / 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Sackler Library |
| Cite | L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Description
edit- Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓78 displays a free text.[2] Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).[1]
- Present location
It is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.[1][3]
Textual variants
edit- v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
- v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
- v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
- v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. 101. 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. 73.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
Further reading
edit- L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.
- M. Mees, P78: ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 5–10.
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
Images
edit- P. Oxy. 2684 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
- Papyrus 78 recto
- Papyrus 78 verso
External links
edit- Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri 𝔓78.