The P. Antinoopolis 7 is a septuagint manuscript that contains part of the text of the book of Psalms. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to 2nd-century.[1]

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The manuscript contains fragments of the book of Psalms 81:1-4; Psalms 82:4-9, 16-17.[2] This is one of the oldest manuscripts already containing nomina sacra κς.[3]

It was published by Colin Henderson Roberts in 1950, and is currently stored in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tatu 2007, pp. 104.
  2. ^ a b Pietersma 1978, pp. 9.
  3. ^ Tov 2001, pp. 147.

Sources

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  • Pietersma, Albert (1978). "Chapter I. Pap. Chester Beatty XIII and XIV : Introduction". Two Manuscripts Greek Psalter. Analecta Biblica. Investigationes scientificae in Res Biblicas. Vol. 77. Rome: Biblical Institute Press. p. 9.
  • Tatu, Silviu (2007). "Graphic Devices Used By The Editors Of Ancient And Mediaeval Manuscripts To Mark Verse-Lines In Classical Hebrew Poetry". In Korpel, Marjo Christina Annette; Oesch, Joseph M.; Porter, Stanley E. (eds.). Method in Unit Delimitation. Pericope: Scripture as Written and Read in Antiquity. Vol. 6. Brill. pp. 92–140. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004165670.i-231.33. ISBN 978-90-04-16567-0.
  • Tov, Emanuel (2001). "Scribal Features of Early Witnesses of Greek Scripture". In Hiebert, Robert James Victor; Cox, Claude E.; Gentry, Peter John; Pietersma, Albert (eds.). The Old Greek Psalter: Studies in Honour of Albert Pietersma. Journal for the study of the Old Testament: Supplement series. Vol. 332. A&C Black. ISBN 9781841272092.