New Testament manuscript
Papyrus 74 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓74 , is a copy of the New Testament in Greek . It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles and Catholic epistles with lacunae . The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 7th century.[ 1]
Description
Contents
The surviving texts are verses:
Acts 1:2–28:31 †; James 1:1–5:20 †; 1 Peter 1:1–2, 7–8, 13, 19–20, 25; 2:6–7, 11–12, 18, 24; 3:4–5; 2 Peter 2:21; 3:4, 11, 16; 1 John 1:1, 6; 2:1–2, 7, 13–14, 18–19, 25–26; 3:1–2, 8, 14, 19–20; 4:1, 6–7, 12, 18–19; 5:3–4, 9–10, 17; 2 John 1, 6–7, 13; 3 John 6, 12; Jude 3, 7, 11–12, 16, 24.
Text
Despite the late date, it is an important manuscript and excellent witness for the book of Acts.[ 2]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type . Aland ascribed it as a "strict text", and placed it in Category I .[ 1]
Acts 12:25 it reads εξ Ιερουσαλημ (from Jerusalem ) along with A , 33 , 69 , 630 , 2127; majority reads εις Ιερουσαλημ (to Jerusalem );[ 3]
It does not contain Acts 15:34 as codices Sinaiticus , Alexandrinus , Vaticanus, E, Ψ, Byz.[ 4]
Acts 20:28 it reads του κυριου (of the Lord ) – A C* D E Ψ 33 36 453 945 1739 1891 , instead of the Alexandrian του Θεου (of the God ), or the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) του κυριου και του Θεου (of the Lord and God ).[ 5]
Acts 27:16 – καυδα (name of island), this reading is supported only by Vaticanus , 1175 , Old-Latin version, Vulgate, and Peshitta .[ 6]
Present location
It is currently housed at the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (P. Bodmer XVII) in Cologny .[ 1] [ 7]
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. 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. 72.
^ UBS3, p. 464.
^ NA26, p. 478.
^ NA26, p. 384.
^ NA26, p. 403.
^ "Liste Handschriften" . Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research . Retrieved 27 August 2011 .
Further reading
Rudolf Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XVII: Actes des Apôtres, Epîtres de Jacques, Pierre, Jean et Jude (Cologny/Geneva: 1961).
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