Papyrus 78, also known as P. Oxy. XXXVI 2684, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrusmanuscript of the Epistle of Jude. It is designated by the siglum𝔓78 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓78 is written in an elegant hand. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), it has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century CE.[1]

Description

Text
Verso, Jude 1:4, 1:8

The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓78 displays a free text.[2] Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system..[1]

Present location

It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.[1][3]

Textual variants
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

References

  1. ^ abcAland, 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. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^Comfort, Philip Wesley (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers. p. 73.
  3. ^ „Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 78“ . Münster: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung . Abgerufen am 27. August 2011 .

Weiterführende Literatur

  • L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons und John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri , XXXIV (London: 1968), S. 4–6.
  • M. Mees, 𝔓 78 : ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief , Orient Press I (Rom: 1970), S. 5–10.
  • Comfort, Philip Wesley ; David P. Barrett (2001). Der Text der frühesten neutestamentlichen griechischen Handschriften . Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. S. 612. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9Die

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