The P.Yale 1 inv. 419 (also Rahlfs 814, VH 12, TM 61924) is a septuagint manuscript of the biblical Book of Genesis. This is possibly the oldest fragment of Genesis written on papyrus in koine Greek. It is paleographically dated to the early 2nd century CE.[1]
History
editThis manuscript came from Cairo, Egypt, and in 1964, it was published by C. Bradford Weller. The manuscript was in the form of a Codex with 14 x 9.7 cm.[2]
Content
editThe text contains part of the book of Genesis according to the Septuagint. On the recto it contains Genesis 14 5-8 and on the verso Genesis 14 12–15.[3] This may be the oldest Christian manuscript that attests to the codex form.[4]
References
edit- ^ Hurtado 2006, pp. 147.
- ^ Merk & Wolter 2019, pp. 341.
- ^ Aland & Rosenbaum 2018, pp. 77.
- ^ Outler 1978, pp. 160.
Sources
edit- Welles, C. Bradford (1965). "The Yale Genesis fragment". The Yale University Library Gazette. 39 (1). Yale University Library: 1–8.
- Merk, Otto; Wolter, Michael, eds. (2019). "Papyrus Yalensis 1 als ältest bekannter christlicher Genesistext Zur Frühgeschichte des Kreuz-Symbols*". Im Zeichen des Kreuzes: Aufsätze von Erich Dinkler. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. Vol. 61. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110870220.
- Outler, Albert Cook; et al. (Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.), Southwest Commission on Religious Studies) (1978). Walker, William O. (ed.). The Relationships Among the Gospels: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Trinity University monograph series in religion. Vol. 5. Trinity University Press. ISBN 9780911536737.
- Aland, Kurt; Rosenbaum, Hans-Udo, eds. (2018). Biblische Papyri, Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen: RGCP I. Patristische Texte und Studien. Vol. 18. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110832235.
- Hurtado, Larry W. (2006). The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802828958.