Papyrus 43, designated by siglum 𝔓43 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript containing text from the Book of Revelation, specifically Rev 2:12-13, and 15:8-16:2. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated to the 6th or 7th century CE.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Book of Revelation 2; 15-16 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th/7th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | British Library |
| Cite | W. E. Crum, H. I. Bell, Coptica III, (Copenhagen, 1922), pp. 43-45. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Description
editScholars W. E. Crum, and H. I. Bell describe 𝔓43 as "a small scrap of light-coloured papyrus... [written] in two, rough, inelegant sloping hands."[1] Though the lines on each side are long, it is likely the papyrus only had extracts from Revelation on it, as it is hardly possible to have text from chapters 2 and 15 if the text was continuous. The text on the reverse side (known as the verso) being the opposite way around to the text on the front side (known as the recto) supports this conclusion.[1]
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category II of his New Testament manuscripts classification system due to its assigned date.[2]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Inv. 2241) in London.[2][3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b W. E. Crum; H. I. Bell, eds. (1922). Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account. Coptica. Vol. III. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Hordisk Forlag. p. 43.
- ^ a b 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. 98. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading
edit- Schofield, Ellwood M. (1936). The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament. Louisville: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. pp. 292–295.