Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓8 or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31–37; 5:2–9; 6:1–6.8–15.[citation needed] The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Acts 4-6 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
| Cite | A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97-119 |
| Size | 18.6 by 10.4 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2]
Text
editThe Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
The text of the codex was published by Salonius in 1927.[3]
Location
editIt is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 8683) in Berlin.[1][4]
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Papyrus 8, recto. -
Papyrus 8, verso.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. 96. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ C. R. Gregory, Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament, p. 46.
- ^ A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), pp. 97-119.
- ^ "Handschriftenliste". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
Further reading
edit- C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments III (Leipzig: 1909), pp. 1087–1090.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 46.
- A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), pp. 97–119.
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