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| - | '''Minuscule 1739''' (per [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering); α 78 per ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]) is a Greek [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on 102 parchment leaves (23 cm by 17.5 cm). Dated [[Paleography|paleographically]] to the 10th century.<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''[[Walter de Gruyter]]'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 145. </ref>
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| - | The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]]. Written in one column per page, 35 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> Hebrews placed before 1 Timothy.<ref name = Gregory>{{cite book
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| - | | first = Caspar René
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| - | | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 3
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| - | | date = 1909
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| - | | location = Leipzig
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| - | | page = 1176
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| - | It contains a large number of notes drawn from early church fathers ([[Irenaeus]], [[Pope Clement I|Clement]], [[Origen]], [[Eusebius of Caesarea|Eusebius]], and [[Basil of Caesarea|Basil]]), but none later than Basil (329-379 CE), suggesting a relatively early date for 1739's exemplar. The text of this manuscript often agrees with [[Papyrus 46|p<sup>46</sup>]] and [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209]]. A [[Colophon (publishing)|colophon]] indicates that while copying the [[Pauline epistles]], the scribe followed a manuscript that contained text edited by [[Origen]].<ref>[[Bruce M. Metzger]], "Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Paleography", ''[[Oxford University Press]]'' (New York: Oxford, 1981), p. 112. </ref>
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| - | == Text ==
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| - | The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. The [[Kurt Aland|Aland]]s placed the text of epistles in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]], but the text of the Acts in Category II.<ref>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, ''[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]'', Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 135. </ref>
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| - | Together with manuscripts [[Minuscule 323|323]], [[Minuscule 630|630]], 945, and 1891 it belongs to the textual [[Family 1739]] (in the Acts). In the Pauline epistles to this family belong manuscripts: [[Uncial 0121a|0121a]], [[Uncial 0243|0243]]/[[Uncial 0121b|0121b]], [[Minuscule 6|6]], [[Minuscule 424|424]], 630 (in part), and 1881.
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| - | In Acts 20:28 it reads του κυριου (''of the Lord'') together with the manuscripts [[Papyrus 74]] [[Codex Ephraemi|C*]] [[Codex Bezae|D]] [[Codex Laudianus|E]] [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]] [[Minuscule 33|33]] [[Minuscule 36|36]] [[Minuscule 453|453]] [[Minuscule 945|945]] [[Minuscule 1891|1891]]. The other manuscruipts have του κυριου (''of the Lord'') or του κυριου και του Θεου (''of the Lord and God'').<ref>NA26, p. 384. </ref><ref group="n">For the another variants of this verse see: [[Textual variants in the New Testament#Acts of the Apostles|Textual variants in the Acts of the Apostles]].</ref>
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| - | In a margin notes to the text of 1 John 5:6 corrector added textual reading δι' ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνεύματος (''through water and blood and spirit'') together with the manuscripts: [[Codex Sinaiticus]], [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 424|424<sup>c</sup>]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 2412|2412]], 2495, '''ℓ''' ''598''<sup>m</sup>, syr<sup>h</sup>, [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Sahidic|cop<sup>sa</sup>]], [[Coptic versions of the Bible#Bohairic|cop<sup>bo</sup>]], [[Origen]].<ref>UBS3, p. 823. </ref><ref group="n">For another variants of this verse see: [[Textual variants in the New Testament#First Epistle of John|Textual variants in the First Epistle of John]].</ref> [[Bart D. Ehrman]] identified this reading as Orthodox corrupt reading.<ref>[[Bart D. Ehrman]], ''The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture'', [[Oxford University Press]], Oxford 1993, p. 60. </ref>
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| - | == History ==
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| - | The manuscript was copied by a monk named Ephraim. He copied 1739 from an uncial exemplar from the 4th century.
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| - | It was discovered by E. von der Goltz in 1879 at [[Mount Athos]] and is usually known by his name.<ref>[[Bruce M. Metzger]], [[Bart D. Ehrman]], "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", ''[[Oxford University Press]]'', 2005, p. 86.</ref> A collation was made by Morton S. Enslin (in [[Kirsopp Lake|Lake]] ''Six Collations'').
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| - | The codex is housed at the [[Great Lavra]] (B 184), in [[Mount Athos|Athos]].
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| - | == See also ==
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| - | * [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
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| - | * [[Biblical manuscripts]]
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| - | * [[Textual criticism]]
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| - | == Notes ==
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| - | == References ==
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| - | == Further reading ==
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| - | * Lagrange, M.-J. "Critique textuelle II". Pages 470–471 in ''La Critique rationelle''. Paris, 1935.
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| - | * Kim, K. W. "Codices 1582, 1739, and Origen". ''[[Journal of Biblical Literature]]'' '''69''' (1950): 167.
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| - | * J. N. Birdsall, ''A Study of MS. 1739 and its Relationship to MSS. 6, 424, 1908, and M'' (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 1959)
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| - | == External links ==
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| - | * [http://www.deeperstudy.org/link/ms_1739.html Image from minuscule 1739]
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| - | * [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1501-2000.html#m1739 Minuscule 1739] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
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