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'''Papyrus 47''' (Gregory-Aland), signed by '''<small><math>\mathfrak{P}</math></small><sup>47</sup>''', is an early copy of the [[New Testament]] in [[Greek language|Greek]]. It is a [[papyrus]] [[manuscript]] of the [[Book of Revelation]], it contains Rev. 9:10-11:3; 11:5-16:15; 16:17-17:2.
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The manuscript [[Paleography|paleographically]] had been assigned to the 3rd century.
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The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] ascribed it as a ''Normal text'', and placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]].<ref name = Aland>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. 99. </ref>
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The text of this manuscript is closest to [[Codex Sinaiticus]], and they are witnesses for one of early textual types of the Book of Revelation.<ref>Philip W. Comfort, ''Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism'', Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 68. </ref> Another type is represented by manuscripts [[Papyrus 115]], [[Codex Alexandrinus]], and [[Codex Ephraemi]].
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It is currently housed at the [[Chester Beatty Library]] (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in [[Dublin]].<ref name = Aland/>
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== See also ==
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* [[List of New Testament papyri]]
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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== Further reading ==
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* F. G. Kenyon, ''The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri'' III, (London, 1934).
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== External links ==
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* [http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/81/Bible_Papyrus_p47#2 Image <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>47</sup> recto]
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* [http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/81/Bible_Papyrus_p47#3 Image <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>47</sup> verso]
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[[Category:New Testament papyri|Papyrus 0047]]
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[[Category:3rd-century biblical manuscripts|Papyrus 0047]]

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Papyrus 47 (Gregory-Aland), signed by <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>47, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, it contains Rev. 9:10-11:3; 11:5-16:15; 16:17-17:2. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 3rd century.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as a Normal text, and placed it in Category I.<ref name = Aland>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. 99. </ref> The text of this manuscript is closest to Codex Sinaiticus, and they are witnesses for one of early textual types of the Book of Revelation.<ref>Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 68. </ref> Another type is represented by manuscripts Papyrus 115, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Ephraemi. It is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in Dublin.<ref name = Aland/>

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See also

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Further reading

  • F. G. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri III, (London, 1934).

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