Papyrus 5
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| - | The manuscript is a fragment of two leaves, written in one column per page. The surviving text of John are verses 1:23-31.33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17.19-20.22-25. | + | The manuscript is a fragment of two leaves, written in one column per page. The surviving text of [[Gospel of John|John]] are verses [[John 1:23|1:23]]-[[John 1:31|31]].[[John 1:33|33]]-[[John 1:40|40]]; 16:14-30; 20:11-17.19-20.22-25. |
It was written in a documentary hand, in a round, upright uncial of medium size. It uses the [[nomina sacra]] with abbreviationes (<span style="text-decoration: overline">ΙΗΝ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΙΗΣ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡΑ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡΣ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΘΥ</span>), thought not for ανθρωπος.<ref name = Head> Peter M. Head, ''The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John'', Biblica 85 (2004), 404.</ref> | It was written in a documentary hand, in a round, upright uncial of medium size. It uses the [[nomina sacra]] with abbreviationes (<span style="text-decoration: overline">ΙΗΝ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΙΗΣ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡΑ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡΣ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΘΥ</span>), thought not for ανθρωπος.<ref name = Head> Peter M. Head, ''The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John'', Biblica 85 (2004), 404.</ref> | ||
| - | 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]].< | + | 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]].<sup>[]</sup> |
| - | It stays in close agreement with [[Codex Sinaiticus]] against [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Vaticanus]].< | + | |
| + | It stays in close agreement with [[Codex Sinaiticus]] against [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Vaticanus]].<sup>[]</sup> | ||
| - | In John 1:34 it reads ὁ ἐκλεκτός together with the manuscripts [[Papyrus 106|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>106</sup>]], א, [[Codex Veronensis|b]], [[Codex Laudianus|e]], [[Codex Corbeiensis II|ff<sup>2</sup>]], syr<sup>c, s</sup>. | + | In [[John 1:34]] it reads ὁ ἐκλεκτός together with the manuscripts [[Papyrus 106|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>106</sup>]], א, [[Codex Veronensis|b]], [[Codex Laudianus|e]], [[Codex Corbeiensis II|ff<sup>2</sup>]], syr<sup>c, s</sup>. |
| - | In John 16:20 λυπηθησεσθε reads λουπηθησεσθε, in 16:21 λυπην reads λοιπην. In 16:27 singularly omits εγω, in 20:19 the scribe omitted και.< | + | In [[John 16:20]] λυπηθησεσθε reads λουπηθησεσθε, in [[John 16:21|16:21]] λυπην reads λοιπην. In [[John 16:27|16:27]] singularly omits εγω, in [[John 20:19|20:19]] the scribe omitted και.<sup>[]</sup> |
== Location == | == Location == | ||
| - | It was discovered in [[Oxyrhynchus]], [[Egypt]], by Grenfell and Hunt and published in ''Oxyrhynchus Papyri'', Part II (1899), no. 208. | + | It was discovered in [[Oxyrhynchus]], [[Egypt]], by Grenfell and Hunt and published in ''Oxyrhynchus Papyri'', Part II (1899), no. 208.<sup>[]</sup> |
| - | It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Inv. nos. 782, 2484) in [[London]].< | + | It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Inv. nos. 782, 2484) in [[London]].<sup>[]</sup> |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 8 October 2010
Papyrus 5 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>5, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John dating paleographically to the early 3rd century.
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Description
The manuscript is a fragment of two leaves, written in one column per page. The surviving text of John are verses 1:23-31.33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17.19-20.22-25.
It was written in a documentary hand, in a round, upright uncial of medium size. It uses the nomina sacra with abbreviationes (ΙΗΝ ΙΗΣ ΠΡ ΠΡΑ ΠΡΣ ΘΥ), thought not for ανθρωπος.<ref name = Head> Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 404.</ref>
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.[]
It stays in close agreement with Codex Sinaiticus against Vaticanus.[]
In John 1:34 it reads ὁ ἐκλεκτός together with the manuscripts <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>106, א, b, e, ff2, syrc, s.
In John 16:20 λυπηθησεσθε reads λουπηθησεσθε, in 16:21 λυπην reads λοιπην. In 16:27 singularly omits εγω, in 20:19 the scribe omitted και.[]
Location
It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, by Grenfell and Hunt and published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part II (1899), no. 208.[] It is currently housed at the British Library (Inv. nos. 782, 2484) in London.[]
See also
References
Further reading
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri II, (London, 1899), pp. 1-8.
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XV, (London, 1922), pp. 8-12.
- C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1909, vol. 3, p. 1085.
