Papyrus 43

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Papyrus \mathfrak{P}43
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. 43-51.
Type Alexandrian text-type
Category II

Papyrus 43 (Gregory-Aland), signed by \mathfrak{P}43, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, it contains Rev 2:12-13; 15:8-16:2. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th or 7th century.

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Description [edit]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II because of its date.[1]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Inv. 2241) in London.[1][2]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. 
  2. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 

Further reading [edit]

  • W. E. Crum, and H. I. Bell, Coptica III, Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account, (Copenhagen, 1922), pp. 43-51.
  • Ellwood M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1936, pp. 292-295.