Papyrus 79

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New Testament manuscripts
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Papyrus \mathfrak{P}79
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Text Epistle to the Hebrews 10 †
Date 7th century
Script Greek
Found Egypt
Now at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Cite K. Treu, Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung, APF 18 (1966), pp. 37-48.
Size 2.9 cm x 5.3 cm
Type Alexandrian text-type
Category II

Papyrus 79 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by \mathfrak{P}79, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews. The surviving texts of Hebrews are verses 10:10-12,28-30.

The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 7th century.

The text was not corrected. The letters have Coptic shape.[1]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[2]

Location

It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 6774) in Berlin.[2][3]

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  • Kurt Treu, Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 37-48.
  • M. Mees, Einige Verse aus den Hebräerbrief nach einem neugefundeten Papyrus, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 43-46.
  • G. H. R. Horsley, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 2 (Macquarie University, 1982) pp. 125-140.

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