Papyrus 40
| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Text | Romans 1–4; 6; 9 † |
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| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | University of Heidelberg |
| Cite | F. Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV (Heidelberg 1924), 28–31 |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 40 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 40, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century. It is carelessly written.[citation needed]
Description
It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains Romans 1:24-27; 1:31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5.16; 9:16-17.27.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, rather proto-Alexandrian, Aland named it as "Free text", and placed it in Category I because of its date.[1]
This manuscript is closer to Codex Sinaiticus than to Codex Alexandrinus and Vaticanus.[2]
It is currently housed at the Papyrussammlung der Universität in the University of Heidelberg (Inv. no. 45).[1][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading
- Friedrich Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV, (Heidelberg 1924), pp. 28–31.
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