Papyrus 75

Papyrus 75
New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Bodmer XIV-XV
Sign	75
Text	Luke 3:18-24:53 + John 1-15 (extensive portions of,)
Date	175-225
Script	Greek
Found	Pabau, Egypt
Now at	Vatican Library, Rome
Cite	V. Martin, R. Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV
Size	26 cm x 13 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I
Note	very close to P66, B, 0162

Papyrus 75 ( ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵, Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV) is an early Greek New Testament papyrus.

Description

Originally '[it] contained about 144 pages ... of which 102 have survived, either in whole or in part.'^[1] It 'contains about half the text of ... two Gospels'^[2] – Luke (Papyrus Bodmer XIV) and John (Papyrus Bodmer XV) in Greek. It is dated in Nestle-Aland (27th edition, NA27) as being an early third century manuscript. It is one of the earliest manuscripts (along with ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁴)^[3] of the Gospel of Luke. 'The surviving fragment contains Luke 3:18-24:53 ...'^[3]^[4] An unusual feature of this codex is that when the Gospel of Luke ends, the Gospel of John begins on the same page.^[5]

It lacks text of Christ's agony at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43–44)^[6] and Pericope Adulterae.

It uses a staurogram in Luke 14:27.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category I.^[7] The text is closer to Codex Vaticanus than to Codex Sinaiticus. Agreement between ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵ and codex B is 92% in John,^[8] and 94% in Luke.^[9] It concurs with ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ¹¹¹.^[10]

According to Kurt Aland, ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵ is the key for understanding the primitive textual history of New Testament.^[11]

In Luke 8:21 it reads αυτον instead of αυτους; the reading is supported by Minuscule 705 and Codex Veronensis.^[12]

Textual variants

In Luke 11:4, the phrase αλλα ρυσαι ημας απο του πονηρου (but deliver us from evil) is omitted. The omission of this phrase is also supported by the following manuscripts: Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Codex Regius, f¹, 700, vg, syr^s, cop^{sa, bo}, arm, geo.^[13]

In Luke 16:19 the manuscript reads Ανθρωπος δε τις ην πλουσιος, ονοματι Ν[ιν]ευης, και ενεδιδυσκετο "There was a rich man, with the name N[in]eue, who clothed himself",^[14] This reading has support from the Sahidic version and the two Greek minuscule manuscripts 36 and 37, in addition to a scholion of uncertain date have ευρον δε τινες και του πλουσιου εν τισιν αντιγραφοις τουνομα Νινευης λεγομενον.^[15]

Luke 22:43-44 is omitted, as in codices א*, A, B, T, 1071.^[16]

In Luke 23:34, ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵ has omitted the words: "And Jesus said: Father forgive them, they know not what they do." This omission is supported by the manuscripts Sinaiticus^a, B, D*, W, Θ, 0124, 1241, it^{a, d}, syr^s, cop^sa, cop^bo.^[17]

Luke 24:26

δοξαν – majority of mss

βασιλειαν –

{\mathfrak {P}}

⁷⁵^[18]

John 10:7

η θυρα (door) – majority

ο ποιμην (shepherd) –

{\mathfrak {P}}

⁷⁵ cop^sa cop^ac^[19]

The manuscript also lacks the Pericope of the Adulteress, usually placed in Translations at John 7:53-8:11. This omission is supported by the manuscripts Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus and ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁶⁶.

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (P. Bodmer XIV-XV) at Rome.^[20]

The discovery of ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵ has had a profound effect on New Testament textual criticism, due to its great agreement with Codex Vaticanus.

References

^ Metzger+Ehrman (2005),p.58
^ Bodmer Papyrus 14-15 arrives at the Vatican
^ ^a ^b Gregory (2003) p.28
^ Wilker
^ Edwards (1976), p. 194
^ Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 235. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ 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. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
^ S. A. Edwards, P75 Under the Magnifying Glass, Novum Testamentum, XVIII, fasc. 3, pp. 211-212.
^ Gordon D. Fee, ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵, ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁶⁶, and Origen: The Myth of Early Textual Recension in Alexandria, in: E. J. Epp & G. D. Fee, Studies in the Theory & Method of NT Textual Criticism, Wm. Eerdmans (1993), pp. 247-273.
^ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76.
^ Reconsidering ${\mathfrak {P}}$ 75 in the Frame of a Various Egyptian Tradition
^ NA26, p. 181
^ UBS3, p. 256.
^ Philip Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 551.
^ Bruce M. Metzger, The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission and Limitations, Clarendon Press: Oxford 1977, p. 136.
^ UBS3, p. 305.
^ UBS4, p. 311.
^ NA26, p. 244
^ NA26, p. 282
^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

Bibliography

V. Martin, R. Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV: Evangiles de Luc et Jean, Vol. 1, Papyrus Bodmer XIV: Evangile de Luc chap. 3-24; vol. 2, Papyrus Bodmer XV: Evangile de Jean chap. 1-15, Cologny-Geneva: Biblioteca Bodmeriana, 1961.
Gregory, A. The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period Before Irenaeus, Mohr Siebeck, (2003) ISBN 3-16-148086-4, p. 28
Metzger, Bruce Manning; Ehrman, Bart D. (2005). The text of the New Testament: its transmission, corruption, and restoration. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 58–9. ISBN 978-0-19-516122-9.
Aland, Kurt (2009). "Neue Neutestamentliche Papyri III". New Testament Studies. 22 (04): 375–96. doi:10.1017/S0028688500010080.
Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 501–608. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

Images

Image of a page of Papyrus 75 (accessed 2007-09-26)

External links

Edwards, SA (1976), Sarah Alexander Edwards, P75 under the Magnifying Glass, Novum Testamentum, Vol. 18, Fasc. 3. (Jul., 1976), pp. 190–212.
Waltz, Robert B. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵.
Bodmer Papyrus 14-15 arrives at the Vatican (accessed 2007-09-26)
Willker, Wieland. A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels, (undated+unfinished)

[1] Metzger+Ehrman (2005),p.58

[2] Bodmer Papyrus 14-15 arrives at the Vatican

[Gregory-3] Gregory (2003) p.28

[Wieland-4] Wilker

[5] Edwards (1976), p. 194

[6] Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 235. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[Aland-7] 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. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

[8] S. A. Edwards, P75 Under the Magnifying Glass, Novum Testamentum, XVIII, fasc. 3, pp. 211-212.

[9] Gordon D. Fee, ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁷⁵, ${\mathfrak {P}}$ ⁶⁶, and Origen: The Myth of Early Textual Recension in Alexandria, in: E. J. Epp & G. D. Fee, Studies in the Theory & Method of NT Textual Criticism, Wm. Eerdmans (1993), pp. 247-273.

[Comfort-10] Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76.

[11] Reconsidering ${\mathfrak {P}}$ 75 in the Frame of a Various Egyptian Tradition

[12] NA26, p. 181

[13] UBS3, p. 256.

[14] Philip Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 551.

[15] Bruce M. Metzger, The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission and Limitations, Clarendon Press: Oxford 1977, p. 136.

[16] UBS3, p. 305.

[17] UBS4, p. 311.

[18] NA26, p. 244

[19] NA26, p. 282

[INTF-20] "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

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