| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Name | P. Amherst 3b |
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| Text | Epistle to the Hebrews 1 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt 1897 |
| Now at | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), pp. 28-31 (P. Amherst 3 b) |
| Size | 20,8 cm x 23 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type ? |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 12 is an early papyrus manuscript copy of the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews verse 1:1 in Greek. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and α 1033 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to ca. 285. It may have been a writing exercise or an amulet.
Description
The verse has been written at the top of the second column by another (likely later) writer in three lines. It has been written in a small uncial hand. On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to the Greek Septuagint.
| Greek Text Transcription | English Translation |
|---|---|
| πολυμερως κ(αι) πολυπως | In many parts and in many ways |
| παλε ο ΘΣ λαλήσς τοατρα | long ago God spoke to the fathe- |
| σ ημν εν τοις προητα | rs our by the prophets |
It has an error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι meaning "long ago, formerly"), and includes the nomen sacrum ΘΣ for "God". The Greek text of this small portion of Hebrews is probably a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but its text is too brief for certainty. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament manuscript classification system. It supports the textual variant ημων (hemon / "our") as in codices 𝔓 a t v vg syr.
History
The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by papyrologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the Fayum, Egypt. It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City.
See also
References
- ^ Comfort, Philip Wesley; Barrett, David P. (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), p. 30.
- ^ 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. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- NA26, p. 563.
- "Handschriftenliste: Papyrus 12". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
Further reading
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), pp. 30–31. (P. Amherst 3 b).
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 47.
External links
- Digital Images of the manuscript online at the Morgan Museum & Library website.
- Papyrus 12. Entry in the Manuscript Database of the Göttinger Septuaginta by Alfred Rahlfs, published 7 April 2023
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