Editing Papyrus 10

[[Image:Oxyrhynchus_209_(p10).jpg|thumb|right|Romans 1:1-7]]
'''Papyrus 10''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory–Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), signed by [[Image:C3945eee4633c095c5059f9a67aca5f7.png]]<sup>10</sup> and named [[Oxyrhynchus papyri]] 209, is an early copy of part of the New Testament content in [[Greek language|Greek]]. It is a [[papyrus]] [[manuscript]] of the [[Epistle to the Romans]], dating [[Palaeography|paleographically]] to the early 4th century.<sup>[1]</sup>

== Description ==
The manuscript is a fragment of one leaf, written in one column per page. 
The surviving text is of Romans, verses 1:1-7. The manuscript was written very carelessly. The handwriting is crude and irregular, and the copy contains some irregular spellings. A part of verse 6 is omitted (εν οις εστε και υμεις κλητοι ''who are called to belong to'').<sup>[2]</sup>

The [[nomina sacra]] are written in an abbreviated way.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]].<sup>[1]</sup>
 
The manuscript is too brief for certainty. The only variant of any importance is Χριστου Ιησου in Rom 1:7, where the manuscripts all have the reverse order.<sup>[3]</sup>

== History ==
The papyrus was found tied up with a contract dated in 316 A.D., and other documents of the same period.<sup>[2]</sup>


It was discovered in [[Oxyrhynchus]], [[Egypt]], and is currently housed at the [[Houghton Library]] of the [[Harvard University]] ([[Semitic Museum]] Inv. 2218), [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] (Massachusetts).<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[4]</sup>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament papyri]]
* [[Oxyrhynchus papyri]]
* [[Papyrus 9]]
* [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208]]
* [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 210]]
* [[Romans 1]]

== References ==
* 1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false 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. 96. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
* 2. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (1899), p. 8.
* 3. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (1899), p. 9.
* 4. "[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10010 Handschriftenliste]". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research.

== Further reading ==
* [[Bernard Pyne Grenfell|B. P., Grenfell]]; [[Arthur Surridge Hunt|Hunt, A. S.]] (1899). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 8–9.
* [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1909, vol. 3, p. 1091.
* [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1908). [[[https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n57/mode/2up Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament]''. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 46.

[[Category:New Testament papyri]]
[[Category:Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. II|209]]
[[Category:4th-century biblical manuscripts]]
[[Category:Epistle to the Romans papyri]]

==External Links==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_10 Wikipedia Article on Papyrus 10]
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