Papyrus 5
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| - | http://www. | + | '''Papyrus 5''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), designated by <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>5</sup>, is an early copy of the New Testament in [[Greek language|Greek]]. It is a [[papyrus]] [[manuscript]] of the [[Gospel of John]] dating [[Paleography|paleographically]] to the early 3rd century. |
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| + | The manuscript is a fragment of two leaves, written in one column per page. The surviving text of John are verses 1:23-31.33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17.19-20.22-25. | ||
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| + | It was written in a documentary hand, in a round, upright uncial of medium size. It uses the [[nomina sacra]] with abbreviationes (<span style="text-decoration: overline">ΙΗΝ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΙΗΣ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡΑ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΠΡΣ</span> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΘΥ</span>), thought not for ανθρωπος.<ref name = Head> Peter M. Head, ''The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John'', Biblica 85 (2004), 404.</ref> | ||
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| + | The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] ascribed it as a "Normal text", and placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]].<ref name = Aland>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, ''The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism'', transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, ''[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]'', Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 96. </ref> | ||
| + | It stays in close agreement with [[Codex Sinaiticus]] against [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Vaticanus]].<ref>Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts''. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 60. </ref> | ||
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| + | In John 1:34 it reads ὁ ἐκλεκτός together with the manuscripts [[Papyrus 106|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>106</sup>]], א, [[Codex Veronensis|b]], [[Codex Laudianus|e]], [[Codex Corbeiensis II|ff<sup>2</sup>]], syr<sup>c, s</sup>. | ||
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| + | In John 16:20 λυπηθησεσθε reads λουπηθησεσθε, in 16:21 λυπην reads λοιπην. In 16:27 singularly omits εγω, in 20:19 the scribe omitted και.<ref name = Head/> | ||
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| + | == Location == | ||
| + | It was discovered in [[Oxyrhynchus]], [[Egypt]], by Grenfell and Hunt and published in ''Oxyrhynchus Papyri'', Part II (1899), no. 208.<ref>Frederic G. Kenyon, "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London<sup>2</sup>, 1912, p. 42.</ref> | ||
| + | It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Inv. nos. 782, 2484) in [[London]].<ref name = Aland/> | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[List of New Testament papyri]] | ||
| + | * [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | == Further reading == | ||
| + | * [[Bernard Pyne Grenfell|B. P. Grenfell]] & [[Arthur Surridge Hunt|A. S. Hunt]], [http://www.archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspappt02grenuoft#page/n15/mode/2up ''Oxyrhynchus Papyri II'', (London, 1899)], pp. 1-8. | ||
| + | * B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, ''Oxyrhynchus Papyri XV'', (London, 1922), pp. 8-12. | ||
| + | * [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1909, vol. 3, p. 1085. | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
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| + | * [http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/123/Bible_Papyrus_p5#5 Image from <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>5</sup>, John 1:33-40] | ||
| + | * [http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/123/Bible_Papyrus_p5#6 Image from <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>5</sup>, John 16:14-22] | ||
| + | * [http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/123/Bible_Papyrus_p5#7 Image from <math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>5</sup>, John 16:22-30] | ||
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| + | [[Category:New Testament papyri]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Oxyrhynchus papyri]] | ||
| + | [[Category:3rd-century biblical manuscripts]] | ||
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Papyrus 5 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>5, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John dating paleographically to the early 3rd century.
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Description
The manuscript is a fragment of two leaves, written in one column per page. The surviving text of John are verses 1:23-31.33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17.19-20.22-25.
It was written in a documentary hand, in a round, upright uncial of medium size. It uses the nomina sacra with abbreviationes (ΙΗΝ ΙΗΣ ΠΡ ΠΡΑ ΠΡΣ ΘΥ), thought not for ανθρωπος.<ref name = Head> Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 404.</ref>
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as a "Normal text", and placed it in Category I.<ref name = Aland>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 96. </ref> It stays in close agreement with Codex Sinaiticus against Vaticanus.<ref>Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 60. </ref>
In John 1:34 it reads ὁ ἐκλεκτός together with the manuscripts <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>106, א, b, e, ff2, syrc, s.
In John 16:20 λυπηθησεσθε reads λουπηθησεσθε, in 16:21 λυπην reads λοιπην. In 16:27 singularly omits εγω, in 20:19 the scribe omitted και.<ref name = Head/>
Location
It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, by Grenfell and Hunt and published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part II (1899), no. 208.<ref>Frederic G. Kenyon, "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London2, 1912, p. 42.</ref> It is currently housed at the British Library (Inv. nos. 782, 2484) in London.<ref name = Aland/>
See also
References
Further reading
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri II, (London, 1899), pp. 1-8.
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XV, (London, 1922), pp. 8-12.
- C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1909, vol. 3, p. 1085.
