Papyrus 20
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The original size of the leaves was 17 by 12 cm. | The original size of the leaves was 17 by 12 cm. | ||
| - | The text is neatly written in upright semi-cursive letters. The main [[Nomina Sacra]] are used, but πατηρ/pater/father and ανθρωπος/anthropos/man are written out in full.<sup>[2]</sup> | + | The text is neatly written in upright semi-cursive letters. The main [[Nomina sacra|Nomina Sacra]] are used, but πατηρ/pater/father and ανθρωπος/anthropos/man are written out in full.<sup>[2]</sup> |
The Greek text of this codex is representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]] (rather proto-Alexandrian). [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]].<sup>[1]</sup> This manuscript shows the greatest agreement with [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Vaticanus]],<sup>[3]</sup> but not with codices [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|Ephraemi]], [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|Regius]] and other late Alexandrian manuscripts.<sup>[1]</sup> | The Greek text of this codex is representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]] (rather proto-Alexandrian). [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I]].<sup>[1]</sup> This manuscript shows the greatest agreement with [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Vaticanus]],<sup>[3]</sup> but not with codices [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|Ephraemi]], [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|Regius]] and other late Alexandrian manuscripts.<sup>[1]</sup> | ||
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Papyrus 20 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 
20, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of James, but it only contains Chapter 2:19-3:9. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
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Description
The original size of the leaves was 17 by 12 cm.
The text is neatly written in upright semi-cursive letters. The main Nomina Sacra are used, but πατηρ/pater/father and ανθρωπος/anthropos/man are written out in full.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.[1] This manuscript shows the greatest agreement with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus,[3] but not with codices Ephraemi, Regius and other late Alexandrian manuscripts.[1]
Philip Comfort has conjectured that the scribe who wrote 20 was also the same scribe who wrote 27, where the Greek letters α, β, δ, ε, λ, ι, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, ψ, υ, φ, ω are formed identically in both manuscripts.[]
It is currently housed at the Princeton University Library (AM 4117) in Princeton.[]
See also
References
Further reading
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri IX, (London 1912), pp. 9-11.
External links
- Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri,
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- Images of the 20 at the Princeton University Library Papyrus
- P. Oxy. 1171 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
