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'''Papyrus 22''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), designated by '''𝔓<sup>22</sup>''', is an early copy of the [[New Testament]] in [[Greek language|Greek]]. It is a [[papyrus]] [[Biblical manuscript|manuscript]] of the [[Gospel of John]], it contains only John 15:25-16:2.21-32. The manuscript [[Paleography|paleographically]] had been assigned to the early 3rd century.<ref name = Aland/>
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== Description ==
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It was written in two consecutive columns of all roll. The reverse side is blank.<ref name = Comfort>Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts''. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 62. </ref> The [[nomina sacra]] abbreviated. No punctuation marks.<ref name = Grenfell>B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, ''Oxyrynchus Papyri'' X, (London 1914), p. 14. </ref>
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The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]] (rather proto-Alexandrian). [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] described 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. 97. </ref> This manuscript displays an independent text.<ref name = Comfort/> Coincidances with the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] are frequent, but divergences are noticable.<ref name = Grenfell/> No singular readings.<ref>Peter M. Head, ''The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John'', Biblica 85 (2004), 399-408</ref> According to Schofield the fragment rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place.
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It is currently housed at the [[Glasgow University Library]] (MS Gen 1026) in [[Glasgow]].<ref name = Aland/>
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== See also ==
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* [[List of New Testament papyri]]
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== References ==
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* 1. [[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. 97.
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* 2. Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 62.
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* 3. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), p. 14.
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* 4. Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 399-408
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== Further reading ==
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* [[Bernard Pyne Grenfell|B. P. Grenfell]] & [[Arthur Surridge Hunt|A. S. Hunt]], [http://www.archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchusppt1000grenuoft#page/14/mode/2up ''Oxyrynchus Papyri'' X], (London 1914), pp. 14-16.
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.us.archive.org/GnuBook/?id=oxyrhynchusppt1000grenuoft#31 Grenfell & Hunt, OP X, 14-16]
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* [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/treasures/papyrus.html Fifty Treasures from Glasgow University Library]
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[[Category:New Testament papyri|Papyrus 0022]]
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[[Category:3rd-century biblical manuscripts|Papyrus 0022]]

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Papyrus 22 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓22, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, it contains only John 15:25-16:2.21-32. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the early 3rd century.<ref name = Aland/>

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Description

It was written in two consecutive columns of all roll. The reverse side is blank.<ref name = Comfort>Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 62. </ref> The nomina sacra abbreviated. No punctuation marks.<ref name = Grenfell>B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), p. 14. </ref>

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland described 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. 97. </ref> This manuscript displays an independent text.<ref name = Comfort/> Coincidances with the Codex Sinaiticus are frequent, but divergences are noticable.<ref name = Grenfell/> No singular readings.<ref>Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 399-408</ref> According to Schofield the fragment rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place.

It is currently housed at the Glasgow University Library (MS Gen 1026) in Glasgow.<ref name = Aland/>

See also

References

  • 1. 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. 97.
  • 2. Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 62.
  • 3. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), p. 14.
  • 4. Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 399-408

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