Papyrus 66
From Textus Receptus
Papyrus 66 (also referred to as <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>66) is a near complete codex of the Gospel of John, and part of the collection known as the Bodmer Papyri.
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Description
The manuscript contains John 1:1-6:11, 6:35b-14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7; 16:10-20:20, 22-23; 20:25-21:9, 12, 17. It is one of the oldest New Testament manuscripts known to exist, with its writing dated to around 200CE.<ref>Herbert Hunger. Zur Datierung des Papyrus Bodmer II (<math>\mathfrak{P}</math>66) (1960)</ref>
In common with both the other surviving early papyri of John's Gospel; P45 (apparently), P75, and most New Testament uncials, Papyrus 66 does not include the pericope of the adulteress (7:53-8:11)<ref>Philip Comfort and David Barett. Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts page 376 (1999)</ref>; demonstrating the absence of this passage in all the surviving early witnesses of the Gospel of John. The manuscript also contains, consistently, the use of Nomina Sacra.
According to recent studies done by papyrologists Karyn Berner<ref>Karyn Berner. Papyrus Bodmer II, <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>66: A re-evaluation of the Correctors and corrections (1993)</ref> and Philip Comfort,<ref>Philip Comfort. The Scribe as Interpreter: A new Look at New Testament Textual Criticism according to Reader-Reception Theory (1996)</ref> it is evident that <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>66 had the work of three individuals on it: The original, professional scribe, a thoroughgoing corrector and a minor corrector.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as "Free text" and placed it in I Category.<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. 101. </ref>
A transcription of every single page of <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>66 is contained in the book referenced in reference 2, pages 388-468.
In John 13:5 it has unique textual variant ποδονιπτηρα instead of νιπτηρα. In 13:7 it has αρ (error) instead of αρτι.
History
The manuscript was found in 1952 at Pabau near Dishna (Egypt).
It is currently housed at the Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheca Bodmerians. The Papyrus contains 39 folios (that's 78 leaves, 156 pages), at a size of 14.2 cm x 16.2 cm for each leaf with roughly 15-25 lines per page.
See also
References
External links
- Papyrus 66 at Bible Research
