Codex Porphyrianus

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Codex Porphyrianus designated by P^apr or 025 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 5 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Acts of Apostles, Pauline epistles, and Catholic epistles, with some lacunae, dated paleographically to the 9th century. It is one of a few uncial manuscripts that include the Book of Revelation.^[1]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links

Description

The codex contains 327 parchment leaves (16 cm by 13 cm), written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. It is a palimpsest, the upper text is the codex 1834, dated to 1301. It contains the commentary of Euthalius on the Acts and the Pauline epistles together with the biblical text.^[1] It has breathings, accents, and apostroph. The accents are often used wrongly.^[2] It has "Martyrdum of Peter and Paul" (between Pauline epistles and Book of Revelation).^[3]

It has errors of itacism. The letters αι and ε, η, ει and ι, ο and ω, and sometimes οι and υ are confused.^[3]

Ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices 33 104 256 263 365 436 459 1319 1573 1852 arm).

Text

The Greek text of the Pauline and Catholic epistles is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with a large number of an alien readings. It is only a tertiary witness of the Alexandrian text. Aland placed it in Category III. Text of Acts and Revelation has a typical Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4]

In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος καὶ αἵματος (through water and spirit and blood) together with the manuscripts: 81, 88, 442, 630, 915, 2492, arm, eth^[5][1] Bart D. Ehrman identified it as Orthodox corrupt reading. ^[6]

History

The manuscript was discovered by Tischendorf in 1862 at Saint Petersburg in the possession of the Archimandrite Porphyry, who allowed him to take it to Leipzig to decipher lower script. Tischendorf edited its text in Monumenta sacra inedita vol. V-VI (1865-1869).^[7]

The codex is located now at the National Library of Russia, (Gr. 225), in Saint Petersburg.^[4]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism
• Biblical manuscript

Notes

• 1. For another variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the First Epistle of John.

References

• 1. Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press (New York - Oxford 2005), p. 79.
• 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments" (Leipzig 1900), vol. 1, p. 102.
• 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 103.
• 4. 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. 113.
• 5. UBS3, p. 823.
• 6. Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993, p. 60.
• 7. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 172-173.

Further reading

• Constantin von Tischendorf, "Monumenta sacra inedita" V-VI, (Leipzig, 1865-1869), pp. 1 ff.
• Kurt Treu, "Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der USSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan", T & U 91 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 101-104.
• Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" (2 vols., London, 1927), p. 1.7.

External links

• Codex Porphyrianus P^apr (025): at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism.