Papyrus 22 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is designated by 𝔓22 (in the Gregory-Åland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), and is a papyrus manuscript containing text from the Gospel of John. Using the study of comparative writings styles, (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated to the early 3rd century CE.[1] It is the only identified New Testament papyrus to have been written originally as a roll; not a codex or re-using the back of a scroll.
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| Name | P. Oxy. 1228 |
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| Text | John 15-16 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Glasgow University Library |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 14-16 |
| Size | 18.5 x 5 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
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Description
editThe original manuscript was likely a roll, and currently only has extant John 15:25-16:2, 21–32. The text is written in two consecutive columns, with the reverse side of the roll being blank.[2] The manuscript employs conventional Nomina Sacra: ΠΣ ΠΝΑ ΠΡΣ ΠΡΑ ΙΗΣ ΑΝΟΣ. The text contains no punctuation marks.[3]
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Åland described it as a normal text and placed it in Category I.[1] This manuscript displays an independent text.[2] Coincidences with the Codex Sinaiticus are frequent, but divergences are noticeable.[3] There are no singular readings.[4] According to Reverend Ellwood Schofield, the papyrus "rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place."[2][5]
History
editThe papyrus was found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and was originally published by Papyrologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Volume 10, designated as P. Oxy. 1228.[5][2] To determine its palaeographical dating, Grenfell and Hunt compared the graphical writing style to P. Oxy 654, which according to papyrologist Philip Comfort "can be dated confidently to the mid-third century."[3][2] Comfort states that though the writing style of 𝔓22 is "a bit heavier", it should be dated to the same time period.[2] It is currently housed at the Glasgow University Library (MS Gen 1026) in Glasgow.[1][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b c d e f Comfort, Philip Wesley; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ a b c Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Hunt, Arthur Surridge (1914). The Oxyrynchus Papyri. Vol. 10. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 14.
- ^ Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 406.
- ^ a b Schofield, Ellwood Mearle (1936). The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament (Thesis). South Baptist Theological Seminary. p. 198. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "P22: Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.