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Papyrus 16

Papyrus 16, designated by 𝔓16, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It was part of a papyrus manuscript containing the Pauline letters. It contains Philippians 3:10–17; 4:2–8. The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned either to the 3rd century or the fourth century.

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Papyrus 𝔓16
New Testament manuscript
Recto Philippians 3, [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+3:10–17&version=nrsvue 10–17]
Recto Philippians 3, 10–17
NameP. Oxy. 1009
TextPhilippians 3-4 †
Date3rd/4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
NowΒ atEgyptian Museum
CiteB. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VII, (London 1910), pp. 8-11
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryI

Papyrus 16 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓16, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It was part of a papyrus manuscript containing the Pauline letters. It contains Philippians 3:10–17; 4:2–8.1 The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned either to the 3rd century2 or the fourth century.3

Description

Verso Philippians 4, 2-8 source β†—

The manuscript is written in a competent literary hand that is sometimes described as belonging to the "severe style."4 There are about 37-38 lines per page.1 𝔓15 and 𝔓16 were almost certainly part of the same manuscript.5


The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way. The text was not corrected.6

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.7 This manuscript diverges from the text of UBS4 8 times, from Codex Vaticanus 9 times, and from Codex Sinaiticus 10 times. 𝔓16 diverges from readings of the majority of all New Testament manuscripts 11 times.

It is currently housed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BAAM 0544) in Alexandria.8

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p.Β 93. ISBNΒ 978-0-8423-5265-9.
  2. Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p.Β 93. ISBNΒ 978-0-8423-5265-9.
  3. Orsini, Pasquale; Clarysse, Willy (2012). "Early New Testament Manuscripts and their Dates". Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. 88: 443–474.
  4. Orsini, Pasquale; Clarysse, Willy (2012). "Early New Testament Manuscripts and their Dates". Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. 88: 443–474.
  5. Nongbri, Brent (2026). "A Papyrus Codex of the Pauline Corpus from Oxyrhynchus: The History, Script, and Codicology of P.Oxy. 7.1008 (P15) and 7.1009 (P16)". Zeitschrift fΓΌr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. 117 (1): 119–134.
  6. Klaus Wachtel, Klaus Witte, Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus: Gal., Eph., Phil., Kol., 1. u. 2. Thess., 1. u. 2 Tim., Tit., Phlm., Hebr, Walter de Gruyter, 1994, p. XLI.
  7. 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.Β 97. ISBNΒ 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. Nongbri, Brent (2026). "A Papyrus Codex of the Pauline Corpus from Oxyrhynchus: The History, Script, and Codicology of P.Oxy. 7.1008 (P15) and 7.1009 (P16)". Zeitschrift fΓΌr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. 117 (1): 119–134.
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