| New Testament manuscript | |
 Verso James 1:10–12 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. X 1229 |
|---|---|
| Text | James 1 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | University of Illinois |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 16-18 |
| Size | 12.1 x 11.2 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 23, also known as P. Oxy X 1229, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of James, surviving in a fragmentary condition containing only James 1:10-12,15-18. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓23 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century.1
Description
The Nomina sacra are written fully, abbreviations are used only at the end of lines.2 There has been noticed the occurrence of the ungrammatical αποσκιασματος found also in Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus in James 1:17. It is currently housed in the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois (G. P. 1229) in Urbana, Illinois.345
Text
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or rather proto-Alexandrian). Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament manuscript classification system.3 The manuscript displays the greatest textual agreement with codices Sinaticus (א), Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi, which represent the best text of the Catholic epistles, and then with Codex Vaticanus and 𝔓74.1
References
References
- Comfort, Philip Wesley; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Hunt, Arthur Surridge (1914). The Oxyrynchus Papyri. Vol. 10. London: Oxford University Press. p. 16.
- 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. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- "Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 23". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- "Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy X 1229: Excerpt, James 1: 15-18 (Fragment), Search the Collection, Spurlock Museum, U of I".
Further reading
Further reading
- R. H. Charles, Revelation of St. John, ICC, vol. II (Edinbourgh, 1920), pp. 448–450.