| New Testament manuscript | |
 Recto, Jude 1:4; 1:8 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 2684 |
|---|---|
| Text | Jude † |
| Date | c. 200-400 |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Sackler Library |
| Cite | L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 78, also known as P. Oxy. XXXVI 2684, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓78 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓78 is written in an elegant hand. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), it has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century CE.1
Description
- Text
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓78 displays a free text.2 Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system..1
- Present location
It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.13
- Textual variants
- v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
- v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
- v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
- v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).
References
References
- 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. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- Comfort, Philip Wesley (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers. p. 73.
- "Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 78". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
Further reading
Further reading
- L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.
- M. Mees, 𝔓78: ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 5–10.
- Comfort, Philip Wesley; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
External links
External links
- Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri 𝔓78.
Images
- High Resolution Digital Images online at the University of Oxford's P.Oxy: Oxyrhyncus Online
- Digital images of 𝔓78 online at the CSNTM