| New Testament manuscript | |
 Recto Acts 8:30-32, 10:26-30 | |
| Text | Acts of the Apostles 8; 10 † |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 200-400 (if real) |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Yale University Library |
| Cite | C. H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172. |
| Size | 13.8 x 17.7 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
| Note | This Manuscript is thought to be a Fake. |
Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 𝔓50, is an early copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd/4th century.1 Elijah Hixson suggests that the manuscript may possibly be a forgery based on anomalies in line spacing, some text seeming to wrap around lacunae, and serious issues with fiber alignment in the papyrus.2
Description
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. Aland placed it in Category III.1 The text generally concurs with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.3
The nomina sacra are contracted (ΙΛΗΜ, ΠΝΑ, ΑΝΟΣ, ΑΝΟΝ, ΘΣ, ΘΥ, ΚΥ).4
The manuscript was purchased in Paris by Yale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egyptian provenance.5 The text of the codex was published in 1937 by Carl H. Kraeling.6
It is currently housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (P.CtYBR inv. 1543) in New Haven.178
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. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- Hixson, Elijah (1 February 2021). "Possible Markers of Inauthenticity in a Greek New Testament Papyrus (Elijah Hixson)". YouTube. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.
- Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Lake F/S, p. 169.
- Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362.
- Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Lake F/S, pp. 163-172.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- Beinecke papyrus database Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading
Further reading
- Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Robert P.Casey, Silva Lake i Agnes K. Lake: Studies Presented to KIBSOPP LAKE by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends. 1937, s. 163–172.
- Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362-364.