A New Testament amulet (also called a

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) is an ancient hand-written portion of the New Testament, commonly worn as a charm.

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is the most common text found on

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. Also commonly found are the opening verses of each of the four

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s. The numbering system begun by

Ernst von Dobschütz Ernst Adolf Alfred Oskar Adalbert von Dobschütz (9 October 1870 – 20 May 1934) was a German theologian, textual critic, author of numerous books and professor at the University of Halle, the University of Breslau, and the University of Strasbou ...

for New Testament Greek Amulets assigned each recovered Amulet a

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character 𝔗 (indicating ''Talisman'') followed by a superscript number. Von Dobschütz continued the list through 𝔗⁹. The additional numbers assigned below continue this numbering in the order suggested by Brice C. Jones. * Digital images are referenced with direct links to the hosting web pages. The quality and accessibility of the images is as follows:

List of New Testament Amulets

References

* * T.S. de Bruyn & H.F. Dijkstra, �
Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements
” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48 (2011) 163–216. * Peter Head
‘Additional Greek Witnesses to the New Testament (Ostraca, Amulets, Inscriptions, and Other Sources)’
in The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis. Second Edition (eds M.W. Holmes & B.D. Ehrman; NTTSD 42; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2012), 429–460. * Brice C. Jones
New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism
April 2015.

Notes

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List of New Testament Amulets

See also

Other lists of New Testament manuscripts

Other articles

References

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