Papyrus 15 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓
15, is an early copy of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
in
Greek
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. It was originally a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the Pauline Corpus of letters, but now only contains
1 Corinthians
The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...
7:18-8:4.
The manuscript has been
palaeographically assigned to the 3rd century.
Description
The manuscript is written in a documentary hand.
[ There are about 37-38 lines per page.][ Grenfeld and Hunt conjectured that 𝔓15 and 𝔓16 might have been part of the same manuscript. Both manuscripts have the same formation of letters, line space, and punctuation.][
The Greek text of this codex is probably a representative of the ]Alexandrian text-type
In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations.
Over 5,8 ...
, however the text is too brief to determine this exactly. Aland placed it in Category I.Egyptian Museum
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(JE 47423) in Cairo
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.
See also
* List of New Testament papyri
A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. In general, they are considered the earliest witnesses to the original text of the New Testament.
This elite status amo ...
References
Further reading
* B. P. Grenfell
Bernard Pyne Grenfell FBA (16 December 1869 – 18 May 1926) was an English scientist and Egyptologist.
Life
Grenfell was the son of John Granville Grenfell FGS and Alice Grenfell. He was born in Birmingham and brought up and educated at Clift ...
& A. S. Hunt
''The Amherst Papyri'' VII
(London 1910), pp. 4–8.
External links
P. Oxy. 1008
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Egyptian Museum
New Testament papyri
3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament
First Epistle to the Corinthians papyri