Papyrus 17 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓
17, is an early copy of the
New Testament
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in
Greek. It is a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the
Epistle to the Hebrews, but only contains verses 9:12-19. The manuscript has been
paleographically assigned to the 4th century.
[ However, according to Philip Comfort it is from the late 3rd century.][
]
Description
The leaf is in fragmentary condition (originally 19 by 25 cm).[Philip W. Comfort, ''The Text of the Earlies of New Testament Greek Manuscripts'' (2001), p. 101. ] The text fills in where Codex Vaticanus
The Codex Vaticanus ( The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1 ( von Soden), is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old ...
is vacant (from Hebrews 9:14).[
The ]Nomina Sacra
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are used throughout. The scribe used marks for punctuation between verses 12 and 13, and between 15 and 16.[ It has no iotacistic errors.
The Greek text of this codex is representative of the ]Alexandrian text-type
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Over 5,8 ...
. Aland placed it in Category II.Hunt
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.
Currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. 5893) in Cambridge
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.
See also
* List of New Testament papyri
References
Further reading
*
External links
P.Oxy.LXIV 1078
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
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New Testament papyri
4th-century biblical manuscripts
Epistle to the Hebrews papyri
Manuscripts in Cambridge