Papyrus 78 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
78, is an early copy of the
New Testament
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in
Greek
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. It is a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the
Epistle of Jude. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4-5 & 7-8. 𝔓
78 is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been
paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).
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Description
; Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓78 displays a free text.[Philip W. Comfort, ''Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism'', Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.] Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).Sackler Library
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(P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford
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.
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).
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 ...
* Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (, mo ...
References
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.
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Images
P. Oxy. 2684
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
Papyrus 78 recto
Papyrus 78 verso
External links
* Robert B. Waltz
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New Testament papyri
3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament
Epistle of Jude papyri