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Papyrus 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1033 (in the Soden numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓12, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews, it contains only Hebrews 1:1. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to ca. 285. It may have been a writing exercise or an amulet.


Description

On the top of the second column another writer has penned Hebrews 1:1 in three lines.Philip W. Comfort, ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts'' Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 82. It has been written in a small uncial hand.B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, ''The Amherst Papyri'' I, (London 1900), p. 30. On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to Septuaginta. ; Text : πολυμερως κ πολυ ροως : παλε ο θς λαλήσ το ς πτρα : σ ημ εν τοις προ ηταιςref name = Grenfell/> It has error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι), the nomina sacra contracted (θς). The Greek text of this codex probably is 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 ...
, but its text is too brief for certainty. Aland placed it in Category I. It supports textual variant with ημων as in codices 𝔓46c a t v vgmss syrp.


History

The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by Grenfell and Hunt. It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City.


See also

* List of New Testament papyri * Papyrus Amherst 3a


References


Further reading

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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 ...
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A. S. Hunt Arthur Surridge Hunt, FBA (1 March 1871 – 18 June 1934) was an English papyrologist. Hunt was born in Romford, Essex, England. Over the course of many years, Hunt, along with Bernard Grenfell, recovered many papyri from excavation sites in ...

''The Amherst Papyri'' I
(London 1900), pp. 30–31. (P. Amherst 3 b). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Papyrus 0012 New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts Septuagint manuscripts Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Amherst papyri Collection of the Morgan Library & Museum Epistle to the Hebrews papyri