Papyrus 18 (in the
Gregory–Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
18, 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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containing the beginning of the
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...
. It contains only
Revelation 1:4–
7. It is written against the fibres of the papyrus. On the other side of the papyrus is the ending of the book of
Exodus
Exodus or the Exodus may refer to:
Religion
* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
Historical events
* Ex ...
. It is unclear whether the papyrus was a scroll of Exodus later reused for a copy of Revelation or a leaf from a codex with miscellaneous contents. The two sides of the papyrus were copied in different hands, but the original editor of the papyrus did not think there was a great interval of time between the copying of the two sides. He assigned the Exodus to the third century and the Revelation to the third or early fourth century.
Description
The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the
Alexandrian text-type.
Aland placed it in
Category I.
*
Revelation 1:5
: λυσαντι ημας εκ — P
18,
אc,
A,
C, 2020, 2081,
2814
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: λουσαντι ημας απο —
P,
046,
94, 1006, 1859, 2042, 2065, 2073, 2138, 2432
It is currently housed at the
British Library
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(Inv. 2053v) in
London
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.
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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 ...
*
Revelation 1
Revelation 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author is a point of a ...
References
Further reading
*
* Brent Nongbri. "Losing a Curious Christian Scroll but Gaining a Curious Christian Codex: An Oxyrhynchus Papyrus of Exodus and Revelation," ''Novum Testamentum'' 55 (2013), pp. 77–88.
* Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett, ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts''. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, pp. 103–105.
External links
Papyrus 2053at the British Library, verso (and recto)
P. Oxy. VIII, 1079from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
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New Testament papyri
Septuagint manuscripts
4th-century biblical manuscripts
British Library collections
Book of Revelation papyri