Papyrus 24 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by
siglum 𝔓
24, is an early copy of the
New Testament in
Greek. It is a
papyrus manuscript of the
Book of Revelation, it contains only Revelation 5:5-8; 6:5-8. The manuscript
paleographically has been assigned to the early 4th century.
Description
Originally it was written on a large leaf (approximately 19 by 28 cm).
It is the earliest manuscript which has survived to the present day with the text of Rev. 5–6.
[Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts''. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 115.] It uses letter Ζ for επτα (''seven'').
The Greek text of this codex 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 ...
(rather proto-Alexandrian).
Aland placed it in
Category I.
[ This manuscript exhibits textual agreement with ]Papyrus 18
Papyrus 18 (in the Gregory–Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓18, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript containing the beginning of the Book of Revelation. It contains only Revelation 1:4– 7. It is writt ...
, Papyrus 47
Papyrus 47 (''P. Chester Beatty'' III), designated by siglum (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early Greek New Testament manuscript written on papyrus, and is one of the manuscripts comprising the Chester Beat ...
, and Codex Sinaiticus, but the surviving fragment is too small to determine its overall textual affinities.[
It is currently housed at the Franklin Trask Library ]Andover Newton Theological School
Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) was a graduate school and seminary in Newton, Massachusetts. Affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It was the product of a merger between Andover Theological ...
(OP 1230) in Newton, Massachusetts.
See also
* List of New Testament papyri
* Revelation 5, 6
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
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 ...
''Oxyrynchus Papyri'' X
(London 1914), pp. 18–19.
External links
* Robert B. Waltz
Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
P24 images at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
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New Testament papyri
4th-century biblical manuscripts
Book of Revelation papyri