Papyrus 23 (in the Gregory-Åland numbering), designated by 𝔓23, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of James, it contains only James 1:10-12,15-18. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
 James 1:15-18 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. X 1229 |
|---|---|
| Text | James 1 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | University of Illinois |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 16-18 |
| Size | 12.1 x 11.2 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Description
editThe Nomina sacra are written fully, abbreviations are used only at the end of lines.[2] There has been noticed the occurrence of the ungrammatical αποσκιασματος found also in Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus in James 1:17.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or rather proto-Alexandrian). Åland placed it in Category I.[3] This manuscript displays the greatest agreement with codices א A C, which represent the best text of the Catholic epistles, and then with Codex Vaticanus and Papyrus 74.[1]
It is currently housed in the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois (G. P. 1229) in Urbana, Illinois.[3][4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), p. 16.
- ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy X 1229: Excerpt, James 1: 15-18 (Fragment), Search the Collection, Spurlock Museum, U of I".
Further reading
edit- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 16–18.
- R. H. Charles, Revelation of St. John, ICC, vol. II (Edinbourgh, 1920), pp. 448–450.