Papyrus 106

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Papyrus

| number = 106

| image = P106-Joh-1 29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg

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| caption=

| name = P. Oxy. 4445

| sign = {{papyrus|106}}

| text = Gospel of John 1:29-35; 1:40-46

| script = Greek

| date = 3rd century

| found = Oxyrhynchus, Egypt

| now at = Sackler Library

| cite = W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXIV (1997), pp. 11-14

| size = 13 x 8.8 cm

| type = Alexandrian text-type

| cat = I

| hand =

| note =

}}

Papyrus 106 is a fragmentary manuscript of the Gospel of John from the New Testament in Greek written on papyrus. It contains text from John 1:29-35 & 1:40-46. It is designated by the siglum {{papyrus|106}} in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century.{{Cite book | first=Philip Wesley | last=Comfort | title=Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism | page=75 | year=2005 | publisher=Broadman & Holman | location=Nashville, Tennessee}} The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, shelf number P. Oxy. 4445) at Oxford University in Oxford, England.{{Cite web | title= Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 106 | url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10106 | publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research | location=Münster | access-date=27 August 2011}}

Description

The manuscript is made of papyrus, and originally would have been around 12.5 cm x 23 cm in size, with about 35 lines per page.{{Cite book | first1=Philip Wesley | last1=Comfort | first2=David P. | last2=Barrett | title=The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts | edition=2 | page=645 | year=2001 | publisher=Tyndale House | location=Wheaton, Illinois | isbn=0-8423-5265-1}} Due to pagination being extant (gamma/Γ (=3) on the front and delta/Δ (=4) on the reverse of the leaf), this indicates that the manuscript was either a single codex of John, or had John at the beginning of a collection.{{r|Comfort|p=33}}

Textual Character

Despite its fragmentary nature, the text of the manuscript is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or rather proto-Alexandrian), bearing familiarity to {{Papyrus link|66}}, {{Papyrus link|75}}, Codex Sinaiticus ({{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}), and Vaticanus (B).{{r|Comfort}} The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups.{{r|metz-ehrman|pp=231–232}} These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.{{Cite book | first1=Bruce Manning | last1=Metzger | author-link1=Bruce M. Metzger | first2=Bart D. | last2=Ehrman | author-link2=Bart D. Ehrman | title=The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration | edition=4th | year=2005 | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | isbn=0-19-516667-1}}{{rp|306–307}}

= Some notable readings =

Below are some readings of the manuscript and how they relate to other manuscripts of the New Testament.Taken from NA27 Edition Apparatus, and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613014854/http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts |date=2015-06-13 }}

John 1:30:

:{{lang|el|υπερ}} (on behalf of): {{papyrus|106}} {{Papyrus link|5}} {{Papyrus link|66}} {{Papyrus link|75}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}* B C* Codex Washingtonianus pc

:{{lang|el|περι}} (concerning): {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}{{sup|2}} A Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus L Θ Ψ 0101 Family 1 Family 13 33 $\mathfrak{M}$ ; Epiph

John 1:32 (1)

:{{lang|el|λεγων}} (saying)

::omit. : {{papyrus|106}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}*

::incl. : {{Papyrus link|55}} {{Papyrus link|66}} {{Papyrus link|75}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}{{sup|1}} A B C

John 1:32 (2)

:{{lang|el|καταβαινον ως περιστεραν}} (descended as a dove): {{papyrus|106}} {{Papyrus link|55}} {{Papyrus link|75}} A B C

:{{lang|el|καταβαινον ωσει περιστερὰν}} (descended as if like a dove) : {{Papyrus link|66}} K P Δ 0101 Family 1 Family 13 700 892 1241 1424 l 2211 pm

:{{lang|el|ως περιστεραν καταβαινον}} (as a dove descended) : {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}

John 1:34

:{{lang|el|εκλεκτος}} (chosen) : {{papyrus|106}} {{papyrus|5}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}* b e Codex Corbeiensis II Syriac Curetonian (Syriac versions of the Bible#Old Syriac version).Peter M. Head The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John Biblica 85 (2004) p. 403.

:{{overline|υς}} ({{lang|el|υιος}}) (son) : {{Papyrus link|66}} {{Papyrus link|75}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}}{{sup|2}} A B C D W Θ Ψ 083

John 1:42

:{{lang|el|ιωαννου}} (of John) : {{papyrus|106}} {{Papyrus link|66}} {{Papyrus link|75}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}} B* L Codex Washingtonianus 33 pc it co

:{{lang|el|ιωαννα}} (to John) : Θ 1241 pc vg

:{{lang|el|ιωνα}} (Jonah) : A Codex Vaticanus Ψ Family 1 Family 13 $\mathfrak{M}$ c q vg{{sup|cl}} sy Bible translations into Coptic#Boharic; Epiph

John 1:45

:{{lang|el|ναζαρεθ}} (Nazareth) : {{papyrus|106}} {{Papyrus link|75}} $\mathfrak{M}$

:{{lang|el|ναζαρετ}} (Nazaret) : {{Papyrus link|66}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}} A B

John 1:46

:{{lang|el|ναζαρεθ}} (Nazareth) : {{papyrus|106}} {{Papyrus link|75}} $\mathfrak{M}$

:{{lang|el|ναζαρετ}} (Nazaret) : {{Papyrus link|66}} {{larger|{{script|Hebr|א}}}} A B

References

External links

= Images =

[https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_LXV_4445_John_i_29-35_40-46/21178825?file=37553575 P.Oxy.LXIV 4445] from the University of Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online" (accessed 5 Jan 2025)

= Official registration =

[https://www.uni-muenster.de/NTTextforschung/KgLSGII08_02_27.pdf "Continuation of the Manuscript List"] Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008

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