Papyrus 17
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Papyrus
| number = 𝔓17
| image = Papyrus 17 - Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1078 - Cambridge University Library Add. Ms. 5893 - Epistle to the Hebrews 9,12–19 (1).jpg
| isize = 200
| caption=
| name = P. Oxy. 1078
| sign =
| text = Hebrews 9 †
| script = Greek
| date = 4th century
| found = Egypt, Lord Crawford
| now at = Cambridge University
| cite = B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII, (London 1911), pp. 11-13
| size = 14.2 x 8.4 cm
| type = Alexandrian text-type
| cat = II
| hand =
| note =
}}
Papyrus 17 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓17, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews, but only contains verses 9:12-19. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 4th century. However, according to Philip Comfort it is from the late 3rd century.
Description
{{Grenfell and Hunt}}
The leaf is in fragmentary condition (originally 19 by 25 cm).Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earlies of New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 101. The text fills in where Codex Vaticanus is vacant (from Hebrews 9:14).
The Nomina Sacra are used throughout. The scribe used marks for punctuation between verses 12 and 13, and between 15 and 16. It has no iotacistic errors.
The Greek text of this codex is representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.{{Cite book
|last1=Aland
|first1=Kurt
|author-link=Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
|title=The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
|publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
|year=1995
|location=Grand Rapids
|page=97
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&pg=PA97
|isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}}
It was discovered by Lord Crawford in Egypt.Frederic G. Kenyon, "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London2, 1912, p. 44. The text was edited in 1911 by Grenfell and Hunt.{{Cite book
| last1 = B. P.
| first1 = Grenfell
| author-link = Bernard Pyne Grenfell
| last2 = Hunt
| first2 = A. S.
| author-link2 = Arthur Surridge Hunt
| title = Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII
| year = 1898
| location = London
| pages = 11–13
| url = https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspapyr08grenuoft#page/10/mode/2up
}}
Currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. 5893) in Cambridge.{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10017|title=Handschriftenliste|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=23 August 2011|location=Münster}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last1 = B. P.
| first1 = Grenfell
| author-link = Bernard Pyne Grenfell
| last2 = Hunt
| first2 = A. S.
| author-link2 = Arthur Surridge Hunt
| title = Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII
| year = 1898
| location = London
| pages = 11–13
| url = https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspapyr08grenuoft#page/10/mode/2up
}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-1708--00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.8&d=HASH01cdb7e2244564938a037abc P.Oxy.LXIV 1078] from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
{{New Testament papyri}}
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Category:4th-century biblical manuscripts