Papyrus 29

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{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Papyrus

| number = 𝔓29

| image = Papyrus 29 (POxy1597).jpg

| isize =

| caption=

| name = P. Oxy. 1597

| sign =

| text = Acts 26 †

| script = Greek

| date = 3rd century

| found = Egypt

| now at = Bodleian Library

| cite = B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), pp. 10-12

| size = 17 x 27 cm

| type = Alexandrian, Western

| cat = I

| hand =

| note =

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Papyrus 29 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓29, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles which contains Acts 26:7-8 and 26:20. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.{{Cite book

| last = Comfort

| first = Philip W.

| author-link = Philip Comfort

| author2 = David P. Barrett

| title = The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts

| publisher = Tyndale House Publishers

| year = 2001

| location = Wheaton, Illinois

| page = 125

| isbn = 978-0-8423-5265-9}}

Description

The Greek text of this codex is too short to put in a family. Grenfell and Hunt noticed its agreement with Codex Bezae, 1597, and some Old-Latin manuscripts.B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), p. 10. According to Aland it is a "free text" and it was placed by him in Category I.{{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}} According to Bruce M. Metzger and David Alan BlackDavid Alan Black, New Testament Textual Criticism, Baker Books, 2006, p. 65. the manuscript might be related to the Western text-type, but Philip Comfort stated "the fragment is too small to be certain of its textual character".

It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library, Gr. bibl. g. 4 (P) in Oxford.{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10029|title= Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=23 August 2011|location=Münster}}

See also

References

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Further reading

  • B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, [https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchusppt1300grenuoft#page/10/mode/2up Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII], (London 1919), pp. 10–12.