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 =
}}
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.
External links
- [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=CL5.1.5&d=HASH01cdb7e224458ca382037ac4 Oxyrhynchus 1597]
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{{Acts of the Apostles}}
{{New Testament papyri}}
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Category:3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Category:Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament