Papyrus 30
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Papyrus
| number = ๐30
| image = POxy1598 (1Th 5.8-10).jpg
| isize =
| caption= 1 Thess 5:8-10
| name = P. Oxy. 1598
| sign =
| text = 1 Thess 4-5 โ ; 2 Thess 1-2 โ
| script = Greek
| date = 3rd century
| found = Egypt
| now at = Ghent University
| cite = B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), pp. 12-14
| size = 16 x 12 cm
| type = Alexandrian text-type
| cat = I
| hand =
| note =
}}
Papyrus 30 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ๐30, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles, it contains only 1 Thess 4:12-5:18. 25-28; 2 Thess 1:1-2; 2:1.9-11. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.
Description
The manuscript is written in large uncial letters. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The number of the pages suggest that the manuscript was a collection of the Pauline epistles.B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), p. 12. It is a carefully executed manuscript.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.{{Cite book
|last=Aland
|first=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 Comfort this manuscript shows greater agreement with Codex Sinaiticus than with Vaticanus (in 11 out of 13 variants).
According to Grenfell it agrees four times with B against ื A, once with BA against ื, twice with ื A against B, once with ื against B A.
According to Comfort it was written in 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 = 128
| isbn = 978-0-8423-5265-9}}
It is currently housed at the Ghent University (Inv. 61) in Ghent.{{Cite web|url=https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste/?ObjID=10030|title= Liste (Greek)|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=14 May 2025|location=Mรผnster}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, [https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchusppt1300grenuoft#page/12/mode/2up Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII], (London 1919), pp. 12โ14.
External links
{{Grenfell and Hunt}}
- [https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:001484536 Image at holding institution]
- [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=HASH01cdb7e224458ca38a037ac4 Oxyrhynchus 1598]
{{Oxyrhynchus Papyri}}
{{New Testament papyri}}
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Category:3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Category:Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament