Papyrus 50
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Papyrus
| number = 𝔓50
| image = P050-Act-8 26-32-IV-V.jpg
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| caption=
| name =
| sign =
| text = Acts of the Apostles8; 10 †
| script = Greek
| date = 3rd/4th century
| found = Egypt
| now at = Yale University Library
| cite = C. H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172.
| size = 13.8 x 17.7 cm
| type = mixed
| cat = III
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Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 𝔓50, is an early copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd/4th century. Elijah Hixson suggests that the manuscript may possibly be a forgery based on anomalies in line spacing, some text seeming to wrap around lacunae, and serious issues with fiber alignment in the papyrus.{{Cite web|last=Hixson|first=Elijah|date=1 February 2021|title=Possible Markers of Inauthenticity in a Greek New Testament Papyrus (Elijah Hixson)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOD_dmpQhK4|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 February 2021|website=YouTube}}
Description
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. Aland placed it in Category III.{{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=99
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC
|isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}} The text generally concurs with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.
The nomina sacra are contracted (ΙΛΗΜ, ΠΝΑ, ΑΝΟΣ, ΑΝΟΝ, ΘΣ, ΘΥ, ΚΥ).Carl H. Kraeling, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41361ucmf_0#page/n209/mode/2up Two Selections from Acts], in: Lake F/S, p. 169.
The manuscript was purchased in Paris by Yale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egyptian provenance.Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362. The text of the codex was published in 1937 by Carl H. Kraeling.Carl H. Kraeling, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41361ucmf_0#page/n199/mode/2up Two Selections from Acts], in: Lake F/S, pp. 163-172.
File:P050-Act-10 26-31-IV-V.jpg
It is currently housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (P.CtYBR inv. 1543) in New Haven.{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10050|title= Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=26 August 2011|location=Münster}}[http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/papyrus/oneSET.asp?pid=1543 Beinecke papyrus database].
See also
References
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Further reading
- Carl H. Kraeling, [https://archive.org/stream/MN41361ucmf_0#page/n199/mode/2up Two Selections from Acts], in: Robert P.Casey, Silva Lake i Agnes K. Lake: Studies Presented to KIBSOPP LAKE by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends. 1937, s. 163–172.
- Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362-364.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714131729/http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/78/Bible_Papyrus_p50#2 Image 𝔓50 recto]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714131729/http://chrles.multiply.com/photos/album/78/Bible_Papyrus_p50#3 Image 𝔓50 verso]
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{{Acts of the Apostles}}
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