Papyrus 95
| New Testament manuscript | |
.JPG) John 5:26-29 | |
| Name | P. Laur. PL II/31 |
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| Sign | 𝔓95 |
| Text | John 5:26-29,36-38 |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Universita Degli Studi di Milano |
| Cite | J. Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (1985), pp. 117-120 |
| Size | [12] x [24] cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 95 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John in a fragmentary condition. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓95 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of John are verses 5:26-29,36-38. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
Description
[edit]The writing is in 35 lines per page.[2] The fragment should have the word πατήρ contracted (known as a nomen sacrum) in two places, however the place where these would appear is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the manuscript.[3] The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (PL II/31) at Florence.[4][5]
Text
[edit]The Greek text of this manuscript is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Papyrologist and biblical scholar Philip Comfort describes it as proto-Alexandrian, though the extant portion is too fragmentary for certainty.[2] It has not yet been placed in any of the Categories of New Testament manuscripts.[4]
Textual variants
[edit]- 5:27 Word-spacing analysis indicates that 10-14 letters intruded between the first two words of the verse
- 5:28: ακουσουσιν (akousousin, 'shall hear' (future tense)) becomes ακουσαντες (akousantes, 'have heard' (aorist aspect, participle)).
- 5:36: omits second 'αυτα' (auta, these) through possible homoeoteleuton.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Comfort, Philip Wesley (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers. p. 75.
- ^ a b Comfort, Philip Wesley; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 627. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ Knust, Jennifer; Wasserman, Tommy (2020). To Cast the First Stone: The Transmission of a Gospel Story. Princeton University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780691203126.
- ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 95". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
Images
[edit]- Digital Images of 𝔓95 online at the CSNTM
- Description with Greek text.
Further reading
[edit]- Jean Lenaerts, Un papyrus de l’Évangile de Jean : PL II/31, Chronique d’ Egypte 60 (Brussels: 1985), pp. 117–120.
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