New Testament amulet

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A New Testament amulet (also called a talisman) is an ancient hand-written portion of the New Testament, commonly worn as a charm. The Lord's Prayer is the most common text found on amulets. Also commonly found are the opening verses of each of the four New Testament gospels.

Contents

The numbering system begun by Ernst von Dobschütz for New Testament Greek Amulets assigned each recovered Amulet a Blackletter character 𝔗 (indicating Talisman) followed by a superscript number. Von Dobschütz continued the list through 𝔗9. The additional numbers assigned below continue this numbering in the order suggested by Brice C. Jones. [1]

Gold color indicates high resolution color images available online.
Light gray color indicates black/white or microfilm images available online.
Light pink color indicates amulet destroyed.

List of New Testament Amulets

Dobs.#DateContentsScriptMaterialPublicationOwnerCity, StateCountryImages
𝔗1 = 0152 4th Matthew 6:11–13ΑΩ Ostrakon National Archaeological Museum, Inv. 12227 Athens Greece
𝔗26th–7th Matthew 4:23–24ΑΩ Parchment The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. VIII 1077 [2] Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College, T 888.01 O98; P.oxy.1077 Allentown, PA USA MC, [3] BJ [4]
𝔗36th Matthew 1:1; 6:9–13; John 1:1 ΑΩ Papyrus Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten [5]
𝔗46thMatthew 1:1; 6:9; Mark 1:1–2; Luke 1:1; John 1:1 ΑΩ/αωPapyrusPapiri greci e latini [6] Laurentian Library, PSI VI 719 Florence Italy BML [7]
𝔗58th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩWood tablet University of Heidelberg, Egyptian Collection, Inv. 761; P.Bad. 4.60 Heidelberg Germany p.249
𝔗65th–6thMatthew 6:9–13; Luke 9:37; 11:1b-2ΑΩPapyrusPapyri Iandanae [8] University of Giessen, P.Iand. 1.6 Gießen, Hesse Germany UoG [9]
𝔗714thMatthew 6:9–13; Mark 1:1–8, Luke 1:1–7; John 1:1–17αωParchmentA Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament... [10] The University of Chicago Library, Ms. 125 (Goodspeed) Chicago, IL USA TUOCL [11]
Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M. 499 New York, NY USA PML [12]
𝔗85th–6th John 2:1a-2; Romans 12:1–2ΑΩPapyrusDie Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen [13] Austrian National Library, G 3212 Vienna Austria ANL [14]
𝔗95th John 1:1, 3ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIII [15] University of Glasgow, P. Oxy. 1151 Glasgow UK OP [16]
𝔗105th–6thMatthew 1:1; 4:23; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1; John 1:1–2ΑΩParchmentAltchristliche Texte im Berliner Museum [17] Berlin State Museums, P. 6096 Berlin GermanyBerlPap [18]
𝔗115th–6th Matthew 4:23/9:35; Matthew 8:15/Mark 1:31ΑΩPapyrusVier Berliner Zaubertexte [19] Berlin State Museums, P. 21230BerlinGermanyBerlPap [20]
𝔗125th–6th Matthew 6:9, 11 ΑΩPapyrusPapyri in the Princeton University Collections [21] Princeton University Library, P.Princ. 2.107 Princeton, NJ USAPUL [22]
𝔗136th–7thMatthew 6:9–13ΑΩPapyrusA Greek Papyrus Amulet… [23] Duke University, P.Duke inv. 778 Durham, NC USA DU [24]
𝔗14 = 03245th Matthew 6:4–6, 8–12ΑΩParchmentColumbia Papyri XI [25] Columbia University, P.Col. 11.293New York, NYUSA CU [26]
𝔗156th–8thMatthew 6:9–13ΑΩ/αωPapyrusThe Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ [27] Yale University, P.CtYBR inv. 4600 New Haven, CT USA YU [28]
𝔗164th–5thMatthew 6:9–13; 2 Corinthians 13:13?ΑΩPapyrusChristian Papyri from the Oslo Collection [29] University of Oslo, P.Oslo inv. 1644 Oslo Norway
Schøyen Collection, MS 244/4OsloNorway
𝔗173rd–4th Matthew 6:10–12ΑΩPapyrusThe Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2 [30] Sackler Library, P.Ant. 2.54 Oxford UK p.233
𝔗186th Matthew 6:11–13ΑΩPapyrusKölner Papyri [31] University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.336 Cologne Germany UOC [32]
𝔗195thMatthew 6:11–13ΑΩPapyrusKölner Papyri [33] University of Cologne, P.Köln 4.171CologneGermany UOC [34]
𝔗20 = 𝔓105 5th–6th Matthew 27:62–64; 28:2–5ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIV [35] Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 4406OxfordUK OP, [36] CSNTM, INTF
𝔗213rd–4thMark 1:1–2ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVI [37] Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 5073OxfordUK OP [38]
𝔗225th–6thJohn 1:1–12ΑΩPapyrusKölner Papyri [39] University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.340CologneGermany UOC [40]
𝔗236th–7th John 1:5–6ΑΩParchmentGriechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1 [41] Austrian National Library, G 29831ViennaAustria ANL [42]
𝔗246th–7thJohn 1:29, 49ΑΩPapyrusEin apokryphes Evangelienfragment [43] Berlin State Museums, Inv. 11710BerlinGermanyBerlPap [44]
𝔗256th 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:8/Ephesians 6:16ΑΩPapyrusDie Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen [45] Austrian National Library, G 26034 + 30453ViennaAustria ANL [46]
𝔗26 = 0262 7th 1 Timothy 1:15–16ΑΩ/αωParchmentNeue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung [47] Berlin State Museums, P. 13977BerlinGermany BerlPap, [48] INTF, CSNTM
𝔗27 = 𝔓78 3rd–4th Jude 4–5, 7–8ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. XXIV [49] Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 2684 OxfordUK OP [50] CSNTM, INTF
𝔗284th–5th Colossians 3:9–10ΑΩPapyrusA Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10 [51] Petrie Egyptian Museum, UC 32070 London UK PEM [52]
𝔗293rd–4th Acts 9:1ΑΩPapyrusAn Amulet Containing Acts 9:1 [53] Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham [54] Birmingham UK
𝔗305th–6th Matthew 1:20 ΑΩPapyrusA Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20 [55] University of Michigan, P.Mich. inv. 4944b Ann Arbor, MI USABJ [56]
𝔗315th–6thMt 1:1; Mk 1:1; Jn 1:1ΑΩPapyrusBibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum, BAAM 0505AlexandriaUSA

See also

Other lists of New Testament manuscripts

References

Notes

  1. "New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism". Concordia University, Canada. Brice C. Jones. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  2. "Amulet: St. Matthew's Gospel". The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. 1898. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  3. "P. Oxy. 1077: Amulet: St. Matthew's Gospel, iv". Artstor. Muhlenberg College. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  4. "P.Oxy. 8.1077 (LDAB 2959)". Concordia University, Canada. Brice Jones. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  5. Ulrich Wilken, “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten,” APF 1 (1901): 396–436, at 431–436.
  6. G. Vitelli, Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana per la ricerca dei papiri greci e latini in Egitto: Papiri greci e latini, vol. 6 (Florence: Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana, 1920), no. 719 (=151–152).
  7. "PSI VI 719". PSIonline. Laurentian Library. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  8. Ernest Schäfer, Papyri Iandanae, Vol. 1: Voluminum codicumque fragmenta graeca cum amulet christiano (Leipzig: Teubner, 1912), no. 6 (=18–32).
  9. "Inv. 14". University of Giessen. University of Giessen. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  10. Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937), pp. 226–227.
  11. "Ms. 125, Talismanic Scroll (D'Hendecourt Scroll). Greg. T7". Goodspeed Library, University of Chicago. The University of Chicago Library. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  12. "Miscellany". The Morgan Library. The Morgan Library and Museum. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  13. Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32.
  14. "Inventarnummer: G 02312 Pap". Austrian National Library. Austrian National Library. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  15. A.S. Hunt (ed.), Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911), §1151 (251–253).
  16. "P.Oxy. VIII 1151". University of Glasgow. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  17. F. Krebs, Altchristliche Texte im Berliner Museum, Nachr. Gesell. Göttingen, 1892, 118–120, Nr. IV; C. Schmidt – W. Schubart, BKT VI 7.1; C. Wessely, Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme II, Patrologia orientalis 18, 1924, 412–413.
  18. "P. 6096: Christliches Amulett". BerlPap. Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  19. William Brashear, “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte,” ZPE 17 (1975): 25–33, at 31–33.
  20. "P. 21230: Christliches Amulett". BerlPap. Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  21. Edmund Harris Kase, Jr., ed., Papyri in the Princeton University Collections (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1936), no. 107 (102–103).
  22. "Amulet. Gnostic fever amulet (both pagan and Christian)". Princeton University. Princeton University Libraries. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  23. Csaba A. La’da and Amphilochios Papathomas, “A Greek Papyrus Amulet from the Duke Collection with Biblical Excerpts,” BASP 41 (2004): 93–113.
  24. "Amulet (P.Duk.inv. 778)". Duke University Library. Duke University. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  25. Timothy M. Teeter, Columbia Papyri XI (ASP 38; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998), no. 293 (=1–7).
  26. "Biblical Text [V AD]". papyri.info. Columbia University. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  27. Brent Nongbri, “The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ: Two Christian Papyrus Amulets,” HTR 104 (2011): 59–68.
  28. "Amulet with Lord's Prayer". Yale University Library. Yale University. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  29. Leiv Amundsen, “Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection,” Symbolae Osloenses 24 (1945): 121–147, at 141–147
  30. J.W.B. Barns, H. Zilliacus, and C.H. Roberts (eds.), The Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2 (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1960), no. 54 (6–7)
  31. Michael Gronewald, “Vaterunser,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), vol. 8 (eds. Michael Gronewald, Klaus Maresch, and Cornelia Römer; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997), 48–49
  32. "Inv. 03583, Köln, Papyrussammlung". University of Cologne. University of Cologne. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  33. Cornelia Römer, “171. Christliches Amulett,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), vol. 4 (eds. Bärbel Kramer, Cornelia Römer, and Dieter Hagedorn; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1982), 31–34
  34. "Inv. 03302, Köln, Papyrussammlung". University of Cologne. University of Cologne. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  35. J. David Thomas, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIV (eds. E.W. Handley et al.; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1997), §4406.
  36. "P.Oxy.LXIV 4406". Oxyrhynchus Online. Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  37. Geoffrey S. Smith and Andrew E. Bernhard, “5073,” in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVI (eds. D. Colomo and Juan Chapa; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2011), 19–23.
  38. "P.Oxy.LXXVI 5073". Oxyrhynchus Online. Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  39. Franco Maltomini, “340. Amuleto con NT Ev. Jo. 1, 1–11,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), ed. Michael Gronewald, Klaus Maresch, and Cornelia Römer (vol. 8; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997), 82–95.
  40. "P.Köln 8.340". University of Cologne. University of Cologne. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  41. Kurt Treu and Johannes Diethart, Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1 (MPER N.S. XVII; Vienna: Hollinek, 1993), no. 10 (23).
  42. "Amulett mit Joh. 1, 5–6. Inventarnummer: G 29831 Pap". Austrian National Library. Austrian National Library. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  43. H. Lietzmann, “Ein apokryphes Evangelienfragment,” ZNW 22 (1923): 153–154
  44. "P. 11710: Christliches Amulett (?) in Kodexform". BerlPap. Berlin State Museums. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  45. Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32.
  46. "Neues Testament : G 30453 Phylakterion (?) mit Epistola ad Corinthios II 10, 4 und Epistola ad Thessalonicenses I 5, 8.. Inventarnummer: G 26034 Pap". Austrian National Library. Austrian National Library. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  47. Kurt Treu, “Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung,” APF 18 (1966): 23–38, at 36–37.
  48. "P. 13977: Amulett mit Textstellen aus Paulus, 1. Brief an Timotheus". BerlPap. Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  49. P.J. Parsons, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. XXXIV (eds. L. Ingrams, et al.; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1968), §2684.
  50. "P.Oxy.XXXIV 2684". Oxyrhynchus Online. Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  51. Thomas A. Wayment, A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10, Vigiliae Christianae Volume 69: Issue 5 (2015)
  52. "A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10 (Wayment)". Evangelical Textual Criticism. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  53. Lincoln H Blumell, An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Volume 54: (2017) pp. 31–43.
  54. "New Testament Papyrus Discovered in Birmingham!". University of Birmingham. University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  55. Brice C. Jones, A Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20, Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 137, Number 1: (2018) pp. 169–174.
  56. "New Greek Papyrus with a Citation of Matthew 1:20". Brice C. Jones. Brice Jones. Retrieved 2019-08-01.