Papyrus 12

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Papyrus 𝔓12
New Testament manuscript
Papyrus 12 - Papyrus Amherst 3b - Morgan Library, Pap. Gr. 3 - Epistle to the Hebrews 1,1.jpg
NameP. Amherst 3b
Text Epistle to the Hebrews 1 †
Date3rd century
Script Greek
Found Egypt 1897
Now at The Morgan Library & Museum
Cite B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), pp. 28-31 (P. Amherst 3 b)
Size20,8 cm x 23 cm
Type Alexandrian text-type  ?
Category I

Papyrus 12 is an early papyrus manuscript copy of the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews verse 1:1 in Greek. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓12 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and α 1033 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to ca. 285. It may have been a writing exercise or an amulet. [1]

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Description

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The verse has been written at the top of the second column by another (likely later) writer in three lines. [1] : 82  It has been written in a small uncial hand. [2] On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to the Greek Septuagint. [1]

Text [2]
Greek Text TranscriptionTransliterationEnglish Translation
πολυμερως κ(αι) πολυ[τρο]πωςpolymenōs k(ai) poly[tro]pōsIn many parts and in many ways
παλε ο ΘΣ λαλήσ[α]ς το[ις π]ατραpale ho Theos lalēs[a]s to[is p]atralong ago God spoke to the fathe-
σ[ιν] ημ[ω]ν εν τοις προ[φ]ητα[ις]s[in] hēm[ō]n en tois pro[ph]ēta[is]rs our by the prophets

It has an error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι, palai, meaning "long ago, formerly"), and includes the nomen sacrum ΘΣ for Theos, "God". [1] The Greek text of this small portion of Hebrews is probably a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but its text is too brief for certainty. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament manuscript classification system. [3] It supports the textual variant ημων (hēmōn, "our") as in codices 𝔓46 c a t v vgmss syrp. [4]

History

The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by papyrologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the Fayum, Egypt. [1] It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City. [3] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Comfort, Philip Wesley; Barrett, David P. (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 61. ISBN   978-0-8423-5265-9.
  2. 1 2 B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), p. 30.
  3. 1 2 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. 97. ISBN   978-0-8028-4098-1.
  4. ↑ NA26, p. 563.
  5. ↑ "Handschriftenliste: Papyrus 12". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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