Uncial 059

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Uncial 059

New Testament manuscript

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Fragment with Mark 15:29-33
Text Mark 15 †
Date 4th/5th century
Script Greek
Now at Austrian National Library
Size 15 x 11 cm
Type Alexandrian text-type
Category III

Uncial 059 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 09 (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 4th or 5th century.

Manuscript document written by hand

A manuscript was, traditionally, any document that is written by hand -- or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten -- as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has come to be understood to further include any written, typed, or word-processed copy of an author's work, as distinguished from its rendition as a printed version of the same. Before the arrival of printing, all documents and books were manuscripts. Manuscripts are not defined by their contents, which may combine writing with mathematical calculations, maps, explanatory figures or illustrations. Manuscripts may be in book form, scrolls or in codex format. Illuminated manuscripts are enriched with pictures, border decorations, elaborately embossed initial letters or full-page illustrations. A document should be at least 75 years old to be considered a manuscript.

New Testament Second division of the Christian biblical canon

The New Testament is the second part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christianity. Christians regard both the Old and New Testaments together as sacred scripture. The New Testament has frequently accompanied the spread of Christianity around the world. It reflects and serves as a source for Christian theology and morality. Extended readings and phrases directly from the New Testament are incorporated into the various Christian liturgies. The New Testament has influenced religious, philosophical, and political movements in Christendom and left an indelible mark on literature, art, and music.

Contents

Description

The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Mark (15:29-38), on 1 parchment leaf (15 cm by 11 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page. [1]

Gospel of Mark Books of the New Testament

The Gospel According to Mark is one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to his death and burial and the discovery of the empty tomb – there is no genealogy of Jesus or birth narrative, nor, in the original ending at chapter 16, any post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. It portrays Jesus as a heroic man of action, an exorcist, a healer, and a miracle worker. Jesus is also the Son of God, but he keeps his identity secret, concealing it in parables so that even most of the disciples fail to understand. All this is in keeping with prophecy, which foretold the fate of the messiah as suffering servant. The gospel ends, in its original version, with the discovery of the empty tomb, a promise to meet again in Galilee, and an unheeded instruction to spread the good news of the resurrection.

The leaf designated by 059 came from the same manuscript as 0215 (Mark 15:20-21,26-27). [1]

Text

recto
ΠΑ[ραπ]ΟΡΕΥ[ομεν]οι
ΕΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΟΥΝ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΚΕΙ
ΝΟΥΝΤΕΣΤΑΣΚΕΦΑΛΑΣΑΥΤΩ
ΚΑΙΛΕΓΟΝΤΑΣ ΟΥΑ ΟΚΑΤΑΛΥ
ΩΥΤΟΝ[ν]ΑΟΝΚΑΙΟΚΟΔΟΜΩ
ΕΝΤΡΙΣΙΝΗΜΕΡΑΙΣΣΩΣΟΝΣΕ
ΑΥΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΑΠΟΤΟΥΣΡΥ
ΟΙΟΙΩΣΚΑΙΟΙΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΣΕΜ
ΠΑΙΖΟΝΤΕΣΠΡΟΣΑΛΛΗΛΟΥΣ
ΜΕΤΑΤΩΝΓΡΑΜ[μ]ΑΤΕΩΝΕ
ΛΕΓΟΝ ΑΛ[λους εσωσεν]ΕΑΥ
Τ[ον ου]ΔΥΝ[αται σωσαι ο]ΧΣ
[erased κατ]Α[βατ]Ω
[... ι]ΝΑΙΔΩΜΕ
[και πιστευ]ΣΩ[μεν]ΚΑΙΟΙΣΥΝ
[εσταυρωμενοι]ΑΥΤΩΩΝΕΙΔΙΖΟΝ
[αυτον γ]ΕΝΟΜΕΝΗΣΩΡΑΣ
[erased]
verso
ΕΦ[ολην]ΤΗΝ[εως ωρας]
ΕΝΑΤΗΣ ΚΑΙΤΗΕΝΑΤΗΩΡΑ
ΕΒΟΗΣΕΝΟΙΣΦΩΝΗΜΕΓΑΛΗ
ΗΛΕΙΗΛΕΙ ΛΑΜΑΣΑΒΑ[χθα]
ΝΕΙ ΟΕΣΤΙΝΜΕΘΕ[ρμηνευο]
ΜΕΝΟΝ ΟΘΣΟΘΣΜΟΥΕΣΤΙ
ΕΓΚΑΤΕΛΙΠΕΣ[μ]ΕΚΑΙΤΙΝΕΣ
ΤΩΝΠΑΡΕΣΤΗ[κοτων ακου]
ΣΑΝΤΕΣΕΛΕΓΟΝ[ιδου ηλιαν]
ΦΩΝΕΙ .............. ΚΑΙ [γε]
ΜΙ [σας ............. erased ]
[....................................]
[....................................]
ΤΑΙΗΛΕΙ [ας καθελειν]
οδεισα . [...................]
ΕΞΕΙΠΝΕΝΥΣΕΝ .. [.......]
ΤΑΣΜΑΤΟΥΝΑ [2]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category III. [1]

Codex book with handwritten content

A codex, plural codices, is a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar materials. The term is now usually only used of manuscript books, with hand-written contents, but describes the format that is now near-universal for printed books in the Western world. The book is usually bound by stacking the pages and fixing one edge to a bookbinding, which may just be thicker paper, or with stiff boards, called a hardback, or in elaborate historical examples a treasure binding.

Alexandrian text-type

The Alexandrian text-type, associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual characters of biblical manuscripts.

Kurt Aland German Theologian

Kurt Aland, was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director from 1959–83. He was one of the principal editors of Nestle-Aland – Novum Testamentum Graece for the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft and The Greek New Testament for the United Bible Societies.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 4th or 5th century. [1] [3]

The manuscript was examined by Karl Wessely, Guglielmo Cavallo, [4] and Pasquale Orsini. [5] Gregory added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts. [6]

Karl Wessely was an Austrian palaeographer and papyrus scholar. He examined manuscripts housed at the Austrian National Library and in other important European libraries.

Guglielmo Cavallo is an Italian Greek palaeographer and professor from the Sapienza University of Rome.

Pasquale Orsini is an Italian palaeographer, librarian, and Professor from Università di Catania-Siracusa.

The codex is located at the Austrian National Library, in Vienna. Leaf 059 has number of catalogue Pap. G. 39779, and leaf 0215 – Pap. G. 36112. [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 119. ISBN   978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 73–74.
  3. ↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ↑ G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (1967), pl.46b;
  5. ↑ P. Orsini, Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica. Materiali per un aggiornamento, Cassino, Edizioni dell'Università degli Studi di Cassino, 2005 (Collana scientifica, Studi Archeologici, Artistici, Filologici, Letterari e Storici), 28.
  6. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 38.

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