New Testament amulet

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.

𝔗2, Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library. Muhlenberg College.

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]

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List of New Testament Amulets
Dobs.#DateContentsScriptMaterialPublicationOwnerCity, StateCountryImages
𝔗1 = 0152 4th Matthew 6:11–13 ΑΩ Ostrakon National Archaeological Museum, Inv. 12227 Athens Greece
𝔗2 6th–7th Matthew 4:23–24 ΑΩ 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]
𝔗3 6th Matthew 1:1; 6:9–13; John 1:1 ΑΩ Papyrus Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten[5]
𝔗4 6th Matthew 1:1; 6:9; Mark 1:1–2; Luke 1:1; John 1:1 ΑΩ/αω Papyrus Papiri greci e latini[6] Laurentian Library, PSI VI 719 Florence Italy BML[7]
𝔗5 8th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩ Wood tablet University of Heidelberg, Egyptian Collection, Inv. 761; P.Bad. 4.60 Heidelberg Germany p.249
𝔗6 5th–6th Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 9:37; 11:1b-2 ΑΩ Papyrus Papyri Iandanae[8] University of Giessen, P.Iand. 1.6 Gießen, Hesse Germany UoG[9]
𝔗7 14th Matthew 6:9–13; Mark 1:1–8, Luke 1:1–7; John 1:1–17 αω Parchment A 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]
𝔗8 5th–6th John 2:1a-2; Romans 12:1–2 ΑΩ Papyrus Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen [13] Austrian National Library, G 3212 Vienna Austria ANL[14]
𝔗9 5th John 1:1, 3 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIII[15] University of Glasgow, P. Oxy. 1151 Glasgow UK OP[16]
𝔗10 5th–6th Matthew 1:1; 4:23; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1; John 1:1–2 ΑΩ Parchment Altchristliche Texte im Berliner Museum[17] Berlin State Museums, P. 6096 Berlin Germany BerlPap[18]
𝔗11 5th–6th Matthew 4:23/9:35; Matthew 8:15/Mark 1:31 ΑΩ Papyrus Vier Berliner Zaubertexte[19] Berlin State Museums, P. 21230 Berlin Germany BerlPap[20]
𝔗12 5th–6th Matthew 6:9, 11 ΑΩ Papyrus Papyri in the Princeton University Collections[21] Princeton University Library, P.Princ. 2.107 Princeton, NJ USA PUL[22]
𝔗13 6th–7th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩ Papyrus A Greek Papyrus Amulet…[23] Duke University, P.Duke inv. 778 Durham, NC USA DU[24]
𝔗14 = 0324 5th Matthew 6:4–6, 8–12 ΑΩ Parchment Columbia Papyri XI[25] Columbia University, P.Col. 11.293 New York, NY USA CU[26]
𝔗15 6th–8th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩ/αω Papyrus The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ[27] Yale University, P.CtYBR inv. 4600 New Haven, CT USA YU[28]
𝔗16 4th–5th Matthew 6:9–13; 2 Corinthians 13:13? ΑΩ Papyrus Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection[29] University of Oslo, P.Oslo inv. 1644 Oslo Norway
Schøyen Collection, MS 244/4 Oslo Norway
𝔗17 3rd–4th Matthew 6:10–12 ΑΩ Papyrus The Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2[30] Sackler Library, P.Ant. 2.54 Oxford UK p.233
𝔗18 6th Matthew 6:11–13 ΑΩ Papyrus Kölner Papyri[31] University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.336 Cologne Germany UOC[32]
𝔗19 5th Matthew 6:11–13 ΑΩ Papyrus Kölner Papyri[33] University of Cologne, P.Köln 4.171 Cologne Germany UOC[34]
𝔗20 = 𝔓105 5th–6th Matthew 27:62–64; 28:2–5 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIV[35] Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 4406 Oxford UK OP,[36] CSNTM, INTF
𝔗21 3rd–4th Mark 1:1–2 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVI[37] Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 5073 Oxford UK OP[38]
𝔗22 5th–6th John 1:1–12 ΑΩ Papyrus Kölner Papyri[39] University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.340 Cologne Germany UOC[40]
𝔗23 6th–7th John 1:5–6 ΑΩ Parchment Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1[41] Austrian National Library, G 29831 Vienna Austria ANL[42]
𝔗24 6th–7th John 1:29, 49 ΑΩ Papyrus Ein apokryphes Evangelienfragment[43] Berlin State Museums, Inv. 11710 Berlin Germany BerlPap[44]
𝔗25 6th 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:8/Ephesians 6:16 ΑΩ Papyrus Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen [45] Austrian National Library, G 26034 + 30453 Vienna Austria ANL[46]
𝔗26 = 0262 7th 1 Timothy 1:15–16 ΑΩ/αω Parchment Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung[47] Berlin State Museums, P. 13977 Berlin Germany BerlPap,[48] INTF, CSNTM
𝔗27 = 𝔓78 3rd–4th Jude 4–5, 7–8 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. XXIV[49] Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 2684 Oxford UK OP[50] CSNTM, INTF
𝔗28 4th–5th Colossians 3:9–10 ΑΩ Papyrus A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10[51] Petrie Egyptian Museum, UC 32070 London UK PEM[52]
𝔗29 3rd–4th Acts 9:1 ΑΩ Papyrus An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1[53] Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham[54] Birmingham UK
𝔗30 5th–6th Matthew 1:20 ΑΩ Papyrus A Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20[55] University of Michigan, P.Mich. inv. 4944b Ann Arbor, MI USA BJ[56]

See also

Other lists of New Testament manuscripts

References
  • Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland (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 (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8028-4098-1.
  • T.S. de Bruyn & H.F. Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48 (2011) 163–216.
  • Peter Head, ‘Additional Greek Witnesses to the New Testament (Ostraca, Amulets, Inscriptions, and Other Sources)’ in The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis. Second Edition (eds M.W. Holmes & B.D. Ehrman; NTTSD 42; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2012), 429–460.
  • Brice C. Jones, New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism, April 2015.

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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  47. Kurt Treu, “Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung,” APF 18 (1966): 23–38, at 36–37.
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  51. Thomas A. Wayment, A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10, Vigiliae Christianae Volume 69: Issue 5 (2015)
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  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.
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