Papyrus 78

Papyrus 78 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓78, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4-5 & 7-8. 𝔓78 is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).[1]

Papyrus 𝔓78
New Testament manuscript
NameP. Oxy. 2684
TextJude †
Date3rd / 4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atSackler Library
CiteL. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6.
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryI

Description
Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓78 displays a free text.[2] Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).[1]

Present location

It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.[1][3]

Textual variants
  • v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
  • v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
  • v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
  • v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).

See also

References
  1. 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. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.
  3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

Further reading
  • L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.
  • M. Mees, P78: ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 5–10.
  • Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

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