Papyrus 70

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Papyrus 𝔓70
National Archaeological Museum (Florence)
CiteE. Lobel, C. H. Roberts, E. G. Turner, and J. W. B. Barns, OP XXIV (1957), pp. 4-5.
Size15 x 25 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryI
Handcarelessly written

Papyrus 70 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓70, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 2:13-16; 2:22-3:1; 11:26-27; 12:4-5; 24:3-6.12-15. 𝔓70 has a fairly reliable text, though it was carelessly written. The manuscript palaeographically had been assigned to the late 3rd century.[1]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as a “strict text”, and placed it in Category I.[2]

Present location

It is currently housed at the

National Archaeological Museum (Florence)[2] (PSI 3407 – formerly CNR 419, 420).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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Further reading

  • Edgar Lobel, Colin H. Roberts, E. G. Turner, and J. W. B. Barns, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXIV (London: 1957), pp. 4–5.
  • M. Naldini, Nuovi frammenti del vangelo di Matteo, Prometeus 1 (Florence: 1975), pp. 195–200.
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