Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4443

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4443 (also P.Oxy. 65. 4443, TM 61923, LDAB 3080, Rahlfs 0996) is a fragment of a

Septuagint manuscript (LXX) written on papyrus in scroll form.[1] It is the oldest extant manuscript that contains Esther 8:16–9:3 of the Septuagint text and verse numbering,[2][3]
according to the text of LXX. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to 50–150 CE.

Description

This fragment of a papyrus roll contains 31 lines of text in 3 columns.[4] It is of semi-cursive script type.[5]

Treatment to the name of God

The Hebrew book of Esther does not contain the

masoretic text).[10]

The scroll form and the presence of the uncontracted word θεός (theos, not in nomina sacra form) suggest that it is of Jewish rather than Christian origin.[11] The Masoretic Text of Esther makes no mention whatever of God under any title, although God is mentioned throughout the Septuagint text of the book and even more often in the independent "Alpha Text".[12][13][14]

Content

The text of the fragment consists mainly of a letter of Ahasuerus that Jerome moved to form chapter 16:1–24 of the Vulgate. It is also referred to as Addition E and in the Septuagint text stood between verses 8:12 and 8:13 of the shorter Masoretic Text.[15] According to Richard H. Hiers addition E "makes much pious reference to the power and justice of God".[16]

Location

This manuscript comes from Bahnasa, Oxyrhychus, Egypt.

Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 4443.[4]

References

  1. ^ "P. Oxy. 65 4443 (Luchner, K.)". Leuven Database of Ancient Books.
  2. JSTOR 1561379
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  3. ISBN 9780567082879
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  4. ^ a b c "4443 P. Oxy. 65 = Trismegistos 61923 = LDAB 3080". Papyri info. Trismegistos.
  5. ISBN 9780802846730
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  6. ^ Meyer 2022, pp. 251.
  7. ISBN 9789004343757
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  8. ISBN 9780865545106
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  9. ISBN 9781563383403
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  10. ^ Reinhartz, Adele (1998). "The Greek book of Esther". In Carol Ann Newsom; Sharon H. Ringe (eds.). Women's Bible Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 286.
  11. ISBN 9789004343757
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  12. ^ Jean-Daniel Macchi, Esther (Kohlhammer Verlag 2019)
  13. ^ Brittany Melton, Where is God in the Megilloth?: A Dialogue on the Ambiguity of Divine Presence and Absence (BRILL 2018), p. 69
  14. ^ Aaron Koller, Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought (Cambridge University Press 2014), p. 35
  15. ^ James C. Vanderkam, An Introduction to Early Judaism (Eerdmans 2001), p. 85
  16. ISBN 9781563383403
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