Uncial 0162
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Uncial 0162 (in the
Description
Uncial 0162 is one of the manuscripts excavated by
.Unical 0162 measures 16 cm by 15 cm from a page of 20 lines.[2]
The scribe of Uncial 0162 was probably a professional.[1]
Uncial 0162 uses the usual nomina sacra: ΙΗΣ, ΙΣ, and ΠΡΣ.
Uncial 0162 had formally been assigned to the 4th century CE,[2] but Comfort argued that the small omicron belongs to the 3rd rather than the 4th century CE.[1]
The readings of Uncial 0162 are very close to Papyrus 66 (P66), Papyrus 75 (P75) and Codex Vaticanus (B).[1]
The text of Uncial 0162 is closer to Vaticanus than Sinaiticus.
Uncial 0162 is classed as a "consistently cited witness of the first order" in the Novum Testamentum Graece.[3] NA27 considers it even more highly than other witnesses of this type. It provides an exclamation mark (!) for "papyri and uncial manuscripts of particular significance because of their age."[4]
The text was first published by Grenfell and Hunt in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri in 1908.[5]
Currently Uncial 0162 is dated by the
See also
Other early uncials:
- Uncial 0171
- Uncial 0189
- Uncial 0220
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 846
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 848
Related articles:
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, Barbara Aland and Kurt Aland (eds), Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th edition, (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001), 58.
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt and others, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, 66 volumes to date, (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1898—), 6:4-5.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Further reading
- J. M. Bover, Dos papiros egipcios del N.T. recientemente publicados, EE 9 (1930), pp. 291–320.
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VI, Egypt Exploration Fund (London 1908), pp. 4–5.
- U. B. Schmid, D. C. Parker, W. J. Elliott, The Gospel according to St. John: The majuscules (Brill 2007), pp. 131–132. [text of the codex]
External links
- P. Oxy. 847 – Oxyrhynchus Online
- Uncial 0162 at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"