Papyrus 22

Papyrus 𝔓22
New Testament manuscript
NameP. Oxy. 1228
TextJohn 15-16 †
Date3rd century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atGlasgow University Library
CiteB. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 14-16
Size18.5 x 5 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryI
Grenfell and Hunt
Bernard Grenfell Arthur Hunt
Bernard Grenfell
Arthur Hunt

Papyrus 22 is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is designated by 𝔓22 (in the Gregory-Åland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), and is a papyrus manuscript containing text from the Gospel of John. Using the study of comparative writings styles, (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated to the early 3rd century CE.[1] It is the only identified New Testament papyrus to have been written originally as a roll; not a codex or re-using the back of a scroll.

Description

The original manuscript was likely a roll, and currently only has extant John 15:25-16:2, 21–32. The text is written in two consecutive columns, with the reverse side of the roll being blank.[2] The manuscript employs conventional Nomina Sacra: ΠΣ ΠΝΑ ΠΡΣ ΠΡΑ ΙΗΣ ΑΝΟΣ. The text contains no punctuation marks.[3]

The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Åland described it as a normal text and placed it in Category I.[1] This manuscript displays an independent text.[2] Coincidences with the Codex Sinaiticus are frequent, but divergences are noticeable.[3] There are no singular readings.[4] According to Reverend Ellwood Schofield, the papyrus "rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place."[2][5]

History

The papyrus was found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and was originally published by Papyrologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Volume 10, designated as P. Oxy. 1228.[5][2] To determine its palaeographical dating, Grenfell and Hunt compared the graphical writing style to P. Oxy 654, which according to papyrologist Philip Comfort "can be dated confidently to the mid-third century."[3][2] Comfort states that though the writing style of 𝔓22 is "a bit heavier", it should be dated to the same time period.[2] It is currently housed at the Glasgow University Library (MS Gen 1026) in Glasgow.[1][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Comfort, Philip Wesley; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
  3. ^ a b c Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Hunt, Arthur Surridge (1914). The Oxyrynchus Papyri. Vol. 10. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 14.
  4. ^ Peter M. Head, The Habits of New Testament Copyists Singular Readings in the Early Fragmentary Papyri of John, Biblica 85 (2004), 406.
  5. ^ a b Schofield, Ellwood Mearle (1936). The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament (Thesis). South Baptist Theological Seminary. p. 198. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  6. ^ "P22: Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.