Papyrus 50
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Recto Acts 8:30-32, 10:26-30 Recto Acts 8:30-32, 10:26-30 | |
| Text | Acts of the Apostles 8; 10 † |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 200-400 (if real) |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Yale University Library |
| Cite | C. H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, pp. 163-172. |
| Size | 13.8 x 17.7 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
| Note | This Manuscript is thought to be a Fake. |
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Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 𝔓50, is an early copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 8:26-32; 10:26-31. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 3rd/4th century.[1] Elijah Hixson suggests that the manuscript may possibly be a forgery based on anomalies in line spacing, some text seeming to wrap around lacunae, and serious issues with fiber alignment in the papyrus.[2]
Description
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The Greek text of this codex is mixed. It has some orthographical peculiarities and corrections. Aland placed it in Category III.[1] The text generally concurs with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.[3]
The nomina sacra are contracted (ΙΛΗΜ, ΠΝΑ, ΑΝΟΣ, ΑΝΟΝ, ΘΣ, ΘΥ, ΚΥ).[4]
The manuscript was purchased in Paris by Yale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egyptian provenance.[5] The text of the codex was published in 1937 by Carl H. Kraeling.[6]
It is currently housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (P.CtYBR inv. 1543) in New Haven.[1][7][8]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.
- ^ Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Lake F/S, p. 169.
- ^ Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362.
- ^ Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Lake F/S, pp. 163-172.
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- ^ Beinecke papyrus database Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Carl H. Kraeling, Two Selections from Acts, in: Robert P.Casey, Silva Lake i Agnes K. Lake: Studies Presented to KIBSOPP LAKE by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends. 1937, s. 163–172.
- Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 362-364.