Papyrus 54

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Papyrus 𝔓54
New Testament manuscript
Recto James 2:16-18, 22, 24-25
Recto James 2:16-18, 22, 24-25
NameP. Princeton
TextEpistle of James 2; 3 †
Date5th / 6th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atPrinceton University Library
CiteE. H. Kase, Papyrus in the Princeton University Collections II (Princeton: 1936), pp. 1-3.
Size8.7 x 6.5 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryIII/II

Papyrus 54 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓54, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th century (or 6th century).

It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of James, it contains only fragments of James 2:16-18.22-26; 3:2-4.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it, with some hesitation, in Category III (possibly II).[1]

File:Princeton, Princeton University Library Ms P. Princeton 15 (Papyrus 54) verso Jas 3, 2-4.jpg
Verso James 3:2-4

It is currently housed at the Princeton University Library (P. Princ. 15; earlier Garrett Depots 7742) in Princeton, New Jersey.[1][2]

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References

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Further reading

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  • Edward Harris Kase, Papyrus in the Princeton University Collections II (Princeton: 1936), pp. 1–3.

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