Papyrus 50
| New Testament manuscript | |
 | |
| Text | Acts of the Apostles 8; 10 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 3rd/4th century |
| 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 |
Papyrus 50 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 50, is an early copy 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]
Description
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.[2]
The nomina sacra are contracted.
The manuscript was purchased in Paris by Yale University in 1933 along with other manuscripts of Egiptian provenance.[3] It was published in 1937 by Carl H. Kraeling.[4]
It is currently housed at the Yale University Library (P. Yale 1543) in New Haven.[1][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Aland, Kurt (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 69.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading
- 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.