Codex Ephraemi

New Testament manuscripts
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Uncial 04
Codex Ephraemi rescriptus , in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Grec 9, fol. 60r (here reproduced upside down)
Surname	Ephraemi rescriptus
character	C.
text	Old and New Testament
language	Greek
date	around 450
Storage location	Bibliothèque nationale de France
size	33 × 27 cm
Type	Mixed type
category	II

The Codex Ephraemi (rescriptus), no C or 04 ( Gregory-Aland ), is a manuscript of the Greek Bible from the 5th century, which was scraped off in the 12th century. Many sheets were rewritten with an ascetic text by the church father Ephraems the Syrian , so it is a palimpsest . Only 64 sheets of the Old Testament are included, the New Testament has 145.

Gaps

Frosted. 1, 2–18 (Tischendorf's pseudo facsimile)

• Gospel according to Matthew : 1: 1–2; 5.15-7.5; 17.26-18.28; 22.21-23.17; 24.10-45; 25.30-26.22; 27.11-46; 28.15-fin .;
• Gospel according to Mark : 1: 1–17; 6.32-8.5; 12.30-13.19;
• Gospel according to Luke : 1: 1–2; 2: 5-42; 3.21-4.25; 6.4-36; 7.17-8.28; 12.4-19.42; 20.28-21.20; 22.19-23.25; 24.7-45
• Gospel according to John : 1: 1–3; 1.41-3.33; 5.17-6.38; 7.3-8.34; 9.11-11.7; 11.47-13.7; 14.8-16.21; 18.36-20.25;
• Acts : 1: 1–2; 4.3-5.34; 6.8; 10.43-13.1; 16.37-20.10; 21.31-22.20; 3.18-24.15; 26.19-27.16; 28.5-fin .;
• Romans : 1, 1–3; 2.5-3.21; 9.6-10.15; 11.31-13.10;
• 1 Corinthians : 1: 1–2; 7.18-9.6; 13.8-15.40;
• 2 Corinthians : 1: 1–2; 10.8-fin.
• Galatians : 1, 1–20
• Ephesians : 1, 1–2, 18; 4.17 - fin.
• Philippians : 1: 1–22; 3.5 fin.
• Colossians : 1: 1–2;
• 1 Thessalonians 1,1; 2.9-fin .;
• 1 Timothy 1: 1–3.9; 5.20-fin .;
• 2 Timothy 1: 1–2;
• Titus 1: 1–2
• Philemon 1–2

In the Old Testament, portions of Job , Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , Song of Songs , Wisdom , and Sirach survived .

The pericope adulterae (John 7: 53–8, 11) are missing .

history

Although the manuscript dates from the 5th century, it is of lesser importance compared to the three “great” Codices Sinaiticus , Alexandrinus and Vaticanus . The text appears to be composed of all major types of text and often matches the Koine or Byzantine text. Two proofreaders commented on the text. Probably the first lived in Palestine in the 6th century , the last seems to have worked in Constantinople in the 9th century . After the siege of Constantinople in 1453, the codex was brought to Florence. Caterina de 'Medici later brought it to France as part of her dowry.

In the 19th century, the manuscript was treated with chemicals. This enabled Constantin von Tischendorf to decipher the text below; however, the manuscript was badly damaged. Tischendorf was charged with the chemical treatment, but Gregory states that in 1834 Ferdinand Florenz Fleck, a Leipzig professor, initiated this treatment with the consent of the librarian. The text was published for the first time in 1843 and 1845 by Tischendorf as a pseudo facsimile.

Today the manuscript is kept in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris ( Bibl. Nat., Gr. 9 ).

See also

• List of uncial manuscripts of the New Testament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kurt and Barbara Aland : The text of the New Testament. Introduction to the scientific editions as well as the theory and practice of modern textual criticism . German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1989, p. 118. ISBN 3-438-06011-6
2. ↑ Würthwein Ernst: The text of the Old Testament , German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1987. P. 85.
3. ^ Nestle, Aland (ed.): Novum Testamentum Graece NA26, p. 273
4. ↑ Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
5. ↑ Caspar René Gregory, Text Critique of the New Testament , Hinrichs, Leipzig 1900. p. 42

literature

• Hatch, William Henry, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament , The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1939.
• Frederic G. Kenyon , Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts (4th ed.), London 1939.
• Bruce M. Metzger , Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Palaeography , Oxford University Press, Oxford 1981.
• Philip Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Criticism , Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005.
• Tischendorf, Codex Ephraemi Syri rescriptus, sive Fragmenta Novi Testamentihttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DwWFAAAAAcAAJ%26printsec~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3DPP7~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D%27%27Codex%20Ephraemi%20Syri%20rescriptus% 2C% 20sive% 20Fragmenta% 20Novi% 20Testamenti% 27% 27 ~ PUR% 3D , Lipsiae 1843. (Parts of the OT)
• Tischendorf, Codex Ephraemi Syri rescriptus, sive Fragmenta Veteris Testamentihttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3DTischendorf.V.Various%2F01.CodexEphraemiSyriRescriptus.FragUtriusqTest.1845.~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn9~ double-sided % 27% 27Codex% 20Ephraemi% 20Syri% 20rescriptus% 2C% 20sive% 20Fragmenta% 20Veteris% 20Testamenti% 27% 27 ~ PUR% 3D , Lipsiae 1845. (parts of the NT)

Web links

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• Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus (digitized version)
• Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus in Encyclopedia Textual Criticism