List of New Testament papyri
The New Testament papyri are mostly early and often badly damaged manuscripts of the New Testament, including the earliest known text witnesses. Most of these manuscripts did not become known until the 20th century and soon assumed a particularly important position in New Testament textual criticism . In ancient times, papyrus was an inexpensive and widespread writing material, but it is sensitive to moisture and wear and tear, so that comparatively few fragments have survived. Most of the papyri were created between the 2nd and 7th centuries. After this time papyrus was hardly used any more. In 2012 a total of 127 papyri with Greek texts of the New Testament were known.
This group of New Testament papyri was first introduced by Caspar René Gregory , who marked the papyrus texts with the seal in broken letters , followed by a superscript number. Before 1900 only 9 papyri were known, of which only 11 were used by Constantin von Tischendorf in the text-critical apparatus . These 9 papyri are only individual fragments, with the exception of 15 , which consists of a single complete sheet.
The discoveries of the twentieth century brought to light the oldest known New Testament manuscripts. Kenyon already knew 14 papyri in 1912, Aland et al. counted 76 papyri in the first edition of the Brief List in 1963 , 96 papyri were known in 1989 and 127 in 2012.
List of New Testament papyri
The † sign in the "Content" column indicates that the text is not complete.
- The P numbers correspond to the Gregory-Aland standard system that is still used internationally today.
- Dates are rounded up to the next 50 years.
- The content is given for the next chapters, verses are not listed. Many of the papyri are only small fragments and not entire chapters. For example, 52 contains only parts of 8 of the 40 verses from John chapter 18.
Manuscripts in beige lines belong to the Oxyrhynchus papyri |
Manuscripts in light cyan lines belong to the Bodmer papyri |
Manuscripts in light pink lines belong to the Chester Beatty papyri |
Surname | Dated | content | institution | Ref # | city | country |
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1 | 250 | Matthew 1 | University of Pennsylvania | P. Oxy. 2; E 2746 |
Philadelphia Pennsylvania |
United States |
2 | 550 | John 12 | National Archaeological Museum | Inv. 7134 | Florence | Italy |
3 | 600 | Luke 7; 10 | Austrian National Library | Pap. G. 2323 | Vienna | Austria |
4th | 175-250 | Luke 1-6 | Bibliothèque nationale de France | Suppl. Gr. 1120 | Paris | France |
5 | 3rd century | John 1; 16; 20th | British Library | P. Oxy. 208,1781; Inv. 782. 2484 | London | Great Britain |
6th | 4th century | John 10:11 | Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire | Pap. Copt. 379, 381, 382, 384 | Strasbourg | France |
7th | 300 (?) | Luke 4 | Vernadskyj National Library of Ukraine | Petrov 553 | Kiev | Ukraine |
8th | 4th century | Acts 4-6 | State museums in Berlin | Inv. 8683 | Berlin | Germany |
9 | 3rd century | 1. John 4 | Houghton Library , Harvard University | P. Oxy. 402; Inv. 3736 |
Cambridge Massachusetts |
United States |
10 | 4th century | Romans 1 | Houghton Library, Harvard | P. Oxy. 209; Inv. 2218 | Cambridge Massachusetts |
United States |
11 | 6th century | 1 Corinthians 1-7 | Russian National Library | Size 258A | St. Petersburg | Russia |
12 | 3rd century | Hebrews 1 | Morgan Library & Museum | Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b | New York City | United States |
13 | 3rd century | Hebrews 2-5; 10-12 | British Library Biblioteca Laurenziana |
P. Oxy. 657; Inv. 1532v PSI 1292 |
London Florence |
Great Britain Italy |
14th | 5th century | 1 Corinthians 1-3 | Catherine's Monastery | 14th | Sinai | Egypt |
15th | 3rd century | 1 Corinthians 7–8 | Egyptian Museum | P. Oxy. 1008; JE 47423 | Cairo | Egypt |
16 | 300 | Philippians 3-4 | Egyptian Museum | P. Oxy. 1009; JE 47424 | Cairo | Egypt |
17th | 4th century | Hebrews 9 | Cambridge University | P. Oxy. 1078; Add. 5893 | Cambridge | Great Britain |
18th | 300 | Revelation of John 1 † | British Library | P. Oxy. 1079; Inv. 2053v | London | Great Britain |
19th | 400 | Matthew 10–11 † | Bodleian Library | P. Oxy. 1170; Size bibl. d. 6 (P) | Oxford | Great Britain |
20th | 3rd century | James 2–3 † | Princeton University | P. Oxy. 1171; AM 4117 |
Princeton New Jersey |
United States |
21st | 400 | Matthew 12 † | Muhlenberg College | P. Oxy. 1227; Theol. Pap. 3 |
Allentown Pennsylvania |
United States |
22nd | 3rd century | John 15–16 † | Glasgow University | P. Oxy. 1228; MS 2-XI | Glasgow | Great Britain |
23 | 3rd century | James 1 † | University of Illinois | P. Oxy. 1229; GP 1229 | Urbana (Illinois) | United States |
24 | 4th century | Revelation 5–6 † | Franklin Trask Library Andover Newton Theological School |
P. Oxy. 1230; OP 1230 |
Newton Massachusetts |
United States |
25th | 4th century | Matthew 18–19 † | State museums in Berlin | Inv. 16388 | Berlin | Germany |
26th | 600 | Romans 1 † | (Joseph S) Bridwell Library Southern Methodist University |
P. Oxy. 1354 | Dallas | United States |
27 | 3rd century | Romans 8–9 † | Cambridge University | P. Oxy. 1355; Add. 7211 | Cambridge | Great Britain |
28 | 3rd century | John 6 † | Palestine Institute Museum Pacific School of Religion |
P. Oxy. 1596; Pap. 2 |
Berkeley California |
United States |
29 | 3rd century | Acts 26 † | Bodleian Library | P. Oxy. 1597; Size bibl. G. 4 (P) | Oxford | Great Britain |
30th | 3rd century | 1 Thessalonians 4-5; 2. Thessalonians 1 | Ghent University | P. Oxy. 1598; Inv. 61 | Ghent | Belgium |
31 | 7th century | Romans 12 † | John Rylands University Library | P. Ryl. 4; Size P. 4 | Manchester | Great Britain |
32 | 200 | Titus 1–2 † | John Rylands University Library | P. Ryl. 5; GP 5 | Manchester | Great Britain |
33 = 58 | 6th century | Acts 7 † | Austrian National Library | Pap.G. 17973, 26133, 35831, 39783 | Vienna | Austria |
34 | 7th century | 1 Corinthians 16; 2 Corinthians 5 : 10-11 | Austrian National Library | Pap. G. 39784 | Vienna | Austria |
35 | 4th century (?) | Matthew 25 | Biblioteca Laurenziana | PSI 1 | Florence | Italy |
36 | 6th century | John 3 | Biblioteca Laurenziana | PSI 3 | Florence | Italy |
37 | 300 | Matthew 26 | University of Michigan | P. Me. 137; Inv. 1570 |
Ann Arbor Michigan |
United States |
38 | 300 | Acts 18-19 | University of Michigan | P. Me. 138; Inv. 1571 | Ann Arbor Michigan |
United States |
39 | 3rd century | John 8 | Ambrose Swasey Library | P. Oxy. 1780; Inv. 8864 |
Rochester New York |
United States |
40 | 3rd century | Romans 1-4; 6; 9 | Papyrus collection Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
P. bath. 57; Inv. 45 | Heidelberg | Germany |
41 | 8th century | Acts 17-22 | Austrian National Library | Pap. K. 7541-7548 | Vienna | Austria |
42 | 700 | Luke 1-2 | Austrian National Library | Pap. K. 8706 | Vienna | Austria |
43 | 600 | Revelation 2:15-16 | British Library | Inv. 2241 | London | Great Britain |
44 | 600 | John 10 | Metropolitan Museum of Art | Inv. 14.1.527, 1 fol | New York City | United States |
44b | 600 | Matthew 17-18; 25; John 9; 12 | Metropolitan Museum of Art | Inv. 14.1.527 | New York City | United States |
45 | 3rd century | Matthew 20-21; 25-26; Mark 4-9; 11-12; Luke 6-7; 9-14; John 4–5; 10-11; Acts 4–17 |
Chester Beatty Library Austrian National Library |
P. Chest. B. I Pap. G. 31974 |
Dublin Vienna |
Ireland Austria |
46 | 200 | Romans 5-6; 8-16; 1st Corinthians; 2nd Corinthians; Galatians ; Ephesians ; Philippians; Colossians ; 1st Thessalonians; Hebrews |
Chester Beatty Library University of Michigan |
P. Chest. B. II Inv. 6238 |
Dublin Ann Arbor |
Ireland USA |
47 | 3rd century | Revelation 9-17 | Chester Beatty Library | P. Chest. B. III | Dublin | Ireland |
48 | 3rd century | Acts 23 | Bibliotheca Laurenziana | PSI 1165 | Florence | Italy |
49 | 3rd century | Ephesians 4-5 | Yale University | P. 415 | New Haven | United States |
50 | 400 | Acts 8; 10 | Yale University | P. 1543 | New Haven | United States |
51 | 400 | Galatians 1 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 2157 | Oxford | Great Britain |
52 | 125 | John 18: 31-33, 37-38 | John Rylands University Library | Size P. 457 | Manchester | Great Britain |
53 | 3rd century | Matthew 26; Acts 9-10 | University of Michigan | Inv. 6652 | Ann Arbor Michigan |
United States |
54 | 500 | James 2-3 | Princeton University | P. Princ. 15; Garrett Depot 7742 | Princeton New Jersey |
United States |
55 | 600 | John 1 | Austrian National Library | Pap. G. 26214 | Vienna | Austria |
56 | 500 | Acts 1 | Austrian National Library | Pap. G. 19918 | Vienna | Austria |
57 | 4th / 5th Century | Acts 4-5 | Austrian National Library | Pap. G. 26020 | Vienna | Austria |
58 = 33 | 6th century | Acts 15 † | Austrian National Library | Pap.G. 17973, 26133, 35831, 39783 | Vienna | Austria |
59 | 7th century | John 1-2; 11-12; 17-18; 21st | Morgan Library & Museum | P. Colt 3 | New York City | United States |
60 | 7th century | John 16-19 | Morgan Library & Museum | P. Colt 4 | New York City | United States |
61 | 700 | Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 1.5; Philippians 3; Colossians 1.4; 1 Thessalonians 1; Titus 3; Philemon |
Pierpont Morgan Library | P. Colt 5 | New York City | United States |
62 | 4th century | Matthew 11 | Oslo University Library | Inv. 1661 | Oslo | Norway |
63 | 500 | John 3–4 | State museums in Berlin | Inv. 11914 | Berlin | Germany |
64 = 67 | 200 | Matthew 3; 5; 26th |
Magdalen College Fundación Sant Lluc Evangelista |
Size 18 Inv. I. |
Oxford Barcelona |
Great Britain Spain |
65 | 3rd century | 1 Thessalonians 1-2 | Girolamo Vitelli Papyrological Institute | PSI 1373 | Florence | Italy |
66 | 200 | John | Bibliotheca Bodmeriana | Bodmer II papyrus | Cologny , Geneva | Switzerland |
67 = 64 | 200 | Matthew 3; 5; 26th | Magdalen College Fundación Sant Lluc Evangelista |
Size 18 Inv. I. |
Oxford Barcelona |
Great Britain Spain |
68 | 7th century (?) | 1 Corinthians 4-5 | Russian National Library | Size 258B | St. Petersburg | Russia |
69 | 3rd century | Luke 22 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 2383 | Oxford | Great Britain |
70 | 3rd century | Matthew 2–3; 11-12; 24 | Ashmolean Museum Girolamo Vitelli Papyrological Institute |
P. Oxy. 2384 CNR 419, 420 |
Oxford Florence |
Great Britain Italy |
71 | 4th century | Matthew 19 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 2385 | Oxford | Great Britain |
72 | 300 | 1. Peter ; 2. Peter ; Judas | Bibliotheca Bodmeriana | Papyrus Bodmer VII, VIII | Cologny, Geneva | Switzerland |
73 | 650 | Matthew 25-26 | Bibliotheca Bodmeriana | Papyrus Bodmer L | Cologny, Geneva | Switzerland |
74 | 650 | Acts of the Apostles; James; 1 Peter 1-3; 2 Peter 2-3; |
Bibliotheca Bodmeriana | Papyrus Bodmer XVII | Cologny, Geneva | Switzerland |
75 | 175-225 | Luke 3-18; 22-24; John 1-15 | Vatican Apostolic Library | Papyrus Bodmer XIV, XV | Vatican city | Vatican city |
76 | 550 | John 4 | Austrian National Library | Pap. G. 36102 | Vienna | Austria |
77 | 200 | Matthew 23 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 2683 | Oxford | Great Britain |
78 | 300 | Jude's letter | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 2684 | Oxford | Great Britain |
79 | 650 | Hebrews 10 | State museums in Berlin | Inv. 6774 | Berlin | Germany |
80 | 250 | John 3 | Fundación Sant Lluc Evangelista | Inv. 83 | Barcelona | Spain |
81 | 4th century | 1 Peter 2-3 | Professor Sergio Daris, University of Trieste | Inv. 20th | Trieste | Italy |
82 | 400 | Luke 7 | Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg | Size 2677 | Strasbourg | France |
83 | 550 | Matthew 20; 23-24 | Catholic University of Leuven | Pam Kh. Mird 16, 29 | Leuven | Belgium |
84 | 550 | Mark 2.6; John 5:17 | Catholic University of Leuven | PAM Kh. Mird 4, 11 | Leuven | Belgium |
85 | 400 | Revelation 9-10 | Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire | Size 1028 | Strasbourg | France |
86 | 4th century | Matthew 5 | Institute for Classical Studies, University of Cologne |
Theol. 5516 | Cologne | Germany |
87 | 250 | Philemon | Institute for Classical Studies University of Cologne |
Theol. 12 | Cologne | Germany |
88 | 4th century | Mark 2 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Inv. 69.24 | Milan | Italy |
89 | 4th century | Hebrews 6 | Biblioteca Laurentiana | PL III / 292 | Florence | Italy |
90 | 150 | John 18–19 † | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 3523; 65 6 B. 32 / M (3-5) a | Oxford | Great Britain |
91 | 250 | Acts 2: 30–37; 2.46-3.2 |
University of Milan Macquarie University |
P. Mil. Vofl. Inv. 1224 P. Macquarie inv. 360 |
Milan Sydney |
Italy Australia |
92 | 300 | Ephesians 1; 2. Thessalonians 1 | Egyptian Museum | PNarmuthis 69.39a / 229a | Cairo | Egypt |
93 | 450 | John 13 † | Girolamo Vitelli Papyrological Institute | PSI 108 | Florence | Italy |
94 | 500 | Romans 6 | Egyptian Museum | P. Cair. 10730 | Cairo | Egypt |
95 | 250 | John 5 | Bibliotheca Laurentiana | PL II / 31 | Florence | Italy |
96 | 550 | Matthew 3 | Austrian National Library | Pap. K 7244 | Vienna | Austria |
97 | 600 | Luke 14 | Chester Beatty Library | p. Chester B. XVII | Dublin | Ireland |
98 | 150 (?) | Revelation 1 | Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale | P. IFAO inv.237b | Cairo | Egypt |
99 | 400 | Romans, 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians | Chester Beatty Library | P. Chester B. Ac. 1499, fol. 11-14 | Dublin | Ireland |
100 | 300 | James 3–5 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4449 | Oxford | Great Britain |
101 | 250 | Matthew 3–4 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4401 | Oxford | Great Britain |
102 | 300 | Matthew 4 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4402 | Oxford | Great Britain |
103 | 200 | Matthew 13-14 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4403 | Oxford | Great Britain |
104 | 150 | Matthew 21 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4404 | Oxford | Great Britain |
105 | 500 | Matthew 27-28 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4406 | Oxford | Great Britain |
106 | 250 | John 1 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4445 | Oxford | Great Britain |
107 | 250 | John 17 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4446 | Oxford | Great Britain |
108 | 250 | John 17-18 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4447 | Oxford | Great Britain |
109 | 250 | John 21 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4448 | Oxford | Great Britain |
110 | 300 | Matthew 10: 13-15; 25-27 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4494 | Oxford | Great Britain |
111 | 250 | Luke 17 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4495 | Oxford | Great Britain |
112 | 450 | Acts 26-27 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4496 | Oxford | Great Britain |
113 | 250 | Romans 2 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4497 | Oxford | Great Britain |
114 | 250 | Hebrews 1 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4498 | Oxford | Great Britain |
115 | 300 | Revelation 2-3; 5-6; 8-15 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4499 | Oxford | Great Britain |
116 | 600 | Hebrews 2-3 | Austrian National Library | P. Vindob. G 42417 | Vienna | Austria |
117 | 400 | 2 Corinthians 7 | State Museum | Inv. 1002 | Hamburg | Germany |
118 | 250 | Romans 15-16 | Institute for Classical Studies University of Cologne |
Inv. 10311 | Cologne | Germany |
119 | 250 | John 1 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4803 | Oxford | Great Britain |
120 | 4th century | John 1 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4804 | Oxford | Great Britain |
121 | 250 | John 19 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4805 | Oxford | Great Britain |
122 | 400 | John 21 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4806 | Oxford | Great Britain |
123 | 4th century | 1 Corinthians 14-15 | Ashmolean Museum | Oxyrhynchus Papyri 4844 | Oxford | Great Britain |
124 | 550 | 2 Corinthians 11 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4845 | Oxford | Great Britain |
125 | 300 | 1 Peter 1.23-2.5; 2.7-12 | Ashmolean Museum | P. Oxy. 4934 | Oxford | Great Britain |
126 | 4th century | Hebrews 13.12-13; 19-20 * | Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli " | PSI 1497 | Florence | Italy |
See also
- Lists
- List of uncial manuscripts of the New Testament
- List of lowercase New Testament manuscripts
- List of New Testament Lectionaries
- Categories of New Testament manuscripts
- items
literature
- Kurt Aland , Barbara Aland: The Text of the New Testament. Introduction to the scientific editions as well as the theory and practice of modern textual criticism ; Stuttgart: German Bible Society, 1981; ISBN 3-438-06011-6 .
- Kurt Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack: Brief list of the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994.
- Institute for New Testament Text Research , Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster : Continuation of the Manuscript List
- Nestle-Aland. Novum Testamentum Graece . 27th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Druck: 1996, pp. 57–63, 684–689
- Be timothy. "A Table of Greek Manuscripts" . Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- Waltz, Robert. "New Testament Manuscripts: Papyri". A Site Inspired By: The Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- Willker, Wieland. Complete List of Greek NT Papyri as of June 9, 2006. Accessed January 23, 2008.
Web links
- A Table of Greek Manuscripts
- New Testament Papyri
- New Testament Greek MSS ordered by century (Compiled by Maurice Robinson)
- Greek Manuscript Quick Reference - The Life Foundations Nexus
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 ; Stuttgart: German Bible Society, 1981; Pp. 94-113.
- ↑ Nestle-Aland 1996, pp. 83-84, 87
- ↑ 52 , 90 , 98 and 104 are dated to the 2nd century
- ↑ Kenyon, FG, Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testamen t, London 2 , 1912, p. 129.
- ↑ http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa
- ↑ P. Oxy. LXXI 4803 Papyrology at Oxford ; Accessed April 9, 2008
- ↑ P. Oxy. LXXI 4804 Papyrology at Oxford ; Accessed April 9, 2008
- ↑ P. Oxy. LXXI 4805 Papyrology at Oxford ; Accessed April 9, 2008
- ↑ P. Oxy. LXXI 4806 Papyrology at Oxford ; Accessed April 9, 2008
- ↑ a b Institute for New Testament Text Research at the University of Münster: Continuation of the Manuscript List ; Accessed April 9, 2008
- ↑ Claire Clivaz: A New NT Papyrus 126 (PSI 1497). In: Early Christianity 1 (2010), pp. 158–162.