Papyrus 77

New Testament manuscripts
Papyri • Uncials • Minuscules • Lectionaries

Papyrus 77 ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$
Surname	P. Oxy. XXXIV 2683, new as P. Oxy. LXIV 4405
text	Matthew 23 †
language	Greek
date	2nd / 3rd century
Found	Egypt
Storage location	Sackler Library
source	L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6.
size	4.6 x 7 cm
Type	Alexandrian text type
category	I.

Papyrus 77 ( also referred to as ⁷⁷ in the Gregory-Aland numbering ) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek . It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew . The surviving text from Matthew are verses 23: 30–39. ⁷⁷ was written in elegant handwriting. ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

The manuscript was assigned to the second or third century by means of paleography . Together with Papyrus 103 , it probably belongs to the same codex.

description

The Greek text of the Codex represents the Alexandrian text type . Aland describes him as "at least normal text" and placed it in Category I a. ⁷⁷ is linguistically most closely related to the Codex Sinaiticus . ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

The papyrus is currently listed in the Sackler Library as P. Oxy. 2683 and P.Oxy.LXIV 4405 kept in Oxford .

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism , Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.
2. ↑ ^{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. 111. ISBN 3-438-06011-6

literature

• L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri , XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4-6.
• Eric Handley , Ute Wartenberg (editor), Oxyrhynchus Papyri Vol.64 / 4401-4441 (Graeco-Roman Memoirs).

Illustrations

• P.Oxy. LXVI 2683 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• Papyrus 77 recto (front)
• Papyrus 77 verso (back)