Bodmer II papyrus

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Papyrus 66 ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$
Joh 7,52; 8.12-16
Surname	Bodmer II papyrus
text	Joh 1,1-6,11; 6.35-14.26.29-30; 15.2-26; 16.2-4.6-7; 16.10-20.20.22-23; 20.25-21.9.
date	≈200
Found	Jabal Abu Mana
Storage location	Bibliotheca Bodmeriana , Geneva
source	Martin, Victor. Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 1-14 (1956); Martin, Victor. Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 14-21 (1958); Martin, Victor and Barns, JWB Papyrus Bodmer II: Supplement, Evangile de Jean 14-21 (1962); Aland, Kurt. New New Testament Papyri III . NTS 20 (1974) pp. 357-381
size	39 folia; 14.2 x 16.2 cm; 15-25 lines per page
Type	free; Clerk, main and subsidiary proofreader
category	I.
note	very close to 75 , B , 0162 ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

Papyrus Bodmer II (or ⁶⁶ ) is an almost complete code of the Gospel according to John . It is part of the Bodmer Papyri Collection and one of the oldest known manuscripts of the New Testament . His writing is dated to around 200. ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

text

The manuscript contains John 1: 1–6, 11; 6.35-14.26.29-30; 15.2-26; 16.2-4.6-7; 16.10-20.20.22-23; 20.25-21.9.

In Papyrus 66 , the incident with Jesus and the adulteress is missing (7.53–8.11). It is thus the earliest testimony that this passage does not originally belong to the Gospel of John .

The manuscript also contains nouns sacra throughout .

It is currently kept in the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana in Cologny near Geneva . The papyrus consists of 39 folia (that makes 78 sheets, 156 pages) with a size of 14.2 × 16.2 cm for each sheet with about 15 to 25 lines per page.

According to recent research by papyrologist Karyn Berner and Philip Comfort, it is certain that three people were involved in the writing of ⁶⁶ : the original professional scribe, a thorough proofreader and a minor proofreader. ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

The Greek text of the Codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text type . Kurt and Barbara Aland describe it as a "free text" and place it under the categories of manuscripts of the New Testament in Category I and thus in the highest quality level.

A transcription of every single page of ⁶⁶ can be found in the book by Comfort and Barett on pages 388 to 468. ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Herbert Hunger. Dating the Bodmer II papyrus ( ⁶⁶ ) ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$ (1960)
2. ^ ^{A b} Philip Comfort, David Barett: Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts. 1999, p. 376.
3. ^ Karyn Berner: Papyrus Bodmer II, ⁶⁶ : A re-evaluation of the Correctors and corrections. ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$(1993)
4. ↑ Philip Comfort: The Scribe as Interpreter: A new Look at New Testament Textual Criticism according to Reader-Reception Theory. (1996)
5. ↑ 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 . German Biblical Society , Stuttgart 1989, p. 110. ISBN 3-438-06011-6

literature

• Karyn L. Berner, Papyrus Bodmer II, P66: A re-evaluation of the Correctors and corrections , MA thesis, Wheaton College, Ill. (1993).
• Victor Martin, Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 1–14 , Bibliotheca Bodmeriana 5. Cologny-Geneva, Bibliothèque Bodmer, 1956.
• Victor Martin, Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 14–21 , Cologny-Geneva, Bibliothèque Bodmer, 1958.
• Victor Martin, JWB Barns, Papyrus Bodmer II. Supplement. Évangile de Jean chap. 14-21 , Cologny-Geneva, Bibliothèque Bodmer, 1962.

Web links

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• Papyrus 66 on Bible Research