Papyrus Chester Beatty XII
Papyrus Chester Beatty XII are 14 sheets and fragments of a papyrus codex from the 4th century that belong to the Chester Beatty papyri . They contain parts of the pseudepigraphic Book of Enoch , the Apocryphon of Ezekiel and an Easter homily, which is attributed to Melito of Sardis , in Greek . Eight sheets and a fragment are in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin , call number BP XII, and the others are in the University of Michigan library at Ann Arbor , call number P. 5552 and 5553.
The leaves are slightly damaged and are now about 23.8 × 13.5 cm. The text is written in one column in 36 to 44 lines with somewhat irregular uncials .
The sheets were acquired in Egypt in 1930 or 1931 by the American collector Alfred Chester Beatty . They were all first in the Chester Library in Dublin, some were then given to the University of Michigan.
Text editions
- Albert Pietersma: New Greek Fragments of Biblical Manuscripts in the Chester Beatty Library. In: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists , Volume 24, 1987, pp. 40-45, No. 3.
- Campbell Bonner (Ed.): The Homily on the Passion by Melito, Bishop of Sardis, and Some Fragments of the Apocryphal Ezekiel. (= Studies and Documents. Volume 12). Christophers, London 1940.
- Champbell Bonner, Herbert Chayyim Youtie: The last chapters of Enoch in Greek (= Studies and Documents- Volume 8). Christophers, London 1937 ( pdf ).
literature
- Lynn H. Cohick: The peri pascha attributed to Melito of Sardis. Setting, Purpose and Sources . (= Brown Judaic Studies. Volume 327). Providence, Atlanta 2000.
- Kurt Aland : Repertory of the Greek Christian Papyri I. Biblical Papyri: Old Testament, New Testament, Varia, Apocrypha (= Patristic Texts and Studies 18). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1975, No. 204, Ap 2, Ap 3. ISBN 3-11-004674-1
- Kurt Aland et al. (Ed.): Church Fathers Papyri. Volume 1: Descriptions (= repertory of the Christian Greek papyri. Volume II / 1). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1995, KV 54.
- Edoardo Crisci: I più antichi codici miscellanei greci. Materiali per una riflessione . In: Segno et testo . Volume 2: Il codice miscellaneo. Tipologie e funzioni. Atti del Convegno internazionale, Cassino 14-17 maggio 2003 . Università degli studi di Cassino, Cassino 2004, pp. 127–129, fig. 11.
Web links
- CBL BP XII digital copy of the Chester Beatty Library (8 sheets + 1 fragment)
- P. Me. inv. 5552 Digitized by the University of Michigan
- P. Me. inv. 5553 Digitized by the University of Michigan
- P. Chester Beatty XII LDAB