Papyrus Heidelberg Cop. 300 + 301

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Papyrus Heidelberg Cop. 300 + 301 is the name for the fragments of a papyrus code , which was probably written in the Coptic language in the 4th century . It contains parts of the pseudepigraphic acts of Paul with the Thekla acts , the 3rd letter to the Corinthians and the martyrdom of Paul as well as an unknown pseudepigraphic gospel. About 2000 mostly small fragments could be identified from which 80 leaves were reconstructed. These were about 27 cm × 19 cm in size and written in a careful handwriting with almost no errors in a mixture of different Coptic dialects.

The papyrus gives an overview of the content of the Acts of Paul, originally written in Greek , of which only brief excerpts are otherwise known.

The fragments were discovered in 1897 by the coptologist Carl Schmidt in the papyrus collection of the Heidelberg University Library and published in 1904. They are inventoried under the signature P. Heid. Cop. Inv. 300 and 301.

Editions

  • Carl Schmidt : Acta Pauli from the Heidelberg Coptic papyrus manuscript No. 1. Translations, investigations and Coptic text. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1904 ( online ).
  • Carl Schmidt: Acta Pauli. Translation, investigations and Coptic text. 2nd extended edition without panels. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1905 ( online ) (reprinted 1964).

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