Papyrus PSI 2666

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Papyrus PSI 2666 (No. 878 according to Rahlfs ) is a fragment of a papyrus codex from the first half of the 3rd century. It contains parts from the Book of Tobit 12: 6–7.8–11 in Greek ( Septuagint ). It is the oldest evidence of this passage in the Greek language.

The fragment was in the private Capovilla collection with the signature Ms. 46. Today it is in the Istituto Papirologico 'G. Vitelli 'in Florence with the inventory no. P. PSI inv. 2666.

Edition

  • Christian J. Wagner: Polyglot Tobit Synopsis. Greek - Latin - Syriac - Hebrew - Aramaic. With an index to the Tobit fragments from the Dead Sea (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, philological-historical class. Volume III, 258 / communications of the Septuagint company. Volume 28). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-525-82530-7 , pp. 178-179. (not the editio princeps!)

literature

  • Alfred Rahlfs , Detlef Fraenkel: Directory of the Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament. Volume I, 1: The tradition up to the 8th century (= Septuagint. Vetus Testamentum Graecum. Supplementum ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-53447-7 , pp. 124f.
  • Stuart Weeks, Simon Gathercole, Loren Stuckenbruck (Eds.): The Book of Tobit: Texts from the Principal Ancient and Medieval Traditions, with Synopsis, Concordances, and Annotated Texts in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac (= Fontes et Subsidia ad Bibliam pertinentes. Volume 3). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004, ISBN 3-11-017676-9 , p. 19f.

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