Papyrus 1

Papyrus 𝔓1
New Testament manuscript
An image of Papyrus 1 (recto), showing Matthew 1:1–9, 12An image of Papyrus 1 (recto), showing Matthew 1:1–9, 12
NameP. Oxy. 2
TextMatthew 1:1–9,12,14-20
Date~250 AD
FoundOxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now atUniversity of Pennsylvania
CiteB. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri I, pp. 4–7, 1898.
Size1 leaf; 12 × 25 cm; 37–38 lines/page
TypeAlexandrian
CategoryI
NoteClose to Codex Vaticanus.
Verso. Fragment of a flyleaf.

Papyrus 1 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) designated by "𝔓1", "ε 01 (von Soden)", is an early Greek copy of a papyrus manuscript of one chapter of the Gospel of Matthew dating palaeographically to the early 3rd century. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. It is currently housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (E 2746).

Description

The manuscript is a fragment of one leaf, one column per page, 27–29 lines per page, roughly 14.7 cm (6 in) by 15 cm (6 in). The original codex was arranged in two leaves in quire.

The surviving text of Matthew are verses 1:1–9,12 and 13,14–20. The words are written continuously without separation. Accents and breathings are absent, except two breathings which are a smooth breathing on fifth letter (ωβηδ ἐκ) in line 14 of the verso and a rough breathing on the fourth letter to last letter ( ἡ συν) in line 14 of the recto. And the nomina sacra are written in abbreviated forms: "ΙϹ", "XC", "YC", "ΠΝΑ", "KΣ".

Text

The Greek text-type of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian. Aland placed it in Category I.

According to scholars, 𝔓1 has close agreement with Codex Vaticanus. It supports Vaticanus in 1:3 ζαρε (against ζαρα). Ten of the variants are in the spelling of names in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Herman C. Hoskier (see below), who finds 17–20 word variations, denied close agreement with Vaticanus.


Text according to Comfort

Recto

α βιβλος γενεσεως ΙΥ ΧΥ ΥΥ δαυιδ αβρααμ αβρααμ ε̣γ̣εννησεν τον̣ ισαακ δ̣ ε̣γενν̣η̣σεν τ ιακω̣β̣ δε εγν̣ν̣ησεν̣ τ̣ον̣ ιου̣δαν κ̣ι̣ τ̣ α̣ελφο̣υ̣ς αυτου ιουδα̣ς̣ δ̣ε εγεν̣ν̣η̣ σ̣ε̣ν̣ τον φαρες και τον ζαρε εκ της θα̣ μ̣αρ̣ φαρες δε εγεννησεν τον ε̣σρ̣ωμ εσμ̣ δε εγ̣ε̣ννη̣σ̣ε̣ν τ̣ν̣ α̣ρ̣α̣μ̣ α̣ δε̣ γ̣ε̣ννησεν το̣ν̣ α̣μ̣μ̣ι̣ν̣α̣δ̣α̣β̣ α̣μ̣ μ̣ν̣α̣δ̣β δε εγεννησεν̣ τον ναασ̣σων ν̣αασων δε εγεννε̣ν τον σαλ̣ν σαλμων δε εγεννσ̣εν τον βοες̣ της ραχαβ βοες δε ε̣γ̣ε̣ννησεν τον ι ωβηδ’εκ της ρυθ ιω̣ε εγεννη̣ σεν τον ιεσ̣σ̣α̣ι ιεσ̣σ̣ δ̣ε ε̣γ̣ε̣ν̣νησεν τον δα̣υ̣ι̣δ̣ τ̣ον βα̣σιλ̣ε̣ι̣δ̣ δ̣ε̣ εγ̣εν νησ̣εν τον σο̣λο̣μωνα̣ ε̣κ̣ τ̣η̣ς ουρειου. σο̣ λομ̣ων δε εγενν̣ησ̣εν̣ τ̣ο̣ν̣ οβοαμ ροβο α̣μ δε εγ̣ενν̣η̣σ̣εν̣ τ̣ν̣ α αβ̣ει̣α̣ δε εγεν̣ν̣ησεν ν ασα̣ σφ̣ δε̣ ε̣γ̣ε̣ν νη̣σ̣ε̣ν̣ τον ιωσαφατ̣ ι̣σ̣α̣φατ δ ε̣γε̣ν νσ̣ε̣ το̣ν̣ ιωραμ ιωρ̣α̣μ̣ δε εγεν̣ ο̣ζε̣α̣ν οζει̣ας̣ δ̣ε εγ̣εν̣ lacuna lacuna ας εγ lacuna

Verso

β α̣δωαδωκ̣ δε̣ ε̣γεννησεν το αχ̣ειμ δε εγενησεν τον ελιου δ̣ δ̣ε̣ εγνη̣ε̣ τον ελε̣α̣ζαρ ελε α̣ρ ενν̣ησεν ν μ̣α̣θ̣θα̣ν̣ μαθθα̣ δ̣ε ε̣γε̣ν̣νη̣ε̣ν τον̣ ακωβ ια̣κωβ δε εννησ̣εν̣ τ̣ον ιωσ̣η̣φ τον α̣νδρα μ̣ ρ̣ι̣ας̣ ξ ης εγεννη̣ ΙΣ ο λεγομενο π̣ασ̣α̣ι̣ ο̣υ̣ν̣ γ̣ε̣α̣ι̣ α̣πο αβρααμ εω̣ς̣ δαυιδ γενεαι ΙΔ και̣ απο̣ α̣ι̣δ̣ ω̣ς̣ τ̣η̣ μετοικεσ̣ια̣ς βαβυλωνο̣ γ̣ε ΙΔ κ̣α̣ α̣π̣ο της μετ̣κεσι̣ας βα̣βλων̣ς εως του ΧΥ γ̣ενε̣α̣ι̣ Δ του δε ΙΥ ΧΥ η γενε σις ουτως ην μ̣ν̣ηστ̣ε̣θεισης της μη τρος αυτου μ̣α̣ τω̣ σηφ πριν η̆ συν λ̣θε̣ν αυυ̣ ε̣υ̣ρε̣ ε̣ν γ̣αστρι εχου σα̣ ε̣ ανη̣ρ̣ α̣υ̣ τ̣η̣ς̣ κ̣α̣ι δ̣ειγμα̣ε̣θ̣η̣ π̣ο̣λυ α̣τ̣ν̣ αυ̣τ̣α̣ υ̣μ̣ηδ̣ο̣υ̣ α̣γ̣ς̣ ΚΥ α̣ν̣αρ τω̣ ι̣ω̣σ̣φ υιος] δ̣ μ̣ φο̣ς̣ π̣α̣ρ̣ει̅ α̣ρι̣α̣ν̣ γ̣υ̣ναι τ̣ο̣ νηθ̣ε̣ν̣ ε̣ ΠΝΣ α̣ lacuna με̣ Disagreement with Vaticanus (according to Hoskier)

Papyrus 1

ΥΥ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΑΜΙΝΑΔΑΒ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΡΕΙΟΥ ΑΒΑ ΑΒΕΙΑ ΕΓΕ illeg illeg illeg ΜΑΘΘΑΝ ΙΩΣΗΦ ΓΕΝΕΑΙ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΙΔ ΙΥ ΧΥ ΔΕΙΓΜΑΕΙΣΑΙ ΔΑΥΙΔ

Vaticanus

ΥΙΟΥ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΑΜΕΙΝΑΔΑΒ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΥΡΕΙΟΥ ΑΒΙΑ ΑΒΙΑ ΓΕΝΝΑ ΤΟΝ ΣΕΛΑΘΙΗΛ ΣΕΛΑΘΙΗΛ ΔΕ ΓΕΝΝΑ ΑΒΙΟΥΤ ΜΑΤΘΑΝ ΤΟΝ ΙΩΣΗΦ ΑΙ ΓΕΝΕΑΙ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΔΕΚΑΤΕΣΣΑΡΕΣ ΧΥ ΙΥ ΔΕΙΓΜΑΤΙΣΑΙ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ

History

Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt discovered this papyrus at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, on the third or fourth day of excavation, January 13 or 14, 1897. Their findings were published in the first volume of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri in 1898. The manuscript was examined by Francis Crawford Burkitt, Herman C. Hoskier, Comfort and many other scholars.

Grenfell and Hunt collated its text against the Textus Receptus and against the text of Westcott-Hort. They found that the manuscript belongs to the same class as the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus codices, and has no Western or Byzantine proclivities. Usually it agrees with these two codices, where they are in agreement. Where they differ, the manuscript is near to Vaticanus, except in one important case (του δε Ιησου Χριστου), where it agrees with Sinaiticus.

It was the earliest known manuscript of the New Testament until the discovery of Papyrus 45.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Online copy of the MS". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. ^ K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 3. ISBN 3-11-011986-2
  3. ^ a b B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London, 1898), p. 4.
  4. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. ^ Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 39
  6. ^ Hoskier, Codex B and Its Allies, a study and an indictment, Bernard Quaritch (London 1914), p. XI
  7. ^ Bernard P. Grenfell, "The Oldest Record of Christ's Life," McClure's Vol. IX (1897), p. 1027.
  8. ^ Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri 1 (London: 1989), p. 4.
  9. ^ B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London, 1898), p. 7
  10. ^ Alexander Souter, The Text and the Canon of the New Testament London 1913, s. 19

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