Papyrus 8

Papyrus 𝔓8
New Testament manuscript
Recto
Recto
TextActs 4–6 †
Date4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
CiteA. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97–119
Size18.6 by 10.4 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓8 or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31–37; 5:2–9; 6:1–6.8–15.[citation needed] The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.

Verso

The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.

Text

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

The text of the codex was published by Salonius in 1927.

Location

It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and part of the Berlin Papyrus Collection (Papyrus Berlin 8683).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ C. R. Gregory, Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament, p. 46.
  3. ↑ A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), pp. 97-119.
  4. ↑ "Handschriftenliste". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

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