Papyrus 78
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Papyrus 78, also known as P. Oxy. XXXVI 2684, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓78 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓78 is written in an elegant hand. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), it has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century CE.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Name | P. Oxy. 2684 |
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| Text | Jude † |
| Date | 3rd / 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Sackler Library |
| Cite | L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Description
- Text
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. 𝔓78 displays a free text.[2] Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system..[1]
- Present location
It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.[1][3]
- Textual variants
- v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
- v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
- v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
- v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).
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