Minuscule 307 Explained

Minuscule 307 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Aπρ11 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[2] It has marginalia. Aland's III Category.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles and Catholic epistles on 254 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page.[2] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[3]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, and subscriptions at the end of each sacred book, with numbers of stichoi.[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex Aland placed it in Category III.[4] Aland's Profile in Acts: 351 201/2 322 19S; in Cath: 621 81/2 172 15S.

In Acts 8:39 instead of πνεῦμα κυρίου (spirit of the Lord) it has unusual textual variant Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐνοῦχον, ἄγγελος δέ κυρίου ἥρπασεν τὸν Φίλιππον (the Holy Spirit fell on the eunuch, and an angel of the Lord caught up Philip) supported by Codex Alexandrinus and several minuscule manuscripts: 94, 103, 322, 323, 385, 453, 467, 945, 1739, 1765, 1891, 2298, 36a, itp, vg, syrh.[5]

In Acts 18:17 it reads παντες οι Ιουδαιοι for παντες; the reading is supported by minuscule 431.[6]

In Acts 12:18 it reads μεγας for ουκ ολιγος, the reading is supported by 94, 431, 1175, 2818, copsa, arm.[7]

History

The manuscript was examined by Montfaucon, Wettstein, and Cramer.[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]

Formerly it was designated by 15a.[3] In 1908 Gregory gave number 307 for it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Fonds Coislin, Gr. 25) at Paris.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 58.
  2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 65 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 264 .
  4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 132 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, p. 345; Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), p. 316.
  6. UBS3, p. 489
  7. UBS3, p. 463.
  8. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]