Papyrus 114 Explained

Papyrus 114, designated by (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Letter to the Hebrews, containing verses 1:7-12 in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated by the INTF to the 3rd century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to Middle-Late 3rd century CE.[1] The manuscript is currently housed in the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4498) of the Sackler Library at Oxford, United Kingdom.[2]

Description

The original manuscript would've been around 15cm x 25cm, with 27 lines per page.There is no extant writing on the opposite side, and so was either blank or contained the Title.The Greek text of this codex is too small to determine its textual character. The handwriting script is representative of the Reformed Documentary style.[3]

Textual Variants[4]

1:9

[ο {{overline|ΘΣ}}] σου ο (God, your God) :

ο ο σου (God, your God) : A B Majority of manuscripts

1:12

ως ιματιον

incl. : A B 1739 vg

omit. : D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 K L P Majority of manuscripts lat sy sa bo; Ath.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Comfort, Philip Wesley . Philip Comfort . Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism . 195 . 2005 . Broadman & Holman Publishers . Nashville, Tennessee.
  2. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 27 August 2011. Münster.
  3. P. Comfort and D. Barrett, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, pp 662
  4. Taken from NA27 Apparatus and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts