Papyrus 23 Explained

Papyrus 23 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ²³, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of James, it contains only James 1:10-12,15-18. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.^[1]

Description

The Nomina sacra are written fully, abbreviations are used only at the end of lines.^[2] There has been noticed the occurrence of the ungrammatical αποσκιασματος found also in Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus in James 1:17.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.^[3] This manuscript displays the greatest agreement with codices א A C, which represent the best text of the Catholic epistles, and then with Codex Vaticanus and Papyrus 74.^[1]

It is currently housed in the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois (G. P. 1229) in Urbana, Illinois.^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 16–18.
• R. H. Charles, Revelation of St. John, ICC, vol. II (Edinbourgh, 1920), pp. 448–450.

External links

• ²³ (P.Oxy 1229) recto James 1:10-12
• ²³ (P.Oxy 1229) verso James 1:15-18
• P23 images at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

Notes and References

1. Book: Comfort , Philip W. . Philip Comfort . David P. Barrett . The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts . Tyndale House Publishers . 2001 . Wheaton, Illinois . 111 . 978-0-8423-5265-9.
2. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), p. 16.
3. 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 . 97 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 23 August 2011. Münster.
5. Web site: Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, P.Oxy X 1229: Excerpt, James 1: 15-18 (Fragment), Search the Collection, Spurlock Museum, U of I.