Papyrus 29 Explained

Papyrus 29 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ²⁹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles which contains Acts 26:7-8 and 26:20. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.^[1]

Description

The Greek text of this codex is too short to put in a family. Grenfell and Hunt noticed its agreement with Codex Bezae, 1597, and some Old-Latin manuscripts.^[2] According to Aland it is a "free text" and it was placed by him in Category I.^[3] According to Bruce M. Metzger and David Alan Black^[4] the manuscript might be related to the Western text-type, but Philip Comfort stated "the fragment is too small to be certain of its textual character".^[1]

It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library, Gr. bibl. g. 4 (P) in Oxford.^{[3] [5]}

See also

• Acts 26
• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), pp. 10–12.

External links

• Oxyrhynchus 1597

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 . 125 . 978-0-8423-5265-9.
2. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), p. 10.
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. [David Alan Black]
5. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 23 August 2011. Münster.