Papyrus 36 Explained

Papyrus 36 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum ³⁶, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, it contains only John 3:14-18.31-32.34-35. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 6th century.

The Greek text of this codex is an eclectic. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

The manuscript was examined by Pistelli, Carlini, and Horseley.

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (PSI 3) in Florence.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Papyrus 35

Further reading

• E. Pistelli, Papiri greci e latini della Società Italiana I (Florence 1912), pp. 5–6.
• A. Carlini, Riesame di due frammenti fiorentini del vangelo di Giovanni, AP 22/23 (1974), pp. 219–222.
• A. Carlini, Papiri litterari greci 28 (Pisa, 1978), pp. 193–199.
• G. H. R. Horsley, Scribal Carelessness in P³⁶?, in: New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 3 (Macquarie University, 1983), pp. 100–101.

Notes and References

1. 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 . 98 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 26 August 2011. Münster.