Papyrus 51 Explained

Papyrus 51 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum ⁵¹, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Galatians, it contains only Gal. 1:2-10.13.16-20. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th or 5th century.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (proto-Alexandrian). Kurt Aland placed it in Category II.^[1]

It is currently housed at the Ashmolean Museum (P. Oxy 2157) in Oxford.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• Edgar Lobel, Colin H. Roberts, and E. P. Wegener, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XVIII (London: 1941), pp. 1–3.

External links

• Robert B. Waltz. 'NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri ⁵¹.'

Images

• Oxyrhynchus 2157
• Image of ⁵¹ recto
• Image of ⁵¹ verso

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 . 99 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 26 August 2011. Münster.