Papyrus 56 Explained

Papyrus 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by ⁵⁶, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains only Acts 1:1.4-5.7.10-11.

The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th century (or 6th century).^[1]

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

It is currently housed at the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library (Pap. Vindob. G. 19918) in Vienna.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• Peter Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung de österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 65–66.

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.