Papyrus 79 Explained

Papyrus 79 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ⁷⁹, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews. The surviving texts of Hebrews are verses 10:10-12,28-30.

The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 7th century.

The text was not corrected. The letters have Coptic shape.^[1]

Text The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.^[2]

Location It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 6774) in Berlin.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• Kurt Treu, Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 37–48.
• M. Mees, Einige Verse aus den Hebräerbrief nach einem neugefundeten Papyrus, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 43–46.
• G. H. R. Horsley, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 2 (Macquarie University, 1982) pp. 125–140.

Images

• Leaf from ⁷⁹ recto
• Leaf from ⁷⁹ verso

Notes and References

1. Klaus Wachtel, Klaus Witte, Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus: Gal., Eph., Phil., Kol., 1. u. 2. Thess., 1. u. 2 Tim., Tit., Phlm., Hebr, Walter de Gruyter, 1994, p. LXII.
2. 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 . 101 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 27 August 2011. Münster.