Papyrus 88 Explained

Papyrus 88 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ⁸⁸, is a single leaf from an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Mark. The surviving texts of Mark are verses 2:1-26. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century.^[1]

Don Barker proposes a wider and earlier range of dates for Papyrus 88, along with Uncial 0232, Papyrus 39 and Uncial 0206; and states that all four could be dated as early as the late second century or as late as the end of the fourth century.^[2]

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

Location It is currently housed at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (P. Med. Inv. no. 69.24) in Milan.^{[1] [3]}

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• S. Daris, Papiri letterari dell' Università Cattolica di Milano, Aegyptus, 52 (1972), pp. 80–88.

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 . 102 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Book: Barker , Don . "How long and old is the codex of which P.Oxy 1353 is a leaf?" in "Jewish and Christian Scripture as artifact and canon" eds Craig. A. Evans and H. Daniel Zacharias . T&T Clark . 2009 . London . 192 to 202 . 978-0-567-58485-4.
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 27 August 2011. Münster.