Uncial 0150 Explained

Uncial 0150 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), X2 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is dated paleographically to the 9th century.[2]

Description

The codex contains the Pauline epistles with some lacunae, on 150 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 34 lines per page, in large uncial letters. It contains a commentary.

Epistle to the Hebrews placed between 2 Thessalonians and 1 Timothy.

The Greek text of this codex is mostly Byzantine with some Alexandrian readings.[3] Aland placed it in Category III.[2]

In Ephesians 4:16 it reads συνβιβαζομενον for συμβιβαζομενον; the reading is supported by Papyrus 46, Papyrus 99, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi Rescriptus, Bezae, Augiensis, Boernerianus.[4]

Gregory dated it to the 10th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.[5]

Formerly it was classified as minuscule 413p.[6] In 1908 Gregory gave number 150 to it.

The codex currently is located at the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Ms. 61), at Patmos.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . J.C. Hinrichs . 1908 . Leipzig . 42 .
  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 . 123 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  3. https://www.scribd.com/doc/7208718/Encyclopedia-of-NT-Text-Crit Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism
  4. 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. LXXXIX.
  5. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.
  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 311 .