Uncial 0153 Explained

Uncial 0153 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek ostracon uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is unglazed pottery. It contains texts 2 Corinthians 4:7 and 2 Timothy 2:20.

Description

Caspar René Gregory included it into uncials,^[1] but Ernst von Dobschütz included it into Ostraca. Dobschütz enumerated 25 ostraca of the New Testament. This opinion was supported by other scholars, and in result Uncial 0153 was deleted from the list of the New Testament uncials, and remained empty place in the list.^[2]

Text

Earthen vessels (σκευη, οστρακινα) were in universal use in the antiquity. They are twice mentioned in the New Testament: 2 Corinthians 4:7 and in 2 Timothy 2:20.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Εχομεν δε τον θησαυρον τουτον εν οστρακινοις σκευεσιν ινα η υπερβολη της δυναμεως η του θεου και μη εξ ημων.

2 Timothy 2:20

Εν μεγαλη δε οικια ουκ εστιν μονον σκευη χρυσα και αργυρα αλλα και ξυλινα και οστρακινα και α μεν εις τιμην α δε εις ατιμιαν.

The Greek text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character.

Present location

It is currently located at the Bodleian Library (Ms. 62), at Oxford.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism
• Uncial 0152

Further reading

• J. G. Tait, Greek Ostraka in the Bodleian Library and Various other Collections (London: 1930), p. 145.
• M. Gustave Lefebvre, Fragments grecs des Évangiles sur Ostraca, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale 4 (Cairo: 1905), pp. 1–15.
• Rudolf Knopf, Eine Tonscherbe mit den Text des Vaterunsers, Mitteilungen des kaiserlichen deutschen archäologischen Institüts zu Athen 25 (1900), pp. 313–324. ZNW 2 (1901), pp. 228–233.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory

   . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . J.C. Hinrichs . 1908 . Leipzig . 43 .

2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . 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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.