Uncial 0176 Explained

Uncial 0176 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 4th century (or 5th).

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Epistle to the Galatians (3:16-25), on one parchment leaf (12 cm by 7 cm). It is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page, in a small uncial letters.^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is Byzantine, but Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 4th or 5th century.^{[1] [2]} It was examined by Guglielmo Cavallo.^[3]

The codex currently is housed at the Laurentian Library (PSI 251) in Florence.

Textual Variants

• 3:18a It reads επανγελιας rather than the usual reading επαγγελιας.
• 3:18b It reads κεχαριστε rather than the usual reading of κεχαρισται.
• 3:22 It reads συνεκλισεν rather than the usual reading of συνεκλεισεν.
• 3:23 It reads συνκεκλισμενοι rather than the usual reading of συγκεκλεισμενοι.

These minor spelling variations constitute the only deviations in 0176 from the common text of most manuscripts of Galatians.

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Publicazioni della Società Italiana (Papiri Greci e Latini) II, 251 ed. G. Vitelli.
• M. Naldini, Documenti dell’Antichita Cristiana (Firenze, 1965), no. 18.

External links

• Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
• Galatians 3 and 0176 - The Byzantine Text in Egypt

Notes and References

1. 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 . 124 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 23 April 2011 . Münster.
3. G. Cavallo, Richerche sulla maiuscola biblica, Firenze: Le Monnier 1967, p. 115.