Uncial 0183 Explained

Uncial 0183 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 7th century.

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the First Epistle to the Thessalonians 3:6-9; 4:1-5, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 16 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, with many singular omissions. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.^{[1] [2]} According to Karl Wessely it was found in Fayyum.^[3]

The codex currently is housed at the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library (Pap. G. 39785) in Vienna.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Griechische und koptische Texte theologischen inhalts, Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde, (Leipzig 1912) reprinted (Amsterdam 1966)
• W. Till, Papyrussammlung der Nationalbibliothek in Wien: Katalog der Koptischen Bibelstucke. Der Pergamente, ZNW 39 (1940).
• Book: New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments . Stanley E. Porter & Wendy J. Porter . . Berlin - New York . 2008 . 234-237.

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

2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 23 April 2011 . Münster.
3. Book: New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments . ed. Stanley E. Porter & Wendy J. Porter . Walter de Gruyter . Berlin - New York . 2008 . 234.