Uncial 0237 Explained

Uncial 0237 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 014 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th-century.

Description

The codex contains two small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 15:12-15,17-19, on one parchment leaf (23 cm by 18 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, in uncial letters.^[2]

It is a palimpsest.^[3]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th-century.^{[2] [4]}

Text

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.^[2]

History

Probably it was found in Fayyum.^[5]

The manuscript was examined by Karl Wessely, who published its text.^[6] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory, who classified it as lectionary 349.

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1954.^[7]

It was digitised by the INTF.

Currently the codex is housed at the Austrian National Library (Pap. K. 8023) in Vienna.^[2]

Salso27

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• List of New Testament uncials
• Coptic versions of the Bible
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Karl Wessely . Karl Wessely . Ein fayumisch-griechisches Evangelien-fragment . . 26 . Vienna . 1912 . 270–274.
• Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments, Vienna 2008, pp. 88–91.

External links

• Web site: Uncial 0237 (GA) . Münster Institute - INTF . January 13, 2012 . Münster. – digitalized manuscript

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 133.
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 . 126 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. http://www.trismegistos.org/ldab/text.php?tm=61811 MPER N.S. 29 22
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 18 December 2015 . Münster.
5. Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments, Vienna 2008, p. 88.
6. Karl Wessely, "Ein fayumisch-griechisches Evangelien-fragment", Wiener Studien 26 (Vienna, 1912), pp. 270–274.
7. Book: Kurt Aland . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments . Berlin . Walter de Gruyter . 1963 . 10.