Uncial 076 Explained

Uncial 076 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α¹⁰⁰⁸ (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th or 6th-century. Formerly it was labeled by י^a.^[1]

Description

Survived only one parchment leaf (17 cm by 15 cm). The codex is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, 9-10 letters per line.^[2] It contains a part of the Acts of the Apostles (2:11-22) with some missing words or letters. It used breathings and accents. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The Old Testament quotations are marked by inverted comma (>).

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. Aland placed it in Category II.^[2] The most interesting readings occurs in 2:13 where fragment supports Codex Bezae against all other manuscripts.^[3]

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εξισταντο δε παντεςκαι διηπορουτο αλλος προςτον αλλον λεγοντες τι θε[λει] τουτο ει[ναι ε]τεροιδ[ε εχ]λευαζολε[γο]ντες οτι [γλευκους με[μεστω]μενοι ε[ι]σιν [[σ]ταθεις δε οπετρος συντοις ενδεκαεπηρεν τηγωνην [α]υτουκαι απεφθεγξατο α[υ]τοις [ανδρε[ς] ιουδαιο[ι κ]αι οικατοικουν|valign=top|τες [ι]λημ παντες του[το γνωστ[ον υμι{{overline|&nbsp;&nbsp;}} εστω [και ενω τις[ασθε τα ρη[ματα μου ο[υ γαρ ως υ μ[εις υπολα]μβαν[ετε ου]τ[οι μεθυ[ουσι]νεστι[ν γαρ] ωρατριτ[η τη]ς ημερα[ς αλλα τουτ[ο ε]στιτο [ειρημε]υοδια του [π]ροφητου [ι]ωηλκαι εστα[ι] μετα ταυτα λεγειο εκχεωαπο του πνςμου επιπασα[ν σαρκα </poem> |} == History == Currently it is dated by the [[INTF]] to the 5th or 6th century.^[4] The manuscript once belonged to Lord Amherst in Norfolk. In 1908/1909 Lord Amherst sold his library. The codex is located now in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Pap. G. 8) at New York City. See also List of New Testament uncials Biblical manuscript Textual criticism Further reading B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri, being an account of the Greek Papyri in the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney at Didlington Hall, Norfolk I (London 1900), pp. 41–43.

Notes and References

1. Book: C. R. Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . Leipzig . 1909 . 3 . 1061.
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 . 120 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

3. B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri, being an account of the Greek Papyri in the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney at Didlington Hall, Norfolk I (London 1900), p. 42.
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.