Papyrus 43

Papyrus 43 (Gregory-Aland), signed by 𝔓43, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, containing Rev 2:12-13, and 15:8-16:2. The manuscript has been paleographically dated to the 6th or 7th century CE.

Papyrus 𝔓43
New Testament manuscript
TextBook of Revelation 2; 15-16 †
Date6th/7th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atBritish Library
CiteW. E. Crum, H. I. Bell, Coptica III, (Copenhagen, 1922), pp. 43-45.
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Description

W. E. Crum, and H. I. Bell describe 𝔓43 as "a small scrap of light-coloured papyrus... [written] in two, rough, inelegant sloping hands."[1] Though the lines on each side are long, likely the papyrus only had extracts from Revelation on it, as it is hardly possible to have text from chapters 2 and 15 if the text was continuous. The text on the verso being the opposite way around to the text on the recto supports this conclusion.[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II because of its date.[2]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Inv. 2241) in London.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. W. E. Crum; H. I. Bell, eds. (1922). Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account. Coptica. Vol. III. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Hordisk Forlag. p. 43.
  2. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading
  • W. E. Crum; H. I. Bell, eds. (1922). Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account. Coptica. Vol. III. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Hordisk Forlag. pp. 43–45.
  • Ellwood M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1936, pp. 292–295.
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