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 יa.[1]

Uncial 076
New Testament manuscript
TextActs
Date5th /6th-century
ScriptGreek
Now atPierpont Morgan Library
Size17 x 15 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Description

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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.[1] It used breathings and accents. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The Old Testament quotations are marked by inverted comma (>).

Text

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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]

θυ εξισταν

το δε παντες
και διηπορου
το αλλος προς
τον αλλον λε
γοντες τι θε
[λει] τουτο ει
[ναι ε]τεροι
δ[ε εχ]λευαζο
λε[γο]ντες ο
τι [γλευκους
με[μεστω]με
νοι ε[ι]σιν [
[σ]ταθεις δε ο
πετρος συν
τοις ενδεκα
επηρεν τη
γωνην [α]υτου
και απεφθεγ
ξατο α[υ]τοις [
ανδρε[ς] ιου
δαιο[ι κ]αι οι
κατοικουν

τες [ι]λημ παν
τες του[το
γνωστ[ον υμι  
εστω [και ενω
τις[ασθε τα
ρη[ματα μου
ο[υ γαρ ως υ
μ[εις υπολα]μ
βαν[ετε ου]τ[οι
μεθυ[ουσι]ν
εστι[ν γαρ] ωρα
τριτ[η τη]ς η
μερα[ς αλλα
τουτ[ο ε]στι  
το [ειρημε]υο  
δια του [π]ρο
φητου [ι]ωηλ
και εστα[ι] με
τα ταυτα λεγει
ο θς εκχεω
απο του πνς
μου επι
πασα[ν σαρκα

History

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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.[1]

The codex is located now in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Pap. G. 8) at New York City.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c C. R. Gregory (1909). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 3. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 1061.
  2. ^ a b c 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. 120. ISBN 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. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

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