Papyrus 114, designated by 𝔓114 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Letter to the Hebrews, containing verses 1:7-12 in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated by the INTF to the 3rd century CE. Papyrologist Philip Comfort dates the manuscript to Middle-Late 3rd century CE.[1] The manuscript is currently housed in the Papyrology Rooms (P. Oxy. 4498) of the Sackler Library at Oxford, United Kingdom.[2]
| New Testament manuscript | |
 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 4498 |
|---|---|
| Sign | 𝔓114 |
| Text | Epistle to the Hebrews 1:7-12 |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Oxyrhynchus, Egypt |
| Now at | Sackler Library |
| Cite | W. E. H. Cockle, OP LXVI (1999), pp. 9-10 |
| Size | [15] x [25] cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type (?) |
| Category | none |
| Note | unique reading in Heb 1:9 |
Description edit
The original manuscript would've been around 15cm x 25cm, with 27 lines per page. There is no extant writing on the opposite side, and so was either blank or contained the Title. The Greek text of this codex is too small to determine its textual character. The handwriting script is representative of the Reformed Documentary style.[3]
Textual Variants[4] edit
1:9
- [ο ΘΣ] σου ο ΘΣ (God, your God) : 𝔓114
- ο ΘΣ ο ΘΣ σου (God, your God) : 𝔓46 א A B Majority of manuscripts
1:12
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Comfort, Philip Wesley (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers. p. 195.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ P. Comfort and D. Barrett, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, pp 662
- ^ Taken from NA27 Apparatus and http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/nt-transcripts Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading edit
- W. E. H. Cockle, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXVI (London: 1999), pp. 9–10.
- Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 662–663. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
External links edit
Images edit
- P.Oxy.LXIV 4498 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
- Image from 𝔓114 recto, fragment of Hebrews 1:7-12
Official registration edit
- "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008