Papyrus Berlin 17213 is
Koine Greek
Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...
fragment of the
Septuagint
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond t ...
dated to the 3rd century CE.
Description
This is written in
papyrus
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in
codex
The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...
form. P. Berlin 17213 contains fragments of
Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...
19, 11–13, 17–19. Contains a blank space for the name of God apparently, although Emanuel Tov thinks that it is a free space ending paragraph.
[E. Tov, ''Scribal practices and approache’s reflected in the texts found in the Judean Desert'']
s. 231
This fragment is also referred to as number 995 on the
list of the manuscripts of the Septuagint according to the classification of
Alfred Rahlfs
Alfred Rahlfs (; ; 29 May 1865 – 8 April 1935) was a German Biblical scholar. He was a member of the history of religions school. He is known for his edition of the Septuagint published in 1935.
Biography
He was born in Linden near Hanover, a ...
.
History
This manuscript was published by K. Treu, ''Neue Berliner Septuagintafragmente'' (New fragment of the Septuaginta of Berlin), APF 20, 1970, pp. 46, 47. It is now stored in ''Ägyptisches Museum'' in
Berlin
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(P. 17213).
References
Bibliography
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* {{Cite web, url=http://www.trismegistos.org/ldab/text.php?tm=61944 , title= AfP 20 (1970), p. 46-47 (Treu, Kurt) , work= Leuven Database of Ancient Books , accessdate= 2012-12-24
External links
P.Berlin 17213 rectoP.Berlin 17213 verso
3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Septuagint manuscripts
Book of Genesis