Uncial 0242 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), is a
Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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uncial
Uncial is a majuscule Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. (1996) ''Encyclopedia of the Book''. 2nd edn. New Castle, DE, and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, p. 494. script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to ...
manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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Paleographically it has been assigned to the 4th century.
Description
The codex contains a small parts of the
Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew), or simply Matthew. It is most commonly abbreviated as "Matt." is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, Jesus, comes to his people and form ...
8:25-9:2; 13:32-38,40-46, on two parchment leaves (23 cm by 20 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters.
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Currently it is dated by the
INTF to the 4th century.
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Location
Currently the codex is housed at the Egyptian Museum
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(no. 71942) in Cairo
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Text
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[
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See also
* List of New Testament uncials
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* R. Roca-Puig, "Un pergamino griego del Evangilo de San Mateo", '' Emérita'' 27 (Madrid: 1959), pp. 59-73.
External links
Uncial 0242
at the Wieland Willker, "Textual Commentary"
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Greek New Testament uncials
4th-century biblical manuscripts