Papyrus 34 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
34, is a copy of the
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
in
Greek
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*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
. It is a
papyrus
Papyrus ( ) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, ''Cyperus papyrus'', a wetland sedge. ''Papyrus'' (plural: ''papyri'' or ''papyruses'') can a ...
manuscript
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of the
Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest ext ...
, it contains
1 Cor
The First Epistle to the Corinthians () is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author, Sosthenes, and is addressed to the Christian church in Cor ...
16:4-7.10;
2 Cor 5:18-21; 10:13-14; 11:2.4.6-7. The manuscript
paleographically has been assigned to the 7th century.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the
Alexandrian text-type
In textual criticism of the New Testament, the Alexandrian text-type is one of the main text types. It is the text type favored by the majority of modern textual critics and it is the basis for most modern (after 1900) Bible translations.
Over 5,8 ...
.
Aland placed it in
Category II.
It is currently housed at the
Ă–sterreichische Nationalbibliothek
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(P. Vindob. G. 39784) in
Vienna
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.
See also
* List of New Testament papyri
A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. In general, they are considered the earliest witnesses to the original text of the New Testament.
This elite status amo ...
References
Further reading
* Karl Wessely
Karl Wessely (''Carl Wessely''; 27 June 1860, Vienna – 21 November 1931) was an Austrian palaeographer and papyrus scholar. He examined manuscripts housed at the Austrian National Library (e.g. Papyrus 3, Uncial 058
Uncial 058 (in the Gregor ...
, ''Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde'' XII, (Leipzig 1912), p. 246.
* Ellwood M. Schofield, ''The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament'', Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1936, pp. 246–252.
External links
GA Papyrus 34
Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to digitally preserve Greek New Testament manuscripts. Toward that end, CSNTM takes digital photographs of manuscripts at institu ...
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New Testament papyri
7th-century biblical manuscripts
Biblical manuscripts in the Austrian National Library
First Epistle to the Corinthians papyri
Second Epistle to the Corinthians papyri