Papyrus 68 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
68, is a copy of the
New Testament
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in
Greek
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. It is a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the
First Epistle to the Corinthians
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 i ...
. The surviving texts of 1 Corinthians are verses 4:12-17; 4:19-5:3. The manuscript
palaeographically has been assigned to the 7th century.
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Text
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.
Location
It is currently housed at the Russian National Library
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(Gr. 258B) in Saint Petersburg
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.
See also
* 1 Corinthians 4; 5
* 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
* Kurt Aland, ''Neue neutestamentliche Papyri'', NTS 3 (1957), pp. 265–267.
* Kurt Treu Kurt Treu (15 September 1928 in Karja, Saare County, Estonia – 6 June 1991 in Vienna, Austria), was a German classical philologist. He was born the son of a German parson on the island Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia. In 1940, because of ...
, ''Die Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi und Erevan'', T & U 91 (Berlin, 1966), p. 109.
External links
GA Papyrus 68
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
National Library of Russia collection
First Epistle to the Corinthians papyri