Papyrus 90, also known as P. Oxy. L 3523, is a small fragment from the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John () is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "Book of Signs, signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the ...

18:36-19:7. It is designated by the

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in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (

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), it has been assigned to the late 2nd century CE.

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The papyrus is written on both sides, indicating this was likely a

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(the precursor to the modern

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). It is currently housed at the

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(Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 3523) in

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Text

The Greek text of this codex is considered 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 ...

. Due to its early date, Biblical scholar

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system. Papyrologist and biblical scholar Philip W. Comfort says " has losetextual affinity with ... ndsome affinity with

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus (; Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), also called the Sinai Bible, is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old Testament, including the deuterocanonica ...

( א)." ; Transcription of Papyrus Manuscript Letters in Bold are extant in the manuscript. ''

18:36-19:1'' (recto) ''

19:1-7'' (verso)

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High Resolution Digital Images of
from the University of Oxford's ''P.Oxy: Oxyrhyncus online''
Digital Images of
online at the CSNTM

External links

POxy – Oxyrhynchus Papyri online database
* Robert B. Waltz

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