Papyrus 78 Explained

Papyrus 78 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ⁷⁸, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. ⁷⁸ is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).

Description

Text The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. ⁷⁸ displays a free text.^[1] Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).^[2]

Present location It is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.^{[2] [3]}

Textual variants

• v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
• v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
• v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
• v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Further reading

• L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.
• M. Mees, P⁷⁸: ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 5–10.
• Book: Comfort , Philip W. . Philip W. Comfort . David P. Barrett . The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts . Tyndale House Publishers . 2001 . Wheaton, Illinois . 612 . 978-0-8423-5265-9.

Images

• P. Oxy. 2684 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• Papyrus 78 recto
• Papyrus 78 verso

External links

• Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri ⁷⁸.

Notes and References

1. Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism, Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.
2. Book: Aland . Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 101 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 27 August 2011. Münster.