Papyrus  66 |
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| Name | P. Bodmer II |
| Text | John 1:1-6:11; 6:35-14:26,29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4,6-7; 16:10-20:20,22-23; 20:25-21:9,12,17 |
| Date | ~200 |
| Found | Jabal Abu Mana |
| Now at | Bodmer Library, Geneva |
| Cite | Martin, Victor. Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 1-14 (1956); Martin, Victor. Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 14-21 (1958); Martin, Victor and Barns, J.W.B. Papyrus Bodmer II: Supplément, Evangile de Jean 14-21 (1962); Aland, Kurt. "Neue neutestamentliche Papyri III" NTS 20 (1974) pp. 357-381 |
| Size | 39 folios; 14.2×16.2 cm; 15-25 lines per page |
| Type | Free; scribe+major&minor editors |
| Category | I |
| Note | very close to P75, B, 0162 |
Papyrus 66 (also referred to as 66) is a near complete codex of the Gospel of John, and part of the collection known as the Bodmer Papyri.
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Description
The manuscript contains John 1:1-6:11, 6:35b-14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7; 16:10-20:20, 22-23; 20:25-21:9, 12, 17. It is one of the oldest New Testament manuscripts known to exist, with its writing dated to around 200CE.[1]
In common with both the other surviving early papyri of John's Gospel; P45 (apparently), P75, and most New Testament uncials, Papyrus 66 does not include the pericope of the adulteress (7:53-8:11)[2]; demonstrating the absence of this passage in all the surviving early witnesses of the Gospel of John. The manuscript also contains, consistently, the use of Nomina Sacra.
According to recent studies done by papyrologists Karyn Berner[3] and Philip Comfort,[4] it is evident that 66 had the work of three individuals on it: The original, professional scribe, a thoroughgoing corrector and a minor corrector.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as "Free text" and placed it in I Category.[5]
A transcription of every single page of 66 is contained in the book referenced in reference 2, pages 388-468.
In John 13:5 it has unique textual variant ποδονιπτηρα instead of νιπτηρα. In 13:7 it has αρ (error) instead of αρτι.
History
The manuscript was found in 1952 at Jabal Abu Mana near Dishna (Egypt).[6] It was published in 1956 and it was most important New Testament manuscript publication since the Chester Beatty Papyri in 1933-1934.[7]
It is currently housed at the Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. The Papyrus contains 39 folios (that's 78 leaves, 156 pages), at a size of 14.2 cm x 16.2 cm for each leaf with roughly 15-25 lines per page.
See also
References
- ^ Herbert Hunger. Zur Datierung des Papyrus Bodmer II (66) (1960)
- ^ Philip Comfort and David Barrett. Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999.) p.376.
- ^ Karyn Berner. Papyrus Bodmer II, 66: A re-evaluation of the Correctors and corrections (1993)
- ^ Philip Comfort. The Scribe as Interpreter: A new Look at New Testament Textual Criticism according to Reader-Reception Theory (1996)
- ^ Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 101.
- ^ Philip Comfort, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Tyndale House 2001, p. 376.
- ^ Floyd V. Filosn, A New Papyrus Manuscript of the Gospel of John, The Biblical Archeologist (Vol. XX), p. 54.
Further reading
- K. Berner, Papyrus Bodmer II, P66: A re-evaluation of the Correctors and corrections (1993).
- Victor M., Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 1-14 (Cologny-Geneve 1956);
- Victor M., Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean 14-21 (1958).
External links
- Papyrus 66 at Bible Research
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