Papyrus 17

Papyrus 𝔓^17

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 1078
Text	Hebrews 9 †
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt, Lord Crawford
Now at	Cambridge University
Cite	B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII, (London 1911), pp. 11-13
Size	14.2 x 8.4 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Papyrus 17 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓¹⁷, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews, but only contains verses 9:12-19. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 4th century.^[1] However, according to Philip Comfort it is from the late 3rd century.^[2]

Description

Grenfell and Hunt

Bernard Grenfell		Arthur Hunt

The leaf is in fragmentary condition (originally 19 by 25 cm).^[2] The text fills in where Codex Vaticanus is vacant (from Hebrews 9:14).^[2]

The Nomina Sacra are used throughout. The scribe used marks for punctuation between verses 12 and 13, and between 15 and 16.^[2] It has no iotacistic errors.

The Greek text of this codex is representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.^[1]

It was discovered by Lord Crawford in Egypt.^[3] The text was edited in 1911 by Grenfell and Hunt.^[4]

Currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. 5893) in Cambridge.^[1][5]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

References

1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Philip W. Comfort, The Text of the Earlies of New Testament Greek Manuscripts (2001), p. 101.
3. Frederic G. Kenyon, "Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament", London², 1912, p. 44.
4. B. P., Grenfell; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII. London. pp. 11–13.
5. "Handschriftenliste". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

Further reading

• B. P., Grenfell; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII. London. pp. 11–13.

External links

• P.Oxy.LXIV 1078 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"