Papyrus 31

Papyrus 31 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 31, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains only Romans 12:3-8. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 7th century. The reverse side is blank. It is possible that it was used as a talisman. Hunt suggested it was a lectionary.[1]

Papyrus 31
New Testament manuscript
TextRomans 12 †
Date7th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atJohn Rylands Library
CiteA. S. Hunt, Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library I, Literatury Texts (Manchester 1911), p. 9
TypeAlexandrian
CategoryII

Description

Written in medium-sized sloping uncial letters. It seems to have been copied for reading in church.[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[2][3] An agreement with Codex Sinaiticus against the other chief MSS is observable in l. 9 of the fragment (v. 8).[1]

Papyrus 31 presents unique readings in l. 3 (v. 4) and l. 4 (v. 5) against the other chief MSS.[4]

It is currently housed with the Rylands Papyri at the John Rylands University Library (Gr. P. 4) in Manchester.[2][5]

See also

References
  1. A. S. Hunt, Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library I, Literatury Texts (Manchester 1911), p. 9.
  2. 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.
  3. Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, Der Text des Neuen Testaments, DBS 1982, p. 168
  4. Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany. "New Testament Transcripts Prototype".
  5. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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