Papyrus 62

Papyrus 62, also known as ‘‘Papyrus Osloensis’’, is a copy of the New Testament and Septuagint in Greek and Coptic known as a diglot. It is designated by the siglum Template:Papyrus in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew and Book of Daniel in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 4th century CE.

Description

The original manuscript would have been a codex (precursor to the modern book) made of papyrus. Unfortunately it has only survived in a fragmentary condition, containing evidence of Matthew 11:25-30, Daniel 3:51-53, and some verses from the Book of Odes.Template:R The Daniel and Odes portions are labelled as Papyrus 994 in the Alfred Rahlf's numbering of Greek Septuagint manuscripts. The surviving fragments evidence around 13 leaves of the original codex. The text is written in one column per page, 7 lines per column, 7-12 letters in line.Template:R It has diaeresis over the letter upsilon.Template:R

Contents

Greek

Matthew 11:25; 11:25; 11:25-26; 11:27; 11:27; 11:27-28; 11:28-29; 11:29-30; 11:30.

Coptic

Matthew 11:25-29.Template:R

The manuscript contains evidence of the nomina sacra (sacred names, these being words/titles considered sacred in Christianity). The following are seen within the manuscript: θς ( / God), ις ( / Jesus), κε ( / Lord/Master), πρ ( / Father), πηρ ( / Father), and υς ( / son).Template:R

Transcription of Greek text of Matthew

²⁵ [ις] ε̣[ξομολογο]υ[μαι] [σοι] [πρ] κ[ε]

²⁶ πηρ –

²⁷

–

²⁸

²⁹

–

³⁰

Text

The Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category II of his New Testament manuscript classification system. In Matthew 11:25 it reads εκρυψας along with Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, minuscule 33, and lectionary 2211. Other manuscripts read απεκρυψας (C, L, W, Θ ƒ¹, ƒ¹³, Byz). The text of Daniel represents Theodotion's recension.Template:R

History

Leiv Amundsen dated the manuscript to the 4th century. INTF dated it to the 4th century.Template:R The manuscript was found in Egypt. The text was published by Amundsen in 1945. It was examined by Maldfeld, Kurt Treu,Template:R and Karl Jaroš.

It is cited in critical editions of the New Testament (NA26, NA27). It is currently housed at the University of Oslo Library (Inv. 1661) in Oslo.Template:R

Image gallery

• Mat 11.25-30 recto 1 3 5 7
  Mat 11.25-30 recto 1 3 5 7
• Mat 11.25-30 verso 18 20 22 24
  Mat 11.25-30 verso 18 20 22 24
• Mat 11.25-30 recto 25
  Mat 11.25-30 recto 25
• Mat 11.25-30 recto 17 19 21 23
  Mat 11.25-30 recto 17 19 21 23
• Mat 11.25-30 verso 10 12 14 16
  Mat 11.25-30 verso 10 12 14 16
• Mat 11.25-30 verso 26
  Mat 11.25-30 verso 26
• Mat 11.25-30 recto 9 11 13 15
  Mat 11.25-30 recto 9 11 13 15
• Mat 11.25-30 verso 2 4 6 8
  Mat 11.25-30 verso 2 4 6 8

See also

• Daniel 3
• List of New Testament papyri
• Matthew 11

Further reading

• Leiv Amundsen, Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection, Symbolae Osloenses 24 (Oslo: 1945), pp. 121–147.

External links

• Digital Images of Papyrus 62 online at the CSNTM
• Trismegistos Papyrus Description