Papyrus 40
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Papyrus 40 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by đ40, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.
Description
It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains Romans 1:24-27; 1:31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5.16; 9:16-17.27.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, rather proto-Alexandrian, Aland named it as "Free text", and placed it in Category I because of its date.[1]
This manuscript is closer to Codex Sinaiticus than to Codex Alexandrinus and Vaticanus.[2]
It is currently housed at the Papyrussammlung der UniversitÀt in the University of Heidelberg (Inv. no. 45).[1][3]
See also
References
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Further reading
- Friedrich Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV, (Heidelberg 1924), pp. 28â31.