![]() Papyri, 1898 -, 66 volumes to date, Egypt Exploration Fund, London. Press, New York (later editions omit the checklist of Greek New Testamentī. Its Transmission, Corruption & Restoration, 1968, Oxford University Practice Of Modern Text Criticism, 1995, William B. Testament: An Introduction To The Critical Editions & To The Theory & Kurt Aland & Barbara Aland, The Text Of The New We have cited the following works consistently for the physical description Witnesses that are found in the introductory matter are used in the apparatus. Testament would notice that not all the manuscripts contained in the lists of In fact, a careful reader of the critical editions of the New The Greek New Testament do not completely replicate the evidence of any Is determined on a case-by-case basis, from among numerous variants offeredīy the early manuscripts and versions. Thus, the modern day Greek New Testaments are the critical editions producedīy eclectic method, where the prefered reading NT in which the MS tradition is wholly uniform. It is safe to say that there is not one sentence in the The Interpreter's Dictionary Of The Bible It is to be remembered that the manuscript tradition of the New Testament is The early centuries of Christianity read and revered. To be the representative sample of the "Bible" which the people in One can loosely consider these manuscripts The early manuscripts presented here contain about two third of the New Testament The well-known uncials such as Codex Vaticanus and Manuscripts that are presented here are nearly two hundred years older than The persecution under Diocletian (303-305 CE) and especially after Constantineĭeclared Christianity to be the official religion of the empire. We chose 300 CE as our terminus ad quemīecause the production of New Testament manuscripts radically changed after Small fragment of John’s Gospel dated to the late 2nd centuryĮarly fragments containing portions of Luke 1-6 Considered by many scholars to be part of the same manuscript as P 64 and P 67Įarly fragments containing portions of Matthew 3-5 Considered by many scholars to be part of the same manuscript as P 4 and P 67Įarly fragments containing portions of Matthew 25-26 Considered by many scholars to be part of the same manuscript as P 64 and P 4Ĭontains portions of most of Paul’s letters Includes the Book of HebrewsĬontains portions of each of the four gospels and of Acts Oldest surviving manuscript of the Gospel of MarkĬontains significant portion of RevelationĬontains the majority of the New TestamentĬontains the entire New Testament Manuscript is a palimpsest (original text was erased and the pages reused, though technology allows us to see the original).Ĭontains portions of Luke and John Has the text in both Greek and Sahidic CopticĬontains Acts, the Pauline Epistles, and the General EpistlesĬontains the Gospels and Acts Has the text in both Latin and Greek, in parallel columns Shares an abbreviation with Codex ClaromontanusĬontains the Pauline Epistles Has the text in both Latin and Greek, in parallel columns Shares an abbreviation with Codex Bezae CantabrigensisĬontains the Book of Acts Shares an abbreviation with Codex BasilensisĬontains the Pauline Epistles Shares an abbreviation with Codex Seidelianus II and Codex MutinensisĬontains the Gospels The pages of this manuscript were decoratively dyed purpleĬontains Matthew In addition to the text, this manuscript also contained illustrations.Ĭontains Luke Manuscript is a palimpsest (original text was erased and the pages reused, though technology allows us to see the original).We present a few New Testament manuscripts from the early second century to Small fragment from John’s Gospel Usually dated around 125 AD, making it the oldest known manuscript Still, it is helpful to familiarize ourselves with some of the copies that come up most often in text-critical discussions and some that provide especially early attestation of particular New Testament books. There are thousands of Greek New Testament manuscripts, hundreds of which are from the earliest centuries, so this list is far from exhaustive.
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