Papyrus 99
New Testament manuscript
NameP. Chester Beatty 1499
Sign𝔓99
TextA glossary(?) - single words and phrases from some Pauline epistle.
Dateca. 400
ScriptGreek-Latin
Now atChester Beatty Library
Size16.8 by 13.6

Papyrus 99 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 𝔓99, is an early papyrus manuscript with quotations from the Pauline epistles of the New Testament in Greek-Latin. Four leaves have survived.[1][2]

Description

This papyrus is part of the Chester Beatty collection. It is usually considered as a glossary with single words and phrases from:

The text is written in 1 column per page, 27-30 lines per page.

It also contains a Latin lexicon and Greek grammar.[3]

Elliot calls this papyrus '... a haphazard collection of unconnected verses from the Pauline letters [that] could have been a school exercise ...'[4]

The manuscript is housed at the Chester Beatty Library (P. Chester B. Ac. 1499, fol 11–14) in Dublin.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 16. ISBN 3-11-011986-2
  2. ^ a b "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  3. ^ The Chester Beatty codex AC 1499 LDAB
  4. ^ Elliot (2005), JK, Absent witnesses?, p. 50, in The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers, Gregory, Andrew F. & Tuckett, Christopher Mark,(eds), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-926782-8

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External links

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