Papyrus Chester Beatty VI, fragments of Deuteronomy 4 located in Michigan

The Papyrus Chester Beatty VI (also signed as Rahlfs 963, Trismegistos 61934, LDAB 3091, Michigan.apis.2494, 6 P. Beatty 6) are fragments of a papyrus manuscript from the first half of the 2nd century and one of the Chester Beatty papyri. It contains parts of the Book of Numbers and Deuteronomy in koine Greek.[1] There are 50 mostly damaged leaves, written in small uncials in an expertise script. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to 200 CE.[2]

Description

Text

The manuscript contains Book of Numbers 5, 13, 25 and Deuteronomy 1, 9–12; 18; 19; 27–34.[3] The text of Numbers is similar to the text of the B, the text of the Deuteronomy to the Codex Colberto-Sarravianus (G) and the Codex Washingtonensis (Θ).

History

The fragments were acquired in Egypt before the end of 1931 by the American collector Alfred Chester Beatty. Most of the fragments are in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin with the siglum P. Ch. Beatty VI, some are in the Ann Arbor Library of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, siglum P. Mich. Inv. 5554.[3]

Version

This manuscript is important for containing substantial portions of Deuteronomy and predates Codex Vaticanus (B) by almost 200 years.[2] It also contains the name Joshua written as a nomen sacrum.[2]

References

Sources

  • Crowe, Brandon D. (2012). The Obedient Son: Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. Vol. 188. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110279917.
  • Aland, Kurt (1975). Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri I. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Patristische Texte und Studien. Vol. 18. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 20–22, 92–93. ISBN 3-11-004674-1.
  • Kenyon, Frederic G. (1933). "Fasciculus I: General Introduction". The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri. Descriptions and Texts of Twelve Manuscripts on Papyrus of the Greek Bible. London: Emery Walker Ltd.
  • Kenyon, Frederic G. (1939). "963. Papyrus Chester Beatty VI". Our Bible and the ancient manuscripts. Vol. 4. London: Auflage, Eyre & Spottiswoode.
  • Rahlfs, Alfred; Fraenkel, Detlef (2004). Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments: Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum. Supplementum (in German). Vol. 1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 94. ISBN 3-525-53447-7.
  • ISAW. "6 P. Beatty 6 = Trismegistos 61934 = LDAB 3091 = michigan.apis.2494". The Duke Collaboratory for Classics Computing & the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  • Sanders, Paul (1996). Provenance of Deuteronomy Thirty-two. Oudtestamentische Studiėn, Old Testament Studies / Social, Economic, and Political Studies of the Middle East. Vol. 37. BRILL. ISBN 9789004106482.
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