Uncial 0239

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Uncial 0239
New Testament manuscript
TextLuke 2:27-30,34
Date7th-century
ScriptGreek-Coptic diglot
Now atBritish Library
Size26 x 21 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Uncial 0239 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th-century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Luke 2:27-30,34, on one parchment leaf (26 cm by 21 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th-century.[1][2]

It was written and found in Egypt in Fayyum.[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1954.[4]

The Coptic text was published by Walter Ewing Crum in 1905.[3] The Greek text was published by H. L. Heller.[5]

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the British Library in London, with the shelf number Oriental 4717 (16).[1][2]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^ a b "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b P. Lond. Copt. 502 LDAB
  4. ^ Kurt Aland (1963). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechieschen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 10.
  5. ^ H. L. Heller, "Ein griechisch-koptisches Lukasfragment", ANTF 3 (Berlin, 1969), pp. 199-203.

Further reading

  • H. L. Heller, "Ein griechisch-koptisches Lukasfragment", ANTF 3 (Berlin, 1969), pp. 199-203.