Uncial 0259

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Uncial 0259
New Testament manuscript
Text1 Timothy 1:4-5.6-7
Date7th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBerlin State Museums
Size12 x 10 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Uncial 0259 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century. The codex contains some parts of the 1 Timothy 1:4-5.6-7, on 2 parchment leaves (12 cm by 10 cm). Written in one column per page, 11 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

Text[edit]

Recto
χουσιν μαλλον
η οικονομιαν θυ
την εν πισ[τει]
το δε τελ[ος της]
παραγ[γελιας ες]
τιν αγ[απη εκ κα]
θα[ρας               ]
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
Verso
νες αστοχησαν
της εξετραπτησαν
εις ματαιολογιαν
θ[ε]λ[ο]ντες ειναι
[νομοδ]ιδασκαλοι
[μη νοσουν]της μη
[τε α λεγουσιν] μη
[τε                       ]
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
[transcribed by Kurt Treu][2]

According to Elliott Treu wrongly deciphered reading οικονομιαν, according to him the manuscript reads οικοδομη.[3]

The nomina sacra contracted. It has two singular readings:

εξετραπτησαν instead of εξετραπησαν
νοσουντης instead of νοουντης.[4]

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

History[edit]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.[1][5]

Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 3605) in Berlin.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. 127. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^ Kurt Treu, “Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung”, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 18, 1966. p. 36.
  3. ^ J.K. Elliott, The Greek Text of the Epistles to Timothy and Titus. (Studies and Documents 26). Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1968. p. 19.
  4. ^ Klaus Wachtel, Klaus Witte, Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus: Gal., Eph., Phil., Kol., 1. u. 2. Thess., 1. u. 2 Tim., Tit., Phlm., Hebr, Walter de Gruyter, 1994, p. 342.
  5. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • Peter Head, Two Parchments Witnessing First Timothy 1 (2007)
  • G. H. R. Horseley, "New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity" 2 (Macquarie University, 1982), pp. 125-140.
  • Elliott, J.K., The Greek Text of the Epistles to Timothy and Titus. (Studies and Documents 26). Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1968. p. 19.
  • Kurt Treu, "Neue Neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung", APF 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 23-38.