Papyrus 2

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title: "Papyrus 2" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["papyri-from-ancient-egypt", "greek-coptic-diglot-manuscripts-of-the-new-testament", "new-testament-papyri", "biblical-manuscripts", "6th-century-biblical-manuscripts", "national-archaeological-museum,-florence", "gospel-of-john-papyri", "gospel-of-luke-papyri"] description: "New Testament papyrus fragment in Greek and Coptic" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_2" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary New Testament papyrus fragment in Greek and Coptic ::

| form = Papyrus | number= | image= Florence, Egyptian Museum, Ms Papyrus 2 (inv. nr. 7134) verso Luke 7, 22-26, 50 Coptic.jpg | caption=verso | name = | text = John 12:12-15; Luke 7:22-26,50 | date = c. 500-600 | found= Egypt | now at= Museo Archeologico, Florence, Inv. Nr. 7134 | cite = E. Pistelli, 'Papiri evangelici', Rivista di Studi Religiosi 6 (1902): 69-70. | size = fragment | type = mixed (Greek & Coptic) | cat = III | hand = | note = Papyrus 2 () is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek and Coptic. It is a papyrus fragment of a copy of the Gospel of John dating to the sixth century. It is currently housed at the Egyptian Museum, Florence (Inv. no. 7134). There is a portion of Luke 7:22-26.50 in Coptic on the reverse of the fragment.

The fragment appears to be from a lectionary. The text type is a mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.{{Cite book |last1=Aland |first1=Kurt |author-link=Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) |title=The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism |publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |year=1995 |location=Grand Rapids |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&pg=PA96 |isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Florence,_Egyptian_Museum,Ms_Papyrus_2(inv._nr._7134)_r_John_12,12-15_Greek.jpg" caption="Recto"] ::

The name of Jerusalem (usually ιεροσολυμα, Ierosolyma) is given the variant spelling ιερου[σο]λ̣υ̣[μα] (Ierousolyma).

Ermenegildo Pistelli dated the manuscript to the 5th or 6th century; Ernst von Dobschütz to the 6th or 7th century.

Notes

References

• Aland, Kurt und Barbara Aland. Der Text des Neuen Testaments. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1981.
• Maldfeld, Georg and Metzger, Bruce M. "Detailed List of the Greek Papyri of the New Testament," Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 68, No. 4. (Dec., 1949) pp. 359–370.

References

1. "Online copy of the MS". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.
2. Maldfeld, Georg and [[Bruce Metzger. Metzger, Bruce M.]] "Detailed List of the Greek Papyri of the New Testament," ''Journal of Biblical Literature'' Vol. 68, No. 4. (Dec., 1949), p. 361
3. Maldfeld (1949), p. 364
4. "New Testament Transcripts".

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