Papyrus 42


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|form =Papyrus |number=42 |image=Vienna, Austrian National Library Pap. K. 8706 (Papyrus 42) recto Luke 1, 46–51 (Coptic).jpg |isize= |caption=Recto Luke 1:46–51 |name = Papyrus Vindobonensis |sign =𝔓42 |text =Luke 1:54-55+2:29-32 (Greek) Luke 1:46-51 (Coptic) |script=Greek/Coptic |date = 6th/7th century |found= |now at=Vienna, Österr. Nationalbibliothek, Pap. K. 8706 |cite = |size = 14x8 (27x18) cm |type= Alexandrian text-type |cat = II |hand= |note= Papyrus 42 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓42, is a small fragment of six verses from the Gospel of Luke dating to the 6th/7th century. The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some Byzantine readings. Aland placed it in Category II.{{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=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC |isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Vienna,_Austrian_National_Library_Pap._K.8706(Papyrus_42)_verso_Luke_1,_54–55;_2,_29–32.jpg" caption="Verso Luke 1:54–55; 2:29–32"] ::

The manuscript is housed at the Austrian National Library P. Vindob. K. 8706 at Vienna.

References

References

  1. "New Testament Transcripts Prototype".
  2. "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.

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