Papyrus 8
New Testament 4th century papyrus fragment of the Acts of the Apostles in Greek From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Papyrus 8 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓8 or α 8 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles, it contains Acts 4:31–37; 5:2–9; 6:1–6.8–15.[citation needed] The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.[1]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Acts 4-6 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
| Cite | A. H. Salonius, Die griechischen Handschriftenfragmente des Neuen Testaments in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, ZNW 26 (1927), 97–119 |
| Size | 18.6 by 10.4 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2]
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
The text of the codex was published by Salonius in 1927.[3]
Location
It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 8683) in Berlin.[1][4]
Papyrus 8, recto.
Papyrus 8, verso.
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