Papyrus_99
Papyrus 99
New Testament manuscript
Papyrus 99 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 𝔓99, is an early papyrus manuscript with quotations from the Pauline epistles of the New Testament in Greek-Latin. Four leaves have survived.[1][2]
Quick Facts Name, Sign ...
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | P. Chester Beatty 1499 |
|---|---|
| Sign | 𝔓99 |
| Text | A glossary(?) - single words and phrases from some Pauline epistle. |
| Date | ca. 400 |
| Script | Greek-Latin |
| Now at | Chester Beatty Library |
| Size | 16.8 by 13.6 |
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This papyrus is part of the Chester Beatty collection. It is usually considered as a glossary with single words and phrases from:
- Rom 1:1;
- 2 Cor 1:3-6, 1:6-17, 1:20-24, 2:1-9, 2:9-5:13, 5:13-6:3, 6:3-8:13, 8:14-22, 9:2-11:8, 11:9-23, 11:26-13:11;
- Gal 1:4-11, 1:18-6:15, 1:14-2:4, 2:4-3:19, 3:19-4:9;
- Eph 1:4-2:21, 1:22(?), 3:8-6:24
The text is written in 1 column per page, 27-30 lines per page.
It also contains a Latin lexicon and Greek grammar.[3]
Elliot calls this papyrus '... a haphazard collection of unconnected verses from the Pauline letters [that] could have been a school exercise ...'[4]
The manuscript is housed at the Chester Beatty Library (P. Chester B. Ac. 1499, fol 11–14) in Dublin.[1][2]
- K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994), p. 16. ISBN 3-11-011986-2
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- Elliot (2005), JK, Absent witnesses?, p. 50, in The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers, Gregory, Andrew F. & Tuckett, Christopher Mark,(eds), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-926782-8
- Wouters (1988), Alfons, The Chester Beatty Codex AC 1499, a Graeco-Latin lexicon on the Pauline Epistles, and a Greek grammar, Peeters, ISBN 978-90-6831-124-2
- Dickey (2019), Emily A Re-Examination of New Testament Papyrus P99 (Vetus Latina AN glo Paul), New Testament Studies. Cambridge University Press, 65(1), pp. 103–121. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688518000243.