Papyrus 30
New Testament manuscript
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Papyrus 30 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓30, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles, it contains only 1 Thess 4:12-5:18. 25-28; 2 Thess 1:1-2; 2:1.9-11. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.[1]
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| New Testament manuscript | |
Recto 1 Thess 5:3; 5:8-10; 5:14-18; 5:26-28 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 1598 |
|---|---|
| Text | 1 Thess 4-5 †; 2 Thess 1-2 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Ghent University |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri XIII, (London 1919), pp. 12-14 |
| Size | 16 x 12 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Description
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The manuscript is written in large uncial letters. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The number of the pages suggest that the manuscript was a collection of the Pauline epistles.[2] It is a carefully executed manuscript.[3]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.[1] According to Comfort this manuscript shows greater agreement with Codex Sinaiticus than with Vaticanus (in 11 out of 13 variants).[3]
According to Grenfell it agrees four times with B against א A, once with BA against א, twice with א A against B, once with א against B A.[2]
According to Comfort it was written in the early 3rd century.[3]
It is currently housed at the Ghent University (Inv. 61) in Ghent.[1][4]
