Papyrus 78

Papyrus $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁸

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Name	P. Oxy. 2684
Text	Jude †
Date	3rd / 4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6.
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 78 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁸, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4-5 & 7-8. $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁸ is written in an elegant hand. The manuscript has been paleographically assigned to the 3rd century (or 4th century).

Description

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁸ displays a free text. Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).

Present location

It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.

Textual variants

• v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan).
• v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to).
• v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves).
• v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Further reading

• L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6.
• M. Mees, P⁷⁸: ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 5–10.

Images

• P. Oxy. 2684 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• Papyrus 78 recto
• Papyrus 78 verso

External links

• Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁸.