Nti - Principle Papyri Manuscripts Of Nt

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Chester Beatty Papyri

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-acquired by Sir Chester Beatty of London in 1930-1.
-housed in the Chester Beatty Library (Suburb of Dublin)
-P45, p46, p47

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Martin Bodmer Papyri

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-p66: (around 200) preserves all but about twenty-five verses of the first fourteen and a half chapters of John and fragments of the rest;
-p72: (3rd century) contains the entire text of 1-2 Peter and Jude and is the earliest known copy of these epistles
-p74: dates to the seventh century, has portions of Acts, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude
-p75: (very early 3rd century) is the earliest copy of Luke, containing portions of chapter 3-5 and all of 6-17, half of 18, and virtually all of 22-24, as well as nearly all of John 1-12 and portions of 13-15; its text is noteworthy for its extraordinary similarity to that of Codex Vaticanus
-p73: also of the 7th century and contains only three verses of Matthew and is still unedited.

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Oxyrhynchus Papyri

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-First discovered in 1897 by B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt in Oxyrhynchus (Egypt)
-A treasure trove of ancient texts of various kinds were discovered in rubbish heaps during excavation
-p1,5,9,10,13,69,70,71,77

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Papyrus 52 (p52)

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-Oldest MS of the NT
-Contains portions of only 5 verses of John 18 (31-33, 37-38)
-Dated the first half of the second century and many date about 125
-Value for Textual Criticism is limited, but important for the dating of the Gospel of John