Papyrus 8

Papyrus 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1033 (in the Soden numbering), designated by siglum $\mathfrak{P}$¹², is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews, it contains only Hebrews 1:1. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to ca. 285. It may have been a writing exercise or an amulet.

Description

On the top of the second column another writer has penned Hebrews 1:1 in three lines. It has been written in a small uncial hand. On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to Septuaginta.

Text

πολυμερως κ πολυ[τρο]πως

παλε ο θς λαλήσ[α]ς το[ις π]ατρα

σ[ι] ημ[ω]ν εν τοις προ[φηταις]

It has error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι), the nomina sacra contracted (θς).

The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but its text is too brief for certainty. Aland placed it in Category I.

It supports textual variant with ημων as in codices $\mathfrak{P}$^46c a t v vg^mss syr^p.

History

The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by Grenfell and Hunt.

It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Papyrus Amherst 3a

References

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Further reading

• B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), pp. 30-31. (P. Amherst 3 b).
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