Papyrus 967

Papyrus 967 is the designation for a code that contains the Septuagint text of the books of Ezekiel, Daniel, and esters and was written about 200. The numbering refers to the list of Greek manuscripts by Alfred Rahlfs. The discovery of the papyrus was announced in 1931 in the New York Times. Precise references circumstances are unclear, as the ancient locality Aphroditopolis is suspected.

Description of the manuscript

The Code is currently divided into five collections or libraries:

  • 29 sheet are in the Chester Beatty Library (Dublin) - Chester Beatty Papyri IX / X,
  • 21 sheets are known as John H. vagina papyrus 3, they are in the Princeton University,
  • Large parts are in the papyrus collection of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Cologne,
  • 2 sheets are located in Barcelona ( Montserrat, Scriptorium Biblicum et Orientale P Barc. Inv. 42 43)
  • Several sheets store in Madrid ( Fundación de Estudios Clásicos Pastor, P Matr 1).

The scale was originally 59 arcs, ie 118 leaves or 236 pages. One side measures about 344 x 128 mm. The pages are described single column with an average of 42 lines in a square uncial. For the Ezechieltext a differentiated from Daniel and ester text writer can make. Listed are various corrections by the recorder and later hands. The text contains nouns sacra and text-critical characters to identify the readings according to Theodotion.

In addition to the special readings that provides the text of Ezekiel, va is early witness to the Septuagintatextes to Daniel significant because this was later replaced in almost all manuscripts by the Theodotion text. Thus, in Papyrus 967 the story of Susanna and the Elders (Daniel 13) based on the story of Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14). In addition, the chapter Dan 7f. 5f before Chapter. classified. Papyrus 967 contains as well as the Codex Alexandrinus Ezekiel Daniel before, while the Codex Chisianus ( Rahlfs No. 88) and the Codex syrohexaplarische Ambrosianus have 313 after Ezekiel Daniel.

Editions

  • Angelo goats: The Septuagint of the Book of Daniel, chapter 5-12, along with Susanna, Bel et Draco, and Esther 1,1 a-2, 15 papyrological after the Cologne part of the papyrus texts and treatises 967 5th Bonn 1968.
  • Winfried Hamm: The Septuagint of the Book of Daniel Ch. 1-2. Papyrological texts and treatises 10 Bonn 1969.
  • Winfried Hamm: The Septuagint text of the book of Daniel chapter. 3-4 967 after the Cologne part of the papyrus texts and treatises papyrological 21 Bonn 1977.
  • Leopold Günther Jahn: The Greek text of the Book of Ezekiel, after the Cologne part of the papyrus texts and treatises papyrological 967 15 Bonn 1972.
  • Frederic G. Kenyon: The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri VII: Ezekiel, Daniel, Esther. Text. London 1937. Plates. London 1938.
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