Papyrus 75

Papyrus 75

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Name	P. Bodmer XIV-XV
Sign	${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$75
Text	Luke 3:18-24:53 + John 1-15 (extensive portions of,)
Date	175-225 (Martin and Kasser), late third century-early fourth century (Orsini), fourth century (Nongbri)
Script	Greek
Found	Pabau, Egypt
Now at	Vatican Library, Rome
Cite	V. Martin, R. Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV
Size	26 cm x 13 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I
Note	very close to P66, B, 0162

Papyrus 75 (${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁷⁵, Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV) is an early Greek New Testament papyrus. It is generally described as "the most significant" papyrus of the New Testament to be discovered so far. This evaluation of the manuscript is a result of the early date that has usually been assigned to it (circa 175-225 CE) and the fact that its text so closely resembles that of the fourth century Codex Vaticanus, but the early date of ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁷⁵, and therefore its importance for the textual criticism of the New Testament, has recently been called into question.

${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁷⁵ was discovered in the 1950s and once belonged to the Swiss book collector Martin Bodmer (thus its original designation, P.Bodmer XIV-XV). It was sold in 2006 and donated to the Vatican Library, which now refers to the manuscript as “Hanna Papyrus 1 (Mater Verbi).” Originally '[it] contained about 144 pages ... of which 102 have survived, either in whole or in part.' It 'contains about half the text of ... two Gospels' – Luke (Papyrus Bodmer XIV) and John (Papyrus Bodmer XV) in Greek. It was originally assigned on the basis of its handwriting to circa 175-225 CE, but it has recently been asserted on the basis of comparative evidence that handwriting very similar to that of ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁷⁵ was still in use in the fourth century. In any event, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁷⁵ is one of the earliest manuscripts (along with ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁴) of the Gospel of Luke. 'The surviving fragment contains Luke 3:18-24:53 ...' An unusual feature of this codex is that when the Gospel of Luke ends, the Gospel of John begins on the same page.

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