Papyrus 2 () is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek and Coptic. It is a papyrus fragment of a copy of the Gospel of John dating to the sixth century. It is currently housed at the Egyptian Museum, Florence (Inv. no. 7134). There is a portion of Luke 7:22-26.50 in Coptic on the reverse of the fragment.
The fragment appears to be from a lectionary.Maldfeld, Georg and Metzger, Bruce M. "Detailed List of the Greek Papyri of the New Testament," Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 68, No. 4. (Dec., 1949), p. 361 The text type is a mixed.Maldfeld (1949), p. 364 Aland placed it in Category III.
The name of Jerusalem (usually ιεροσολυμα, Ierosolyma) is given the variant spelling ιερου[σο]λ̣υ̣[μα] (Ierousolyma).
Ermenegildo Pistelli dated the manuscript to the 5th or 6th century; Ernst von Dobschütz to the 6th or 7th century.
See also John 12 List of New Testament papyri Luke 7 New Testament papyrus Coptic versions of the Bible
Notes
References Aland, Kurt und Barbara Aland. Der Text des Neuen Testaments. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1981. Maldfeld, Georg and Metzger, Bruce M. "Detailed List of the Greek Papyri of the New Testament," Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 68, No. 4. (Dec., 1949) pp. 359–370.
External links Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland. The text of the New Testament: an introduction to the critical editions and to the theory and practice of modern textual criticism. Second edition. Translated by Erroll F Rhodes. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989. New Testament Transcripts GA Papyrus 2. Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts