Papyrus 78, also known as P. Oxy. XXXVI 2684, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. It is designated by the siglum in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. 𝔓78 is written in an elegant hand. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), it has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century CE.
Description Text The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. displays a free text. Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament classification system..
Present location It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2684) in Oxford.
Textual variants v5: Addition of αδελφοι (brothers) after βουλομαι (I plan). v7: υπεχουσαι (undergoing) becomes επεχουσαι (holding fast to). v8: ουτοι (these) becomes αυτοι (themselves). v8: δοξας (plural: glories) becomes δοξαν (singular: glory).
See also List of New Testament papyri Oxyrhynchus Papyri
References
Further reading L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XXXIV (London: 1968), pp. 4–6. M. Mees, : ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 5–10.
External links Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, Papyri . Images High Resolution Digital Images online at the University of Oxford's P.Oxy: Oxyrhyncus Online Digital images of online at the CSNTM