Uncial 0166

Uncial 0166

New Testament manuscript
James 1:11
Text	Acts 28:30-31; James 1:11
Date	5th century
Script	Greek
Found	1905
Now at	University of Heidelberg
Size	5 x 7.4 cm
Type	mixed
Category	III

Uncial 0166 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Acts of the Apostles 28:30-31 (recto); James 1:11 (verso), on the fragment of one parchment leaf (5 cm by 7.4 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 28 lines per page, in small uncial letters.[1] It has breathings and accents.[2]

The fragment contains 9 lines with 99 letters from 219 original.[2]

Kurt Aland the Greek text of this codex placed in Category III.[1]

Page recto (Acts 28:30-31) ΕΝ]ΕΜ[ΕΙΝΕΝ] ΔΕ ΔΙΕΤΙΑΝ ΟΛΗΝ ΕΝ ΙΔΙΩ ΜΙΣΘΩΜΑΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΕΔΕ[ΧΕΤΟ] ΠΑΝΤΑΣ [ΤΟΥΣ] ΕΙΣΠΟΡΕΥΟ[ΜΕ] ΝΟΥΣ ΠΡΟ[Σ ΑΥΤΟΝ] ΚΗΡΥΣ[ΣΩΝ ΤΗΝ [ΒΑΣ]ΙΛ[ΕΙΑΝ]

Page verso (James 1:11) [ΚΑ]Υ[Σ]ΟΝ[Ι] [ΚΑΙ ΕΞΗΡΑΝ]ΕΝ ΤΟ [Ν ΧΟΡΤΟΝ ΚΑ]Ι ΤΟ Α [ΝΘΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΥ] ΕΞΕΠΕ [ΣΕΝ ΚΑΙ] Η ΕΥΠΡΕ [ΠΕΙΑ Τ]ΟΥ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΥ [ΑΥΤΟ]Υ ΑΠΩΛΕΤΟ [ΟΥΤΩΣ ΚΑΙ Ο ΠΛΟΥΣΙΟΙΣ [ΕΝ Τ]ΑΙ[Σ ΠΟΡΕΙΑΙΣ]

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[1][3] The manuscript was found in Egypt. It is the last uncial manuscript added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory.[2]

The codex currently is housed at the University of Heidelberg (Pap. 1357) in Heidelberg.[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism

References

1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Gregory, Caspar René (1909). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 3. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 1372.
3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

Further reading

• A. Deissmann, Die Septuaginta-Papyri und andere altchristliche Texte. Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Papyrus-Sammlung, (Heidelberg: 1905), p. 85.

External links

• Uncial 0166 at the Heidelberger Papyrus-Sammlung