Alexandrijnse tekst

De Alexandrijnse tekst is een van de drie of vier families van de handschriften van het Nieuwe Testament. Het is de oudste en de best bewaarde tekst.

Lacunes van de Alexandrijnse tekst: Mattheus 16:2-3; Marcus 16:8-20; Lucas 22:43-44; Johannes 5:4; 7:53-8:11; 21:25; Romeinen 16:24.

Handschriften

Symbool	Naam	Ouderdom	Inhoud
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^46	Chester Beatty II	c. 200	Brieven van Paulus
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^66	Bodmer II	c. 200	Evangeliën
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^72	Bodmer VII/VIII	3e eeuw/4e eeuw	1-2 Petrus; Judas
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^75	Bodmer XIV-XV	3e eeuw	fragmenten van Lucas — Johannes
${\displaystyle \aleph }$	Codex Sinaiticus	330-360	NT
B	Codex Vaticanus	325-350	Matt. — Hbr 9, 14
A	Codex Alexandrinus	c. 400	(behalve de Evangeliën)
C	Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus	5e eeuw	(behalve de Evangeliën)
Q	Codex Guelferbytanus B	5e eeuw	fragmenten Lucas — Johannes
T	Codex Borgianus	5e eeuw	fragmenten Lucas — Johannes
I	Codex Freerianus	5e eeuw	Brieven van Paulus
Z	Codex Dublinensis	6e eeuw	fragmenten van Matt.
L	Codex Regius	8e eeuw	Evangeliën
W	Codex Washingtonianus	5e eeuw	Lucas 1:1–8:12; J 5:12–21:25
057	Unciaal 057	4e/5e eeuw	Handelingen 3:5–6,10-12
0220	Unciaal 0220	6e eeuw	NT (behalve Openbaring)
33	Minuscule 33	9e eeuw	Romeinen
81	Minuscule 81	1044	Handelingen, Brieven van Paulus
892	Minuscule 892	9e eeuw	Evangeliën

Andere Handschriften

Papyri: ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^1, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^4, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^5, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^6, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^8, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^9, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^10, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^11, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^12, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^13, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^14, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^15, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^16, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^17, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^18, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^19, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^20, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^22, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^23, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^24, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^26, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^27, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^28, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^29, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^30, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^31, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^32, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^33, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^34, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^35, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^37, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^39, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^40, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^43, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^44, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^45, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^47, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^49, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^51, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^53, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^55, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^56, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^57, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^61, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^62, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^64, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^65, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^70, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^71, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^72, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^74, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^77, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^78, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^79, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^80 (?), ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^81, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^82, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^85 (?), ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^86, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^87, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^90, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^91, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^92, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^95, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^100, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^104, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^106, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^107, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^108, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^110, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^111, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^115, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$^122.

Uncialen: Codex Coislinianus, Porphyrianus (except Acts, Rev), Dublinensis, Sangallensis (only in Mark), Zacynthius, Athous Laurensis (in Mark and Cath. epistles), Vaticanus 2061, 059, 068, 071, 073, 076, 077, 081, 083, 085, 087, 088, 089, 091, 093 (except Acts), 094, 096, 098, 0101, 0102, 0108, 0111, 0114, 0129, 0142, 0155, 0156, 0162, 0167, 0172, 0173, 0175, 0181, 0183, 0184, 0185, 0201, 0204, 0205, 0207, 0223, 0225, 0232, 0234, 0240, 0243, 0244, 0245, 0247, 0254, 0270, 0271, 0274.

Zie ook

• Categorieën van manuscripten van het Nieuwe Testament
• Westerse tekst
• Byzantijnse tekst

Literatuur

• Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 277-278.
• Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament: A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, 1994, United Bible Societies, London & New York, pp. 5*, 15*.
• Carlo Maria Martini, La Parola di Dio Alle Origini della Chiesa, (Rome: Bibl. Inst. Pr. 1980), pp. 153-180.