Papyrus 1 designated by ¹, ε 01 (von Soden), is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus

Papyrus

Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....

 manuscript

Manuscript

A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...

 of the Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...

 dating palaeographically

Palaeography

Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...

 to the early 3rd century. It is currently housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, commonly called The Penn Museum, is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-History:An internationally renowned...

 (E 2746), and was discovered in Oxyrhynchus

Oxyrhynchus

Oxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...

, Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

.

Description

The manuscript is a fragment of one leaf, one column per page, 27-29 lines per page, roughly 14.7 cm (6 in) by 15 cm (6 in). The original codex was arranged in two leaves in quire.

The surviving text of Matthew are verses 1:1-9, 12 and 13.14-20. The words are written continuously without separation. Accents and breathings are absent. The nomina sacra

Nomina sacra

Nomina sacra means "sacred names" in Latin, and can be used to refer to traditions of abbreviated writing of several frequently occurring divine names or titles in early Greek language Holy Scripture...

 are written in abbreviated forms: ΙC XC YC ΠNA KΣ.

Text

The Greek text-type of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian

Alexandrian text-type

The Alexandrian text-type , associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of biblical manuscripts...

. Aland

Kurt Aland

Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...

 placed it in Category I.

According to scholars ¹ has close agreement with Codex Vaticanus

Codex Vaticanus

The Codex Vaticanus , is one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Greek Bible , one of the four great uncial codices. The Codex is named for the residence in the Vatican Library, where it has been stored since at least the 15th century...

. It supports Vaticanus in 1:3 ζαρε (against ζαρα). Ten of the variants are in the spelling of names in the genealogy

Genealogy of Jesus

The genealogy of Jesus is described in two passages of the Gospels: Luke 3:23–38 and Matthew 1:1–17.* Matthew's genealogy commences with Abraham and then from King David's son Solomon follows the legal line of the kings through Jeconiah, the king whose descendants were cursed, to Joseph, legal...

. Herman C. Hoskier

Herman C. Hoskier

Herman Charles Hoskier , was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier .Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type...

 (see below), who finds 17-20 word variations, denied close agreement with Vaticanus.

Text according to Comfort
Recto

α

[1:1] βιβλος γενεσεως ΙΥ ΧΥ ΥΥ δαυιδ [ΥΥ]

αβρααμ [1:2] αβρααμ ε̣γ̣εννησεν τον̣ [ισαακ]

ισαακ δ̣[ε] ε̣γενν̣η̣σεν τ[ον] ιακω̣β̣ [ιακωβ]

δε εγ[ε]ν̣ν̣ησεν̣ τ̣ον̣ ιου̣δαν κ̣[α]ι̣ τ̣[ους]

α̣[δ]ελφο̣υ̣ς αυτου [1:3] ιουδα̣ς̣ δ̣ε εγεν̣ν̣η̣

σ̣ε̣ν̣ τον φαρες και τον ζαρε εκ της θα̣

μ̣αρ̣ φαρες δε εγεννησεν τον ε̣σρ̣ωμ

εσ[ρω]μ̣ δε εγ̣ε̣ννη̣σ̣ε̣ν τ̣[ο]ν̣ α̣ρ̣α̣μ̣ [1:4] α̣[ραμ]

δε̣ [ε]γ̣ε̣ννησεν το̣ν̣ α̣μ̣μ̣ι̣ν̣α̣δ̣α̣β̣ α̣μ̣

μ̣[ι]ν̣α̣δ̣[α]β δε εγεννησεν̣ τον ναασ̣σων

ν̣αα[σ]σων δε εγενν[ησ]ε̣ν τον σαλ̣[μω]ν

[1:5] σαλμων δε εγενν[η]σ̣εν τον βοες̣ [εκ]

της ραχαβ βοες δε ε̣γ̣ε̣ννησεν τον ι

ωβηδ εκ της ρ[ο]υθ ιω̣[βηδ δ]ε εγεννη̣

σεν τον ιεσ̣σ̣α̣ι [1:6] ιεσ̣σ̣[αι] δ̣ε ε̣γ̣ε̣ν̣νησεν

τον δα̣υ̣ι̣δ̣ τ̣ον βα̣σιλ̣ε̣[α δαυ]ι̣δ̣ δ̣ε̣ εγ̣εν

νησ̣εν τον σο̣λο̣μωνα̣ ε̣κ̣ τ̣η̣ς ουρειου. [1:7] σο̣

λομ̣ων δε εγενν̣ησ̣εν̣ τ̣ο̣ν̣ [ρ]οβοαμ ροβο

α̣μ δε εγ̣ενν̣η̣σ̣εν̣ τ̣[ο]ν̣ [αβει]α αβ̣ει̣α̣ δε

εγεν̣ν̣ησεν [το]ν ασα̣[φ] [1:8] [α]σ[α]φ̣ δε̣ ε̣γ̣ε̣ν

νη̣σ̣ε̣ν̣ τον ιωσαφατ̣ ι̣[ω]σ̣α̣φατ δ[ε] ε̣γε̣ν

ν[η]σ̣ε̣[ν] το̣ν̣ ιωραμ ιωρ̣α̣μ̣ δε εγεν̣[νησεν

τον] ο̣ζε̣[ι]α̣ν [1:9] οζει̣ας̣ δ̣ε εγ̣εν̣[νησεν]

lacuna [1:12] lacuna [με

τοικεσιαν βαβυλωνος ιεχονι]ας εγ[εν

νησεν] lacuna

Verso

[1:14] [lacuna] β

[τον σ]α̣δω[κ σ]αδωκ̣ δε̣ ε̣γεννησεν το[ν

αχειμ] αχ̣ειμ δε εγε[ν]νησεν τον ελιου[δ]

[1:15] [ελιου]δ̣ δ̣ε̣ εγ[εν]νη̣[σ]ε̣[ν] τον ελε̣α̣ζαρ ελε

[αζ]α̣ρ [δε εγ]ενν̣ησεν [το]ν μ̣α̣θ̣θα̣ν̣ μαθθα̣[ν]

δ̣ε ε̣γε̣ν̣νη̣[σ]ε̣ν τον̣ [ι]ακωβ [1:16] ια̣κωβ δε

[εγ]εννησ̣εν̣ τ̣ον ιωσ̣η̣φ τον α̣νδρα μ̣[α]

ρ̣ι̣ας̣ [ε]ξ ης εγενν[ηθ]η̣ ΙΣ ο λεγομενο[ς ΧΣ]

[1:17] π̣ασ̣α̣ι̣ ο̣υ̣ν̣ γ̣ε̣[νε]α̣ι̣ α̣πο αβρααμ εω̣ς̣

δαυιδ γενεαι ΙΔ και̣ απο̣ [δ]α̣[υ]ι̣δ̣ [ε]ω̣ς̣ τ̣η̣[ς]

μετοικεσ̣ια̣ς βαβυλωνο̣[ς] γ̣ε[νεαι] ΙΔ κ̣α̣[ι]

α̣π̣ο της μετ̣[οι]κεσι̣ας βα̣β[υ]λων̣[ο]ς εως

του ΧΥ γ̣ενε̣α̣ι̣ [Ι]Δ [1:18] του δε ΙΥ ΧΥ η γενε

σις ουτως ην μ̣ν̣ηστ̣ε̣[υ]θεισης της μη

τρος αυτου μ̣[αρι]α̣[ς] τω̣ [ιω]σηφ πριν η συν

[ε]λ̣θε̣[ι]ν αυ[το]υ̣[ς] ε̣υ̣ρε̣[θη] ε̣ν γ̣αστρι εχου

σα̣ ε̣[κ ΠΝΣ αγιου] [1:19] [ιωσηφ δε ο] ανη̣ρ̣ α̣υ̣

τ̣η̣ς̣ [δι]κ̣α̣ι[ος ων και μη θελων αυτην]

δ̣ειγμα̣[τ]ε̣[ισαι εβουλη]θ̣η̣ [λαθρα

α]π̣ο̣λυ[σαι] α̣[υ]τ̣[η]ν̣ [1:20] [τ]αυ̣τ̣α̣ [δε αυτου εν

θ]υ̣μ̣η[θεντος ι]δ̣ο̣υ̣ α̣γ̣[γελο]ς̣ ΚΥ [κ]α̣[τ

ο]ν̣αρ [εφανη αυ]τω̣ [λεγων] ι̣ω̣σ̣[η]φ

υιος] δ̣[αυιδ] μ̣[η] φο̣[βηθη]ς̣ π̣α̣ρ̣[αλαβ]ει̅

[μ]α̣ρι̣α̣ν̣ [την] γ̣υ̣ναι[κα σου] τ̣ο̣ [γαρ εν αυ

τη γεν]νηθ̣ε̣ν̣ ε̣[κ] ΠΝΣ [εστιν] α̣[γιου]

[1:21-23] lacuna

με̣[θερμηνευομενον μεθ ημων ο ΘΣ]

Disagreement with Vaticanus (according to Hoskier)

Papyrus 1 ΥΥ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΑΜΙΝΑΔΑΒ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΡΕΙΟΥ ΑΒ[ΕΙ]Α ΑΒΕΙΑ ΕΓΕ[ΝΗΣΕΝ] illeg illeg illeg ΜΑΘΘΑΝ ΙΩΣΗΦ ΓΕΝΕΑΙ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΔΑΥΙΔ ΙΔ ΙΥ ΧΥ ΔΕΙΓΜΑ[Τ]ΕΙΣΑΙ ΔΑΥΙΔ

Vaticanus ΥΙΟΥ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΑΜΕΙΝΑΔΑΒ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΥΡΕΙΟΥ ΑΒΙΑ ΑΒΙΑ ΓΕΝΝΑ ΤΟΝ ΣΕΛΑΘΙΗΛ ΣΕΛΑΘΙΗΛ ΔΕ ΓΕΝΝΑ ΑΒΙΟΥΤ ΜΑΤΘΑΝ ΤΟΝ ΙΩΣΗΦ ΑΙ ΓΕΝΕΑΙ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ ΔΕΚΑΤΕΣΣΑΡΕΣ ΧΥ ΙΥ ΔΕΙΓΜΑΤΙΣΑΙ ΔΑΥΕΙΔ

History

Bernard Pyne Grenfell

Bernard Pyne Grenfell

Bernard Pyne Grenfell was an English scientist and Egyptologist and a member of The Queen's College, Oxford.With his friend and colleague, Arthur Surridge Hunt, he took part in the archaeological dig of Oxyrhynchus and discovered many ancient manuscripts known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, including...

 and Arthur Surridge Hunt discovered this papyrus at Oxyrhynchus

Oxyrhynchus

Oxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...

 in Egypt, on the second day of excavation, in the Winter of 1896-1897. Their findings were published in the first volume of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri in 1898. The manuscript was examined by Francis Crawford Burkitt

Francis Crawford Burkitt

Francis Crawford Burkitt was a British theologian and scholar. He was Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, from 1905 until shortly before his death. Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the notion of a distinct "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament put forward by B. H...

, Herman C. Hoskier

Herman C. Hoskier

Herman Charles Hoskier , was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier .Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type...

, Comfort and many other scholars.

Grenfell and Hunt collated its text against the Textus Receptus

Textus Receptus

Textus Receptus is the name subsequently given to the succession of printed Greek texts of the New Testament which constituted the translation base for the original German Luther Bible, the translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale, the King James Version, and for most other...

 and against the text of Westcott-Hort. They found that the manuscript belongs to the same class as the Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the four great uncial codices, an ancient, handwritten copy of the Greek Bible. It is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written in the 4th century in uncial letters on parchment. Current scholarship considers the Codex Sinaiticus to be one of the best Greek texts of...

 and Vaticanus

Codex Vaticanus

The Codex Vaticanus , is one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Greek Bible , one of the four great uncial codices. The Codex is named for the residence in the Vatican Library, where it has been stored since at least the 15th century...

 codices, and has no Western or Byzantine proclivities. Usually it agrees with these two codices, where they are in agreement. Where they differ, the manuscript is near to Vaticanus, except in one important case (του δε Ιησου Χριστου), where it agrees with Sinaiticus.

It was the earliest known manuscript of the New Testament until the discovery of Papyrus 45

Papyrus 45

Papyrus 45 is an early New Testament manuscript which is a part of the Chester Beatty Papyri. It was probably created around 250 in Egypt. It contains the texts of Matthew 20-21 and 25-26; Mark 4-9 and 11-12; Luke 6-7 and 9-14; John 4-5 and 10-11; and Acts 4-17...

.

Further reading

• Karl Wessely, Les plus anciens monuments du Christianisme, Patrologia Orientalis
  Patrologia Orientalis
  The Patrologia Orientalis is an attempt to create a comprehensive collection of the writings by eastern Church Fathers in Syriac, Armenian, Arabic, Coptic, Ge'ez, Georgian, and Slavonic. It is designed to complement the comprehensive, influential, and monumental Latin and Greek patrologies...
  
  IV, 2, 1907, pp. 142–144.
• Ellwood M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament, Diss. Louisville 1936, pp. 86–91. (full text of the codex transcribed)
• Peter M. Head, "Observations on Early Papyri of the Synoptic Gospels, especially on the 'Scribal Habits'", Biblica, 1990, Volume 71, pp. 240–247.

External links

Facsimilies of P1 (large files, high resolution images):

• ¹ recto
• ¹ verso
• New Testament Transcripts

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