Papyrus 46

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Papyrus 46 is one of the oldest surviving New Testament manuscripts, containing a substantial collection of Pauline epistles and serving as a key witness to the early Alexandrian text tradition.

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Papyrus 46 canonical 1
𝔓46 1

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instanceOf Alexandrian text-type witness β“˜
Greek manuscript β“˜
New Testament manuscript β“˜
biblical papyrus β“˜
alsoKnownAs P46 β“˜
Papyrus 46 β“˜
surface form: 𝔓46
approximateCentury 2nd century β“˜
3rd century β“˜
approximateDate early 3rd century β“˜
late 2nd century β“˜
associatedWith Apostle Paul β“˜
catalogCode Michigan Papyrus 6238 β“˜
P. Chester Beatty II β“˜
collection Chester Beatty Papyri β“˜
contains Epistle to the Colossians β“˜
Epistle to the Ephesians β“˜
Epistle to the Galatians β“˜
Letter to the Hebrews β“˜
surface form: Epistle to the Hebrews

Epistle to the Philippians β“˜
Epistle to the Romans β“˜
First Epistle to the Corinthians β“˜
First Epistle to the Thessalonians β“˜
Pauline Epistles β“˜
surface form: Pauline epistles

Second Epistle to the Corinthians β“˜
form codex β“˜
genre epistolary literature β“˜
religious text β“˜
importanceIn reconstruction of the Pauline corpus text β“˜
study of early Christian manuscripts β“˜
isPartiallyHeldBy National Library of Ireland β“˜
surface form: Chester Beatty Library

University of Michigan β“˜
language Greek β“˜
material papyrus β“˜
notableFor being one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Pauline epistles β“˜
witnessing an early form of the Alexandrian text β“˜
originalLocation Egypt β“˜
physicalType ancient manuscript β“˜
religiousTradition Christianity β“˜
scholarlyDesignation Gregory–Aland 𝔓46 β“˜
scriptDirection left-to-right β“˜
scriptStyle literary hand β“˜
scriptType uncial script β“˜
subject New Testament β“˜
textType Alexandrian text-type β“˜
usedIn New Testament textual criticism β“˜
writingMaterial papyrus codex β“˜
writingSurface papyrus sheets β“˜
writingSystem Koine Greek β“˜

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Alexandrian text-type β†’ includesWitness β†’ Papyrus 46 β“˜
Papyrus 46 β†’ alsoKnownAs β†’ Papyrus 46 β“˜
this entity surface form: 𝔓46