New Testament manuscripts

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Christian religious texts ancient manuscripts sources for New Testament textual criticism textual witnesses

New Testament manuscripts are ancient handwritten copies of the Christian New Testament texts, preserved in various languages and forms and serving as the primary evidence for reconstructing the original biblical writings.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Greek New Testament manuscripts	5
New Testament manuscripts canonical	3
Alexandrian text-type	1
Greek New Testament	1
Kurzgefasste Liste of Greek New Testament manuscripts	1
New Testament manuscript catalogs	1
New Testament papyri	1
New Testament textual tradition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Testament manuscripts
Context triple: [Koine Greek, primaryLanguageOf, New Testament manuscripts]

A. Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
B. Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
C. Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
D. Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, presenting an apocalyptic vision of the end times, divine judgment, and the ultimate triumph of God.
E. Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Testament manuscripts
Target entity description: New Testament manuscripts are ancient handwritten copies of the Christian New Testament texts, preserved in various languages and forms and serving as the primary evidence for reconstructing the original biblical writings.

A. Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
B. Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
C. Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
D. Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, presenting an apocalyptic vision of the end times, divine judgment, and the ultimate triumph of God.
E. Vulgate
The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious texts ⓘ ancient manuscripts ⓘ sources for New Testament textual criticism ⓘ textual witnesses ⓘ
areCataloguedBy	Institute for New Testament Textual Research ⓘ
areCataloguedUsing	Gregory–Aland numbering ⓘ von Soden numbering ⓘ
areHandwritten	true ⓘ
arePartOf	New Testament manuscripts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Testament textual tradition
arePreservedIn	libraries ⓘ monasteries ⓘ museums ⓘ private collections ⓘ
areUsedFor	biblical translation ⓘ historical Jesus research ⓘ history of early Christianity ⓘ reconstructing the original New Testament text ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ
areWrittenIn	Armenian ⓘ Coptic ⓘ Ethiopic ⓘ Georgian ⓘ Gothic ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Slavonic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
areWrittenOn	paper ⓘ papyrus ⓘ parchment ⓘ
contain	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Book of Revelation ⓘ Catholic Epistles ⓘ surface form: Catholic epistles Gospels ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline epistles
haveEarliestExamplesFrom	2nd century ⓘ
haveMajorTextTypes	Alexandrian text-type ⓘ Byzantine text-type ⓘ Caesarean text-type ⓘ Western text-type ⓘ
include	Greek papyri ⓘ lectionaries ⓘ minuscule manuscripts ⓘ patristic citations ⓘ uncial manuscripts ⓘ versions ⓘ
mayBe	commentary manuscripts ⓘ continuous-text manuscripts ⓘ lectionary manuscripts ⓘ
precede	printed New Testament editions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koine Greek → primaryLanguageOf → New Testament manuscripts ⓘ

Septuagint → textType → New Testament manuscripts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandrian text-type

New American Bible → textBasisNewTestament → New Testament manuscripts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek New Testament

New Testament manuscripts → arePartOf → New Testament manuscripts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Testament textual tradition

Titus → textualTradition → New Testament manuscripts ⓘ