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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alexandrian text-type witness
Greek manuscript
New Testament manuscript
biblical papyrus
alsoKnownAs P46
𝔓46
linked to: Papyrus 46
approximateCentury 2nd century
3rd century
approximateDate early 3rd century
late 2nd century
associatedWith Apostle Paul
catalogCode Michigan Papyrus 6238
P. Chester Beatty II
collection Chester Beatty Papyri
contains Epistle to the Colossians
Epistle to the Ephesians
Epistle to the Galatians
Epistle to the Hebrews
Epistle to the Philippians
Epistle to the Romans
First Epistle to the Corinthians
First Epistle to the Thessalonians
Pauline epistles
linked to: Pauline Epistles

Second Epistle to the Corinthians
form codex
genre epistolary literature
religious text
importanceIn reconstruction of the Pauline corpus text
study of early Christian manuscripts
isPartiallyHeldBy Chester Beatty Library
University of Michigan
language Greek
material papyrus
notableFor being one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Pauline epistles
witnessing an early form of the Alexandrian text
originalLocation Egypt
physicalType ancient manuscript
religiousTradition Christianity
scholarlyDesignation Gregory–Aland 𝔓46
scriptDirection left-to-right
scriptStyle literary hand
scriptType uncial script
subject New Testament
textType Alexandrian text-type
usedIn New Testament textual criticism
writingMaterial papyrus codex
writingSurface papyrus sheets
writingSystem Koine Greek

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Papyrus 46 alsoKnownAs 𝔓46
linked to: Papyrus 46