P46 — Paul's letters, about AD 200

Paul's letters were copied and bound as a collection within roughly a century and a half of being written.

Nabanggit sa labas ng BibliyaManuskritoc. AD 175–225

Eighty-six surviving leaves of a codex containing most of Paul's letters, copied around AD 200 — within about 150 years of the letters themselves, and centuries before the great parchment Bibles. It shows the letters already circulating as a collection.

Romans, Hebrews, 1–2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians — bound as one book.

P46, contents of the surviving leaves

Natagpuan: Egypt, 1930 — Acquired by Chester Beatty and the University of Michigan
Nasa: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; University of Michigan
Wika: Greek
Paano ito nakarating sa atin: Hinukay, o nakatayo pa rin kung saan ito itinayo.

Ang ipinapakita nito

Dating rests on handwriting and is given as a range; proposals run from the late second to the third century.

Paano ito ginagamit ng mga istoryador

One of the most important New Testament papyri, standard in textual criticism.

Sa Kasulatan

Rom 1:1, 1Co 15:3, Php 2:6

Kaugnay ng

Paul

Mga sanggunian

Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri (1933–37)

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