PAPYRUS 75 (P75): The Manuscript that Changed the Thinking of Textual Scholars

The discovery of P75, a manuscript containing most of Luke and John, has had a profound impact on New Testament textual criticism. Its close agreement with Codex Vaticanus has challenged the misconception that early copyists were unskilled. P75 has demonstrated that highly skilled professional scribes were active in Alexandria, Egypt. These findings have influenced the dating of P75, with estimates ranging from the late second century to the early third century C.E.