A documentary history of how the New Testament text was copied, varied, preserved, and restored from the autographs to modern Greek editions.
Tracing the Transmission: The Journey of the New Testament Text Through the Centuries
The Importance of Papyrus 52 for the Gospel of John
Papyrus 52 shows that the Gospel of John circulated in Egypt by the early second century with a text already aligned to the reliable Alexandrian tradition.
PAPYRUS 52 (P52) The Significance of a Priceless Discovery
Explore the significance of the priceless discovery of Papyrus 52 (P52), the earliest known fragment of the New Testament. Delve into its historical context, dating, and impact on our understanding of early Christian manuscripts and the Gospel of John.
The Papyrus Rylands 457 (P52), a Fragment of the Gospel of John
Discover the significance of one of the oldest New Testament fragments and its impact on historical understanding.
PAPYRUS 52 P52: How Was a Now Treasured Ancient Greek New Testament Manuscript of John’s Gospel Rescued From the Garbage Heap?
Why is this fragment of John’s Gospel so valuable to those who love the Bible today? What did the experts conclude about it?
PAPYRUS 52 (P52) and the Nomina Sacra Part II
The latest calculations have all known Greek manuscripts at about 5,898, written from as early as 110 C.E. to as late as the end of the fifteenth-century. P52 although a fragment is one of the most important.
Papyrus 52 (P52) and the Nomina Sacra
The oldest manuscript of the New Testament known today is P52, a small fragment from John’s Gospel, dated to the first half of the second century (110-150 C.E.).
THE P52 PROJECT: Is P52 Really the Earliest Greek New Testament Manuscript?
Journey into the P52 Project: refuting the claim that P52 is not the earliest Greek New Testament manuscript for a deeper insight into New Testament Textual Studies.
The Earliest Fragment of the New Testament: An Exhaustive Examination of Papyrus P52
Discover the significance of Papyrus P52 and explore the debate surrounding its dating. How does this fragment impact New Testament studies?
THE UNKNOWN GOSPEL: Egerton Papyrus 2
The Egerton Gospel (British Library Egerton Papyrus 2) refers to a collection of three papyrus fragments of a codex of a previously unknown gospel, found in Egypt and sold to the British Museum in 1934; the physical fragments are to be dated to about 150 C.E. What does the nomina sacra tell us? And how has a simple hooked apostrophe impacted two of our earliest manuscripts for many new textual scholars?
