A documentary study of 2 Peter’s text, showing how early witnesses and scribal habits help recover the original wording and sharpen its message.
The Text of 2 Peter: Observations and Explorations
The Role of Colophons in Early New Testament Manuscripts
Colophons in New Testament manuscripts reveal scribes, readers, exemplars, and provenance, but they remain secondary to the text itself.
Papyrus 72 and the General Epistles of Peter and Jude
Papyrus 72 offers an early, Alexandrian-leaning text of 1 and 2 Peter and Jude, revealing a devout but fallible scribe and strongly supporting the letters’ stability.
PAPYRUS 72 (P72) P. Bodmer VII and VIII: the letters of Jude, 1 Peter, and 2 Peter
Papyrus 72 P72, Papyrus Bodmer VII-VIII), is the designation used by textual scholars of the New Testament to describe portions of the so-called Bodmer Miscellaneous codex, namely the letters of Jude, 1 Peter, and 2 Peter.
