P. BEATTY III (47) : : the codex, its scribe, and its text / / by Peter Malik.

• Superior document: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents, Volume 53
• VerfasserIn: Malik, Péter,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: New Testament tools, studies and documents ; Volume 53.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages).

Since ancient works were preserved by means of handwritten copies, critical enquiry into their texts necessitates the study of such copies. In P.Beatty III (P47): The Codex, Its Scribe, and Its Text , Peter Malik focuses on the earliest extensive copy of the Book of Revelation. Integrating matters of palaeography, codicology, and scribal practice with textual analysis, Malik sheds new light on this largely neglected, yet crucially important, early Christian papyrus. Notable contributions include a new proposed date for P47, identification of several previously unreported scribal corrections, as well as the discovery of the manuscript’s close affinity with the Sahidic version. Significantly, Malik’s detailed, data-rich analyses are accompanied by a fresh transcription and, for the first time, high-resolution colour photographs of the manuscript.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Codicology, Palaeography, and Scribal Practice -- Scribal Corrections -- Singular Readings and Scribal Behaviour -- Scribal Re-inking and Textual Variation in 47 -- 47 and the Sahidic Version -- Conclusion -- Plates -- Transcription -- Supplementary Codicological Data -- Corrections -- Singular Readings -- Readings Correlative with Scribal Re-inking -- Bibliography -- Indexes.