Papyri Und Majuskeln

Abstract

The new terms used papyrus and parchment denote a problem for New Testament textual research, and only for them: the classification of textual witnesses after the writing surface. Neither the Septuagint nor in any classical Greek author, there is this problem. Although usually a distinction between the medieval Byzantine manuscripts on the one hand and the ancient textual witnesses on the other is made, but the latter cannot be distinguished on the material. Usually, the medieval manuscripts are denoted by letters, the ancient papyri by the Greek letter Pi plus point or a lowercase letter or with the Latin letter P in a particular type. The point is raised either deep or more. The New Testament scholarship has unfortunately still not accustomed to summarize papyri and parchments. The New Testament text presented in this chapter is a parchment fragment from the Fayum, probably from the early 5th century, from Romans. Keywords: New Testament; Romans; papyrus; parchment