This article is about 22 papyri discovered in Egypt in 1952, purchased by Martin Bodmer. For a list of the 58 papyri in Bodmer's collection, see List of Bodmer Papyri.
The Bodmer Papyri are a group of twenty-two papyri discovered in Egypt in 1952. They are named after Martin Bodmer, who purchased them. The papyri contain segments from the Old and New Testaments, early Christian literature, Homer, and Menander. The oldest, P66 dates to c. 200 AD. Most of the papyri are kept at the Bodmer Library, in Cologny, Switzerland outside Geneva.
The Bodmer Papyri were found in 1952 at Pabau near Dishna, Egypt, the ancient headquarters of the Pachomian order of monks; the discovery site is not far from Nag Hammadi, where the secreted Nag Hammadi library had been found some years earlier. The manuscripts were covertly assembled by a Cypriote, Phokio Tano of Cairo, then smuggled to Switzerland,[1] where they were bought by Martin Bodmer (1899–1971). The series Papyrus Bodmer began to be published in 1954, giving transcriptions of the texts with note and introduction in French and a French translation. The Bodmer Papyri, now conserved in the Bodmer Library, in Cologny, outside Geneva,[2] are not a gnostic cache, like the Nag Hammadi Library: they bear some pagan as well as Christian texts, parts of some thirty-five books in all, in Coptic[3] and in Greek. With fragments of correspondence, the number of individual texts represented reaches to fifty.[4] Most of the works are in codex form, a few in scrolls. Three are written on parchment.
Books V and VI of Homer's Iliad (P1), and three comedies of Menander (Dyskolos (P4), Samia and Aspis) appear among the Bodmer Papyri, as well as gospel texts: Papyrus 66 (P66), is a text of the Gospel of John,[5] dating around 200 AD, in the manuscript tradition called the Alexandrian text-type. Aside from the papyrus fragment in the Rylands Library Papyrus P52, it is the oldest testimony for John; it omits the passage concerning the moving of the waters (John 5:3b-4) and the pericope of the woman taken in adultery (John 7:53-8:11). 𝔓72 is the earliest known copy of the Epistle of Jude, and 1 and 2 Peter. Papyrus 75 (P75) is a partial codex containing most of Luke and John. Comparison of the two versions of John in the Bodmer Papyri with the third-century Chester Beatty Papyri convinced Floyd V. Filson that "...there was no uniform text of the Gospels in Egypt in the third century."[6]
There are also Christian texts that were declared apocryphal in the fourth century, such as the Infancy Gospel of James. There is a Greek-Latin lexicon to some of Paul's letters, and there are fragments of Melito of Sardis. Among the works is The Vision of Dorotheus, one of the earliest examples of Christian hexametric poem, attributed to a Dorotheus, son of "Quintus the poet" (assumed to be the pagan poet Quintus Smyrnaeus). (P29). The earliest extant copy of the Third Epistle to the Corinthians is published in Bodmer Papryri X.
The collection includes some non-literary material, such as a collection of letters from the abbots of the monastery of Saint Pachomius, raising the possibility that the unifying circumstance in the collection is that all were part of a monastic library.[7]
The latest of the Bodmer Papyri (P74) dates to the sixth or seventh century.[8]
Vatican acquisitionedit
Plans announced by the Foundation Bodmer in October 2006[9] to sell two of the manuscripts for millions of dollars, to capitalize the library, which opened in 2003, drew consternation from scholars around the world, fearing that the unity of the collection would be broken.
Then, in March 2007 it was announced the Vatican had acquired the Bodmer Papyrus XIV-XV (P75), which is believed to contain the world's oldest known written fragment from the Gospel of Luke, the earliest known Lord's Prayer, and one of the oldest written fragments from the Gospel of John.[10]
The papyri had been sold for an undisclosed "significant" price to Frank Hanna III, of Atlanta, Georgia. In January 2007, Hanna presented the papyri to the Pope. They are kept in the Vatican Library and will be made available for scholarly review, and in the future, excerpts may be put on display for the general public. They were transported from Switzerland to the Vatican in "An armed motorcade surrounded by people with machine guns."[11]
^A. H. M. Kessels and P. W. Van Der Horst, "The Vision of Dorotheus (Pap. Bodmer 29): Edited with Introduction, Translation and Notes", Vigiliae Christianae41.4 (December 1987, pp. 313-359, p 313.
^Some papyri from the same provenance escaped Martin Bodmer and are conserved elsewhere. Sir Alfred Chester Beatty acquired some of the material, and further material is at Oxford, Mississippi, Cologne and Barcelona. For convenience scholars also refer to these as "Bodmer Papyri". (Anchor Bible Dictionary).
^Texts in the Bohairic dialect of Coptic had not previously been known older than the ninth century (6. p 51.
^John 1:1-6:11, 6:35b-14:26 and fragments of forty other pages of John 14-21.
^"A comparison of all three, which had their origins in Egypt, shows that there was no uniform text of the Gospels in Egypt in the third century." (Filson 1962: 52).
^"Bodmer Papyrus: History Becomes Reality". Ewtn.com. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
^"Earliest Gospels Acquired by Vatican", by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News, March 5, 2007
Referencesedit
Anchor Bible Dictionary 1:766-77 "Bodmer Papyri".
Robinson, James M. 1987. The Story of the Bodmer Papyri, the First Christian Monastic Library (Nashville) Includes an inventory of the Bodmer Papyri.
External linksedit
Category:Bodmer Papyri on Wikimedia Commons
A folio of Bodmer codex containing parts of Luke and John
Bodmer Papyri Home Page
November 01, 2023
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This article is about 22 papyri discovered in Egypt in 1952 purchased by Martin Bodmer For a list of the 58 papyri in Bodmer s collection see List of Bodmer Papyri The Bodmer Papyri are a group of twenty two papyri discovered in Egypt in 1952 They are named after Martin Bodmer who purchased them The papyri contain segments from the Old and New Testaments early Christian literature Homer and Menander The oldest P66 dates to c 200 AD Most of the papyri are kept at the Bodmer Library in Cologny Switzerland outside Geneva Papyrus 66 of the Bodmer PapyriIn 2007 the Vatican Library acquired Bodmer Papyrus 14 15 known as P75 and as the Mater Verbi Hanna Papyrus Contents 1 Overview 2 Vatican acquisition 3 Bible related manuscripts 3 1 Greek 3 2 Coptic 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksOverview editThe Bodmer Papyri were found in 1952 at Pabau near Dishna Egypt the ancient headquarters of the Pachomian order of monks the discovery site is not far from Nag Hammadi where the secreted Nag Hammadi library had been found some years earlier The manuscripts were covertly assembled by a Cypriote Phokio Tano of Cairo then smuggled to Switzerland 1 where they were bought by Martin Bodmer 1899 1971 The series Papyrus Bodmer began to be published in 1954 giving transcriptions of the texts with note and introduction in French and a French translation The Bodmer Papyri now conserved in the Bodmer Library in Cologny outside Geneva 2 are not a gnostic cache like the Nag Hammadi Library they bear some pagan as well as Christian texts parts of some thirty five books in all in Coptic 3 and in Greek With fragments of correspondence the number of individual texts represented reaches to fifty 4 Most of the works are in codex form a few in scrolls Three are written on parchment Books V and VI of Homer s Iliad P1 and three comedies of Menander Dyskolos P4 Samia and Aspis appear among the Bodmer Papyri as well as gospel texts Papyrus 66 P66 is a text of the Gospel of John 5 dating around 200 AD in the manuscript tradition called the Alexandrian text type Aside from the papyrus fragment in the Rylands Library Papyrus P52 it is the oldest testimony for John it omits the passage concerning the moving of the waters John 5 3b 4 and the pericope of the woman taken in adultery John 7 53 8 11 𝔓72 is the earliest known copy of the Epistle of Jude and 1 and 2 Peter Papyrus 75 P75 is a partial codex containing most of Luke and John Comparison of the two versions of John in the Bodmer Papyri with the third century Chester Beatty Papyri convinced Floyd V Filson that there was no uniform text of the Gospels in Egypt in the third century 6 There are also Christian texts that were declared apocryphal in the fourth century such as the Infancy Gospel of James There is a Greek Latin lexicon to some of Paul s letters and there are fragments of Melito of Sardis Among the works is The Vision of Dorotheus one of the earliest examples of Christian hexametric poem attributed to a Dorotheus son of Quintus the poet assumed to be the pagan poet Quintus Smyrnaeus P29 The earliest extant copy of the Third Epistle to the Corinthians is published in Bodmer Papryri X The collection includes some non literary material such as a collection of letters from the abbots of the monastery of Saint Pachomius raising the possibility that the unifying circumstance in the collection is that all were part of a monastic library 7 The latest of the Bodmer Papyri P74 dates to the sixth or seventh century 8 Vatican acquisition editPlans announced by the Foundation Bodmer in October 2006 9 to sell two of the manuscripts for millions of dollars to capitalize the library which opened in 2003 drew consternation from scholars around the world fearing that the unity of the collection would be broken Then in March 2007 it was announced the Vatican had acquired the Bodmer Papyrus XIV XV P75 which is believed to contain the world s oldest known written fragment from the Gospel of Luke the earliest known Lord s Prayer and one of the oldest written fragments from the Gospel of John 10 The papyri had been sold for an undisclosed significant price to Frank Hanna III of Atlanta Georgia In January 2007 Hanna presented the papyri to the Pope They are kept in the Vatican Library and will be made available for scholarly review and in the future excerpts may be put on display for the general public They were transported from Switzerland to the Vatican in An armed motorcade surrounded by people with machine guns 11 Bible related manuscripts editGreek edit Papyrus Bodmer II 𝔓66 Bodmer V Nativity of Mary Apocalypse of James fourth century Papyrus Bodmer VII IX 𝔓72 Epistle of Jude 1 2 Peter Psalms 33 34 Bodmer X Epistle of Corinthians to Paul and Third Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians third fourth century Bodmer XI Ode of Solomon 11 fourth century Papyrus Bodmer XIV XV 𝔓75 Papyrus Bodmer XVII 𝔓74 Bodmer XXIV Psalms 17 46 117 44 third fourth century Bodmer XLVI Daniel 1 1 20 Papyrus Bodmer L Matthew 25 26 seventh centuryCoptic edit Bodmer III John 1 1 21 25 Genesis 1 1 4 2 fourth century Bohairic Bodmer VI Proverbs 1 1 21 4 fourth fifth century Paleo Theban Dialect P Bodmer XVI Exodus 1 1 15 21 fourth century Bodmer XVIII Deuteronomium 1 1 10 7 fourth century Bodmer XIX Matthew 14 28 28 20 Romans 1 1 2 3 fourth fifth century Sahidic Bodmer XXI Joshua 6 16 25 7 6 11 23 22 1 2 22 19 23 7 23 15 24 2 fourth century Bodmer XXII Mississippi Codex II Jeremiah 40 3 52 34 Lamentations Epistle of Jeremiah Book of Baruch fourth fifth century Bodmer XXIII Isaiah 47 1 66 24 fourth century Bodmer XL Song of Songs Bodmer XLI Acta Pauli fourth century sub Achmimic Bodmer XLII 2 Corinthians dialect reported by Wolf Peter Funk to be Sahidic Bodmer XLIV Book of Daniel BohairicSee also editList of New Testament papyri Bodmer LibraryNotes edit A H M Kessels and P W Van Der Horst The Vision of Dorotheus Pap Bodmer 29 Edited with Introduction Translation and Notes Vigiliae Christianae 41 4 December 1987 pp 313 359 p 313 Some papyri from the same provenance escaped Martin Bodmer and are conserved elsewhere Sir Alfred Chester Beatty acquired some of the material and further material is at Oxford Mississippi Cologne and Barcelona For convenience scholars also refer to these as Bodmer Papyri Anchor Bible Dictionary Texts in the Bohairic dialect of Coptic had not previously been known older than the ninth century 6 p 51 Anchor Bible Dictionary John 1 1 6 11 6 35b 14 26 and fragments of forty other pages of John 14 21 A comparison of all three which had their origins in Egypt shows that there was no uniform text of the Gospels in Egypt in the third century Filson 1962 52 Kessels and Van der Horst 1987 214 Filson 1962 52 Sale of Bodmer Papyri Bodmer Papyrus History Becomes Reality Ewtn com Retrieved 2013 06 04 Earliest Gospels Acquired by Vatican by Jennifer Viegas Discovery News March 5 2007References editAnchor Bible Dictionary 1 766 77 Bodmer Papyri Robinson James M 1987 The Story of the Bodmer Papyri the First Christian Monastic Library Nashville Includes an inventory of the Bodmer Papyri External links editCategory Bodmer Papyri on Wikimedia Commons A folio of Bodmer codex containing parts of Luke and John Bodmer Papyri Home Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bodmer Papyri amp oldid 1182664413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
