0323: A Forgotten 4th or 5th Century Greek Fragment of the Gospel of John in the Syrus Sinaiticus1
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That the famous Syrus Sinaiticus contains not only the Old Syriac Gospels, but also other palimpsest leaves, among them four leaves of a Greek codex of John’s Gospel, is not a secret. Nevertheless, for 120 years, this Greek fragment, though probably contemporary with the great uncials, was not registered in any list of nt manuscripts and, as a result, completely neglected. The main aim of these pages is to recall its existence and to gather the information that is available at present.
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See F.C. Burkitt, Evangelion da-Mepharreshe: The Curetonian Version of the Four Gospels, with the Readings of the Sinai Palimpsest and the Early Patristic Evidence (2 vols.; Cambridge: University Press, 1904) 2:21, and, for the last text, S.J. Voicu, “Frammenti di un palinsesto greco di Efrem (Sinaiticus Syr. 30, F 171 e seguenti),” Scriptorium 38 (1984) 77-78, who identified fragments of Ephrem’s Sermo asceticus (cpg 3909) and Epistula ad monachos (cpg 2415 [2]).
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M. Dunlop Gibson, How the Codex was Found: A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai, from Mrs. Lewis’s Journals 1892-1893 (Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1893) 53, 141; see also 77, 131-132.
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J. Wellhausen, “Der syrische Evangelienpalimpsest vom Sinai,” NAWG.Philol.-hist. Klasse (1895) 1.
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C. Holzhey, Der neuentdeckte Codex Syrus Sinaiticus: Mit einem vollständigen Verzeichniss der Varianten des Cod. Sinaiticus und Cod. Curetonianus (München: J.J. Lentner [E. Stahl Jun.], 1896) 8.
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Hjelt, Syrus Sinaiticus, 15. In his Die altsyrische Evangelienübersetzung und Tatian’s Diatessaron, besonders in ihrem gegenseitigen Verhältnis untersucht (Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons und der altkirchlichen Literatur 7/1; Leipzig: Deichert Nachf. [Georg Böhme], 1901) 78, Hjelt already mentioned the fragment, although without details.
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See M.-J. Lagrange, “Le palimpseste syriaque du Sinaï,” rb 4 (1895) 287-288; “Le nouveau manuscrit syriaque du Sinaï,” ibid. 401-11; and later: “L’ancienne version syriaque des Évangiles,” rb 29 (1920) 321-52; 30 (1921) 11-44.
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C.R. Gregory, Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1908); Kurt Aland (et al.), Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (antf 1; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1963; 2nd ed., 1994).
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R. Swanson, New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Variant Readings Arranged in Horizontal Lines Against Codex Vaticanus. John (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995) 92-93 and 130-132.
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0323: A Forgotten 4th or 5th Century Greek Fragment of the Gospel of John in the Syrus Sinaiticus1
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That the famous Syrus Sinaiticus contains not only the Old Syriac Gospels, but also other palimpsest leaves, among them four leaves of a Greek codex of John’s Gospel, is not a secret. Nevertheless, for 120 years, this Greek fragment, though probably contemporary with the great uncials, was not registered in any list of nt manuscripts and, as a result, completely neglected. The main aim of these pages is to recall its existence and to gather the information that is available at present.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 336 | 65 | 30 |
| Full Text Views | 153 | 1 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 61 | 10 | 1 |