P.Beatty III (P47): The Codex, Its Scribe, and Its Text

Peter Malik

ISBN 10: 9004340432 / ISBN 13: 9789004340435

Published by Brill, NL, 2017

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: P.Beatty III (P47): The Codex, Its Scribe, and Its Text
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004340432
• ISBN 13: 9789004340435
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.5H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.5 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 617 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Peter Malik, PhD (2016), University of Cambridge, is a Research Associate at the Institut für Septuaginta- und biblische Textforschung, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, where he is part of an editorial team producing the Editio Critica Maior of Revelation. He has published on various issues pertaining to the text and manuscripts of the New Testament, especially the Book of Revelation.