Papyrus 62
Papyrus 62, also known as "Papyrus Osloensis", is a copy of the New Testament and Septuagint in Greek and Coptic known as a diglot. It is designated by the siglum in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew and Book of Daniel in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writing styles, it has been assigned to the 4th century CE.
Description
The original manuscript would have been a codex made of papyrus. It has only survived in a fragmentary condition, containing evidence of Matthew 11:25–30, Daniel 3:51–53, and some verses from the Book of Odes. The Daniel and Odes portions are labelled as Papyrus 994 in the Alfred Rahlf's numbering of Greek Septuagint manuscripts. The surviving fragments evidence around 13 leaves of the original codex. The text is written in one column per page, 7 lines per column, 7–12 letters in line. It has diaeresis over the letter upsilon.; Contents
Matthew 11:25; 11:25; 11:25-26; 11:27; 11:27; 11:27-28; 11:28-29; 11:29-30; 11:30.
Matthew 11:25-29.
The manuscript contains evidence of the nomina sacra. The following are seen within the manuscript: , , , , , and .
; Transcription of Greek text of Matthew
Text
The Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category II of his New Testament manuscript classification system. In Matthew 11:25 it reads εκρυψας along with Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, minuscule 33, and lectionary 2211. Other manuscripts read απεκρυψας. The text of Daniel represents Theodotion's recension.History
dated the manuscript to the 4th century. INTF dated it to the 4th century. The manuscript was found in Egypt. The text was published by Amundsen in 1945. It was examined by Maldfeld, Kurt Treu, and Karl Jaroš.It is cited in critical editions of the New Testament. It is currently housed at the University of Oslo Library in Oslo.