Papyrus 78


Papyrus 78, also known as P. Oxy. XXXVI 2684, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle of Jude. It is designated by the siglum in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. The surviving texts of Jude are verses 4–5 & 7–8. ?78 is written in an elegant hand. Using the study of comparative writing styles, it has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century CE.

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; Text
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. displays a free text. Due to its early date, Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Categories of [New Testament manuscripts#Category I|Category I] of his New Testament classification system..
; Present location
It is currently housed at the Sackler Library in Oxford.
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