About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: 3rd-century biblical manuscripts, Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 + 1781, Dura Parchment 24, Papyrus 45, Papyrus 1, Chester Beatty Papyri, Papyrus 46, Josephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades, Canons of Hippolytus, Papyrus 49, Fayyum Fragment, Papyrus 100, Didascalia Apostolorum, Papyrus 69, Apostolic Church-Ordinance, Papyrus 13, Oxyrhynchus Gospels, Papyrus 121, Papyrus 28, Oxyrhynchus hymn, Papyrus 20, Papyrus 72, Rylands Papyri, Papyrus 109, POxy 1464, Papyrus 22, Papyrus 103, Papyrus 111, Papyrus 115, Papyrus 30, Papyrus 23, Secunda, Biblical Manuscripts in the Freer Collection, Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3035, Papyrus 114, Papyrus 15, Papyrus 29, Papyrus 106, Papyrus 9, Papyrus 16, Papyrus 39, Papyrus 70, Against Jovinianus, Papyrus 78, Hexapla, Papyrus 108, Papyrus 113, Papyrus 21, POxy 658, Uncial 0189, Papyrus 77, Papyrus 53, Papyrus 91, Papyrus 95, Stromata, Papyrus 107, Papyrus 47, Papyrus Oxyrhynchus L 3525, Papyrus 92, Papyrus 27, Papyrus 65, Papyrus 40, Papyrus 87, Papyrus 118, Papyrus 99, Papyrus 101, Papyrus 102, Papyrus 80, Papyrus 48, Uncial 0312, POxy 2990, Papyrus 119, Protrepticus, POxy 3929, Contra Celsum, Refutation of all Heresies, Paedagogus. Excerpt: Papyrus 5 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John dating palaeographically to the early 3rd century. The papyrus is housed in the British Library. It has survived in a very fragmentary condition. The text of the manuscript was reconstructed several times. Textually it is very close to Codex Sinaiticus, but with some exceptions. The manuscript is a fragment of three leaves, written in one column per page, 27 lines per page. The surviving text of John are verses 1:23-31.33-40; 16:14-30; 20:11-17.19-20.22-25. It was written in a documentar...
