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Résumé de Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224
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For readers curious about how early Christian writings survived and how scholars work with torn papyrus. It suits believers and historians interested in sayings of Jesus, unknown gospels, and the varied writings of early Christianity.
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224 is a scrap of ancient Greek writing that holds parts of a gospel no one has found anywhere else. It was written on papyrus in Egypt, probably in the fourth century, and it comes from the rubbish mounds of the old town of Oxyrhynchus. No author is known. The pieces are small, but they carry sayings of Jesus and a short scene from his ministry.
This summary tells you where the fragments were found, what they seem to contain, and how scholars read them. You will see why they matter to historians of early Christianity, and why they stand outside the Bible. We begin with the place where they were dug up.
Dans ce résumé
- 1Rubbish mounds gave up the papyrusFree
- 2A damaged codex of a lost gospel
- 3Sayings and a meal with sinners
- 4How scholars read it and why it stands outside the Bible
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Rubbish mounds gave up the papyrus
Oxyrhynchus was a town in Middle Egypt, south of modern Cairo. In antiquity it was a busy provincial centre, and its people threw their old papers onto huge dumps outside the town. The dry desert sand kept those papers from rotting. Letters, tax lists, contracts, and books all lay together in the sand.
At the end of the nineteenth century two Oxford scholars, Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt, began to dig there. They found so many scraps that the work of reading them went on for generations. Among them were pieces of Greek literature and early Christian texts. Papyrus 1224 was one of these finds, and the two scholars published it in the early twentieth century in their long series of Oxyrhynchus volumes.
The number simply records its place in that series. It is not a title given by its writer. That is why the text is known only by its catalogue number, since no ancient name for it survives.
That’s 1 of 4 key points.
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Questions about Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224
What is Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224?
It is a set of torn papyrus pages from a Greek codex, probably of the fourth century, found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. They carry parts of an unknown gospel with sayings of Jesus and a short scene.
Where was Papyrus 1224 found?
It was found at Oxyrhynchus, an ancient town in Middle Egypt, in the dry rubbish mounds dug by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt. The desert sand kept thousands of ancient papers from decaying.
Is Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224 part of the Bible?
No. The New Testament was settled over several centuries with four gospels as the standard accounts. This text was a local copy that never entered that list, and it is known only from fragments.
Who wrote Papyrus 1224 and when?
The author is unknown. The surviving copy is dated to about the fourth century by its handwriting, but scholars are not agreed on when the gospel itself was first composed.
Is Papyrus 1224 hard to read?
No. The sayings are short and plain, and the meal with sinners is a simple scene where Jesus says the healthy have no need of a physician. Readers of Mark and Luke will find these lines familiar.