Papyrus 79

Papyrus $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁹

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Text	Epistle to the Hebrews 10 †
Date	7th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Cite	K. Treu, Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung, APF 18 (1966), pp. 37-48.
Size	2.9 cm x 5.3 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Papyrus 79 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁹, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews. The surviving texts of Hebrews are verses 10:10-12,28-30.

The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 7th century.

The text was not corrected. The letters have Coptic shape.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.

Location

It is currently housed at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Inv. no. 6774) in Berlin.

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See also

• List of New Testament papyri

Further reading

• Kurt Treu, Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 37–48.
• M. Mees, Einige Verse aus den Hebräerbrief nach einem neugefundeten Papyrus, Orient Press I (Rome: 1970), pp. 43–46.
• G. H. R. Horsley, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 2 (Macquarie University, 1982) pp. 125–140.

Images

• Leaf from $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁹ recto
• Leaf from $\mathfrak{P}$⁷⁹ verso