New Testament Manuscripts

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New Testament Manuscripts
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Material and Form of the NT
?Material Papyrus (Egyptian reeds) and Parchment
(vellum, animal skins) were the two primary
materials used for writing during NT
period. ?Form ?First form of NT was a
scroll. ?Codex or leaf form of book was developed
around the close of the 1st century.
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Method of Writing
?Uncials Written in all capital letters used for
more formal literary documents. ?Minuscules Arose
in 9th Century it was a script of smaller
letters in a running hand.
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Fourfold Division of Manuscripts
?Papyri B2nd-8th Century ?Uncials B4th-10th
Century ?Minuscules B9th-16th Century ?Lectionar
ies B8th-15th Century
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Present Status of the Manuscripts
?No extant original manuscripts ?Over 5,000 full
and partial Greek NT manuscripts have been
discovered
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Number of Extant Manuscripts

• ?Papyri 96
• ?Parchment (vellum)
• ?Uncial script (capital letters) 299
• ?Minuscule 2812
• ?Lectionaries 2281
• TOTAL 5488

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Modern version of an ancient scroll
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Dead Sea Scroll Isaiah 5717- 598 (1QIsabX)
found in Cave 1 in Qumran First discovered in
1947
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P52 Oldest known text of the New Testament
containing portion of John 18
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Bodmer Papyrus (P66) containing John
1131-37 from A.D. 200
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Bodmer Papyrus (P75) containing Luke 169-21
from early third century.
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Codex Alexandrinus One of the most important
ancient copies of the bible made from vellum
(animal skin), 773 pages, bound in four volumes,
from 5th century.
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Codex Sinaiticus
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Picture depicting St. Luke from an 11th-12th
Century Bible.
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Introductory page to the 1611 edition of the King
James Bible
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Mark 11-8 from Nestle-Aland edition of the Greek
New Testament
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