Papyrus 20, P20
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First Composed: 8 April 2000
Last Updated: 8 April 2000
Name
Papyrus 20 (AM 4117), P20
Date
3rd Century CE.
Provenance
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
Size
About 11.5 cm. x 4.3 cm. There is one column and 20 lines per page. Click here to see the image.
It contains part of a leaf of a codex.
Contents
It contain James 2:19-3:2 (recto) and James 3:3-9 (verso).
Textual Character
Most scholars agree that P20 generally agrees with B and then with
and C. Metzger calls it "Alexandrian" and the Alands call it "normal."
Writing
The words are written without separation. Accents, breathings and punctuation marks are absent.
Location
University Library, Princeton, New Jersey.
References
[1] A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, IX, 1912, 9 ff. (No. 1171).
[2] W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Plate VI.