Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522
The Papyrus LXX Oxyrhynchus 3522, (signed as P.Oxy.L 3522: Rahlfs 857) – is a small fragment of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) written on papyrus. It is a scroll. This manuscript was discovered at Oxyrhynchus, about160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Cairo. It has been catalogued with the number 3522. Palaeographically it has been dated to the 1st century CE.
This fragment contains Job 42,11-12, and the tetragrammaton in paleo-Hebrew (
).[1][2] According to Philip Wesley Comfort, YHWH was written from right to left.[3]
Greek text according to A. R. Meyer:
κ]αι εθαυμασαν οσα επ[ηγα
γε]ν ο επαυτον εδ[ωκε
δε ]αυτω εκαστος αμναδα μι
αν] και τετραχμον χρυσουν
α]σημον ο δε ευλογη
σ]εν τα εσχατα ϊωβ η τα [εμ
π]ροσθεν ην δε τα κτ[ηνη
αυτου προβα]τα μυρια[ τε [4]:232
Location
The manuscript is kept in the Papyrology department of the Sackler library in Oxford as (P.Oxy.L 3522).
References
- ↑ Emanuel Tov (2001). Uitgeverij Van Gorcum (ed.). Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress Press; Assen: Royal Van Gorcum. p. 220. ISBN 0-8006-3429-2.
- ↑ Alan K. Bowman (1983). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part L. London: The British Academy & The Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 1–3.
- ↑ Philip Wesley Comfort (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. B&H Publishing Group. p. 208. ISBN 9780805431452.
- ↑ "Anthony R. Meyer, The Divine Name in Early Judaism: Use and Non-Use in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek (McMaster University, 2017)" (PDF). S2CID 165487129. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-20.