Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 656

A fragment of Genesis.

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 656 (abbreviated as P.Oxy.IV 656, VH 13, LBAD 3094, or Rahlfs 905) – is a Greek fragment of a Septuagint manuscript written on papyrus in codex form. This manuscript was discovered at Oxyrhynchus, and it has been catalogued with number 656 according the list of septuagint manuscripts of Alfred Rahlfs. By comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to 3rd-century.

Sources

• Larry W. Hurtado. The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (2006)Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802828958.
• Jason David BeDuhn. Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament (2003)University Press of America. ISBN 1461669065.
• Martin Rösel. Tradition and Innovation: English and German Studies on the Septuagint (8 October 2018)SBL Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-88414-324-6.
• Philip Wesley Comfort. Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism (2005)B&H Publishing Group. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8054-3145-2.