Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522

The Papyrus LXX Oxyrhynchus 3522, (signed as P.Oxy.L 3522: Rahlfs 857) – is a small fragment of the Greek Septuaginta (LXX) written in papyrus, in scroll form. As one of the manuscripts discovered at Oxyrhynchus it has been catalogued with the number 3522. Palaeographically it has been dated to the 1st century CE.

Papyrus LXX Oxyrhynchus 3522

Description

P. J. Parson claim that its text “stands closer to the LXX rather than the literal accurate version of Symmachus the Ebionite."[1] This fragment contains Job 42,11-12, including the tetragrammaton (written from right to left) in paleo-Hebrew.[2][3][4]

The fragment was published in 1983 by P. J. Parsons in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. L (50).

Also the fragment is catalogued with number 857 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint as the classification of Alfred Rahlfs, also as LDAB 3079.[5]

Text according to A. R. Meyer:

κ]αι εθαυμασαν οσα επ[ηγα
γε]ν ο 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 επαυτον εδ[ωκε
δε ]αυτω εκαστος αμναδα μι
αν] και τετραχμον χρυσουν
α]σημον ο δε 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 ευλογη
σ]εν τα εσχατα ϊωβ η τα [εμ
π]ροσθεν ην δε τα κτ[ηνη
αυτου προβα]τα μυρια[ τε [6]:232

Location

The manuscript is kept in the Papyrology department of the Sackler library in Oxford as (P.Oxy.L 3522).

See also

References
  1. Michael P. Theophilos. Recently Discovered Greek Papyri and Parchment of the Psalter from the Oxford Oxyrhynchus Manuscripts: Implications for Scribal Practice and Textual Transmission Archived 2019-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Catholic University.
  2. 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.
  3. Alan K. Bowman (1983). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part L. London: The British Academy & The Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 1–3.
  4. Philip Wesley Comfort (2005). Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. B&H Publishing Group. p. 208. ISBN 9780805431452.
  5. Larry W. Hurtado (2006). The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. Sheffield: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. p. 213. ISBN 0-8028-2895-7.
  6. Anthony R. Meyer, The Divine Name in Early Judaism: Use and Non-Use in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek (McMaster University, 2017)

Bibliography
  • P. J. Parsons. "P.Oxy.L 3522". Oxyrhynchus Online. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. L. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
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