Bonus 1 - Magdalen Papyrus

Papyrus 64 (Magdalen papyrus).
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The Magdalen Papyrus (P64) consists of three small fragments of a papyrus of the gospel of Matthew discovered in Luxor, Egypt in 1901. Roberts dates the document to the late AD 200’s.1.  Based on comparisons with other known papyri from the first-cent. Thiede concluded that P64 should be dated as early as 70–100 AD.2.  Several scholars have challenged Thiede’s conclusions. 3.

Footnotes

• 1. Colin H. Roberts, “An Early Papyrus of the First Gospel,” Harvard Theological Review 46 (1953): 233.
• 2. Carsten P. Thiede, “Papyrus Magdalen Greek 17 (Gregory-Aland P64): A Reappraisal,” Tyndale Bulletin 46 (1995): 29–42; Carsten P. Thiede, “Papyrus Magdalen Greek 17 (Gregory-Aland P64): A Reappraisal,” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 105 (1995): 13–20; Matthew D’Ancona and Carsten Thiede, The Jesus Papyrus (New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, 2000).
• 3. J. K. Elliott, “Review of the Jesus Papyrus by Carsten Peter Thiede; Matthew d’Ancona; Gospel Truth? New Light on Jesus and the Gospels by Graham Stanton,” NovT 38, no. 4 (1996): 393–99; Peter M. Head, “The Date Of The Magdalen Papyrus Of Matthew (P. Magd. Gr. 17 = P64): A Response To C. P. Thiede,” Tyndale Bulletin 46 (1995): 251–85; D. C. Parker, “Was Matthew Written Before 50 CE? The Magdalen Papyrus Of Matthew,” Expository Times 107 (1996): 40–43.

This bonus material was quoted from:

David E. Graves, Key Themes of the Old Testament: A Survey of Major Theological Themes (Moncton, N.B.: Graves, 2013), 44. 













For Further Study

• Carsten P. Thiede, “Papyrus Magdalen Greek 17 (Gregory-Aland P64): A Reappraisal,” Tyndale Bulletin 46 (1995): 29–42;
• Charlesworth, S. D. “Theodore C. Skeat, P64+67 and P4, and the Problem of Fibre Orientation in Codicological Reconstruction.” New Testament Studies 53 (2007): 582–604.
• D’Ancona Matthew and Carsten Thiede, The Jesus Papyrus (New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, 2000).
• Head, Peter M. “The Date Of The Magdalen Papyrus Of Matthew (P. Magd. Gr. 17 = P64): A Response To C. P. Thiede,” Tyndale Bulletin 46 (1995): 251–85;
• Parker, D. C. “Was Matthew Written Before 50 CE? The Magdalen Papyrus Of Matthew,” Expository Times 107 (1996): 40–43.
• Parker, D. C. An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and Their Texts. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• Porter, Stanley E. How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation. Edited by Craig Evans and Lee McDonald. Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2013.
• Roberts, Colin H. “An Early Papyrus of the First Gospel,” Harvard Theological Review 46 (1953): 233.
• Skeat, Theodore C. “The Oldest Manuscript Of The Four Gospels?” New Testament Studies 43 (1997): 1–34.
• Thiede, Carsten Peter. “Papyrus Magdalen Greek 17 (Gregory–Aland P64). A Reappraisal.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 105 (1995): 13–20.