Re: Looking For Newly Discovered MS of John

• To: CFWLIBRARY@crf.cuis.edu
• Subject: Re: Looking For Newly Discovered MS of John
• From: Vincent Broman <broman@np.nosc.mil>
• Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 14:44:04 PDT
• Cc: B-Greek@virginia.edu
• In-Reply-To: <01HDJ5X4XSNA8Y9HTL@CRF.CUIS.EDU> (CFWLIBRARY@crf.cuis.edu)
• Reply-To: broman@nosc.mil

There is a small fragment of John, not a palimpsest, dated to the first
half of the second century, nominally AD 125, which is a twentieth-century
find, but not recent.  Since it came from Egypt, it makes a second century
date for John hard to argue.  Among gospel MSS, the next runners-up are all
towards the end of the second century.  One epistle MS is dated by a few
scholars to the end of the first century, also not a palimpsest.

Unless this is some dazzling discovery from the Petra Church being
excavated right now, I suspect you may have mis-heard some details?
Could you say where you heard of this?

Vincent Broman,  code 572 Bayside                        Phone: +1 619 553 1641
Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT&E Div.
San Diego, CA  92152-6147,  USA                          Email: broman@nosc.mil

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