P. Chester Beatty II

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P. Chester Beatty II is a famous early Christian papyrus manuscript containing a substantial portion of the Pauline epistles, notable for its importance to New Testament textual studies.

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Label Occurrences
P. Chester Beatty II canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament papyrus manuscript ⓘ
Pauline epistles manuscript ⓘ
biblical manuscript ⓘ
early Christian manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Papyrus 46 ⓘ
𝔓46 ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle Paul ⓘ
catalogueNumber P. Chester Beatty II ⓘ
collection Chester Beatty Library collection ⓘ
University of Michigan Papyrology Collection ⓘ
containsTextOf 1 Corinthians ⓘ
1 Thessalonians ⓘ
2 Corinthians ⓘ
Colossians ⓘ
Ephesians ⓘ
Galatians ⓘ
Hebrews ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles

Philippians ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
contentGenre epistle ⓘ
currentLocation Chester Beatty Library, Dublin ⓘ
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ⓘ
date early 3rd century ⓘ
late 2nd century ⓘ
estimatedDateRange circa 175–225 CE ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
originalFolioCount approximately 104 leaves ⓘ
partOf Chester Beatty Papyri ⓘ
physicalForm codex ⓘ
provenance acquired by Alfred Chester Beatty ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyDesignation Papyrus 46 in the Gregory–Aland numbering ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
scriptType uncial script ⓘ
significance important for New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
important for the study of the Pauline corpus ⓘ
one of the earliest extensive witnesses to the Pauline epistles ⓘ
subjectOf New Testament textual studies ⓘ
studies of early Christian book production ⓘ
survivingLeaves approximately 86 leaves ⓘ
textType Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
usedFor reconstructing the early text of the Pauline letters ⓘ
studying the canon of Pauline epistles in early Christianity ⓘ
writingMaterial papyrus ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Papyrus 46 → catalogCode → P. Chester Beatty II ⓘ
P46 → catalogCode → P. Chester Beatty II ⓘ
P. Chester Beatty II → catalogueNumber → P. Chester Beatty II ⓘ
Gregory–Aland 𝔓46 → catalogCode → P. Chester Beatty II ⓘ