Papyrus 15 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated as 𝔓15, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It was part of a papyrus manuscript containing the Pauline letters. It contains 1 Corinthians 7:18–8:4.[1] The manuscript has been palaeographically assigned either to the 3rd century[2] or the fourth century.[3]

Papyrus 𝔓15
New Testament manuscript
NameP. Oxy. 1008
Text1 Corinthians 7–8
Date3rd century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atEgyptian Museum
CiteB. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri VII, (London 1910), pp. 4-8
Size26.5 x 14 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryI

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The manuscript is written in a competent literary hand that is sometimes described as belonging to the "severe style."[4] There are about 37-38 lines per page. 𝔓15 and 𝔓16 were almost certainly part of the same manuscript.[5]

The Greek text of this codex is probably a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, however the text is too brief to determine this exactly. Aland placed it in Category I.[6] It is currently housed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BAAM 0543) in Alexandria.[7]

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References

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  1. Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
  2. Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
  3. Orsini, Pasquale; Clarysse, Willy (2012). "Early New Testament Manuscripts and their Dates". Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. 88: 443–474.
  4. Orsini, Pasquale; Clarysse, Willy (2012). "Early New Testament Manuscripts and their Dates". Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. 88: 443–474.
  5. Nongbri, Brent (2026). "A Papyrus Codex of the Pauline Corpus from Oxyrhynchus: The History, Script, and Codicology of P.Oxy. 7.1008 (P15) and 7.1009 (P16)". Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. 117 (1): 119–134.
  6. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. Nongbri, Brent (2026). "A Papyrus Codex of the Pauline Corpus from Oxyrhynchus: The History, Script, and Codicology of P.Oxy. 7.1008 (P15) and 7.1009 (P16)". Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. 117 (1): 119–134.

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