Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
8-1-1957
Document Type
Article
Keywords
papyrus, codex, papyri, new testament, egypt, manuscript, pericope, beatty
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
The Arabs who came across some fifty rolls of papyrus in the Fayum district of Egypt, back in 1778, burned them because they could find no purchasers and because they gave forth a sweet aromatic smell as they were consumed by fire. Only one roll escaped this tragic fate and was published as the Charta Borgiana, containing an account of the labors of the peasants along the Nile at Arsinoe for the year A. D. 191-192. It was not until 1889 to 1890, less than seventy-five years ago, that a beginning was made in the systematic exploration and study of the literary fragments found for the most part in the rubbish heaps of Egypt.
Disciplines
History of Christianity
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Matthew 7:3-5; John 1:1-6:11; John 6:35b-14:15;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Scharlemann, Martin H.
(1957)
"Papyrus Sixty-Six,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 28, Article 42.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol28/iss1/42
