Uncial 0153
Encyclopedia
Uncial 0153 is a Greek
ostracon
uncial manuscript of the New Testament
. It is unglazed pottery.
It contains texts 2 Cor. 4:7 and 2 Tim. 2:20.
included it into uncials, but Dobschütz
included it into Ostraca. Dobschütz enumerated 25 ostraca of the New Testament. This opinion was supported by other scholars, and in result Uncial 0153 was deleted from the list of the New Testament uncials, and remained empty place in the list.
2 Corinthians 4:7
2 Timothy 2:20
The Greek text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character.
Greek language
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ostracon
Ostracon
An ostracon is a piece of pottery , usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In archaeology, ostraca may contain scratched-in words or other forms of writing which may give clues as to the time when the piece was in use...
uncial manuscript of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
. It is unglazed pottery.
It contains texts 2 Cor. 4:7 and 2 Tim. 2:20.
Description
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included it into uncials, but Dobschütz
Ernst von Dobschütz
Ernst Adolf Alfred Oskar Adalbert von Dobschütz was a German theologian, textual critic, author of numerous books and professor at the University of Halle, the University of Breslau, and the University of Strasbourg...
included it into Ostraca. Dobschütz enumerated 25 ostraca of the New Testament. This opinion was supported by other scholars, and in result Uncial 0153 was deleted from the list of the New Testament uncials, and remained empty place in the list.
Text
Earthen vessels (σκευη, οστρακινα) were in universal use in the antiquity. They are twice mentioned in the New Testament: 2 Corinthians 4:7 and in 2 Timothy 2:20.2 Corinthians 4:7
- Εχομεν δε τον θησαυρον τουτον εν οστρακινοις σκευεσιν ινα η υπερβολη της δυναμεως η του θεου και μη εξ ημων.
2 Timothy 2:20
- Εν μεγαλη δε οικια ουκ εστιν μονον σκευη χρυσα και αργυρα αλλα και ξυλινα και οστρακινα και α μεν εις τιμην α δε εις ατιμιαν.
The Greek text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character.
Further reading
- J. G. Tait, Greek Ostraka in the Bodleian Library and Various other Collections (London: 1930), p. 145.
- M. Gustave Lefebvre, Fragments grecs des Évangiles sur Ostraca, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale 4 (Cairo: 1905), pp. 1-15.
- Rudolf Knopf, Eine Tonscherbe mit den Text des Vaterunsers, Mitteilungen des kaiserlichen deutschen archäologischen Institüts zu Athen 25 (1900), pp. 313-324. ZNW 2 (1901), pp. 228-233.