Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522 facts for kids
The Papyrus LXX Oxyrhynchus 3522, (signed as P.Oxy.L 3522: Rahlfs 857) – is a small fragment of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) written on papyrus. It is a scroll. This manuscript was discovered at Oxyrhynchus, about160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Cairo. It has been catalogued with the number 3522. Palaeographically it has been dated to the 1st century CE.
This fragment contains Job 42,11-12, and the tetragrammaton in paleo-Hebrew (
). According to Philip Wesley Comfort, YHWH was written from right to left.
Greek text according to A. R. Meyer:
κ]αι εθαυμασαν οσα επ[ηγα
γε]ν ο επαυτον εδ[ωκε
δε ]αυτω εκαστος αμναδα μι
αν] και τετραχμον χρυσουν
α]σημον ο δε ευλογη
σ]εν τα εσχατα ϊωβ η τα [εμ
π]ροσθεν ην δε τα κτ[ηνη
αυτου προβα]τα μυρια[ τε
Location
The manuscript is kept in the Papyrology department of the Sackler library in Oxford as (P.Oxy.L 3522).
See also
In Spanish: Papiro Oxirrinco 3522 para niños
