Nearly complete early codex of John, heavily corrected by its scribe, which gives a window on early copying practice.
Datingdisputed
First editor V. Martin: c. 200 (INTF 200-225). H. Hunger argued for the mid-2nd century. Nongbri (God's Library) argues the Bodmer papyri may be as late as the 4th century and the codex could be 3rd or 4th century. The range of proposals spans some 200 years.See the pages
About the manuscript
- Contents
- JohnMost of John (1:1-14:26 well preserved; fragments of the rest to ch. 21).
- Found
- Part of the Bodmer papyri bought in the 1950s. J. M. Robinson traced them to a find near Dishna (near Pabau), Upper Egypt; Nongbri questions that account.
- Held by
- Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny (Geneva); small fragments in Dublin (CBL) and Cologne
- Also called
- P.Bodmer II