RT Article
T1 Reading for the Spirit of the Text: nomina sacra and pneuma Language in P46*
JF New Testament studies
VO 61
IS 4
SP 566
OP 594
A1 Estes, Joel D.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1581943431
AB This study examines every reference to pneuma in NT Papyrus 46 (P. Chester Beatty ii / P. Mich. Inv. 6238) and whether or not it is contracted as a nomen sacrum. Against expectations, the scribe does not always use nomina sacra to designate the divine Spirit, nor are other kinds of spirits always written out in full. This discovery destabilises the assumption that we can access the scribe's understanding of pneuma simply by identifying where nomina sacra do and do not occur. At the same time, such scribal irregularity itself may illustrate wider theological ambiguities among some early Christian communities concerning the status and role of the Holy Spirit.
K1 P46
K1 Spirit
K1 Manuscripts
K1 Nomina Sacra
K1 Scribes
K1 Theology
DO 10.1017/S0028688515000259