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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Professor L.W. Hurtado wrote:
> --"tas membranas" (2 Tim 4:13) may in fact = not merely parchment but 
> parchment *codices*.
> --The use of the codex for Christian writings is quite early (as 
> early as any identifiably Christian materials surviving), *far* 
> earlier than outside Christian circles,  and may well have begun in 
> the lst cent.

This is very interesting.  My studies indicate that the early Christians 
invented the codex or at least were the first to widely use it.  It is of 
course difficult to prove a negative like this.

As I recall, the only NT manuscripts that are not codices are P12, P13, 
P18, P22, and majuscule 0212; and the oldest NT papyrus is P41, an  
eighth century Greek and Coptic diglott fragment of Acts 17:22.

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Prof. Ron Minton: rminton@mail.orion.org   W (417)268-6053  H 833-9581
Baptist Bible Graduate School 628 E. Kearney St. Springfield, MO 65803

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