Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Discussion about the New Testament, apocrypha, gnostics, church fathers, Christian origins, historical Jesus or otherwise, etc.
Post Reply
andrewcriddle
Posts: 2817
Joined: Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:36 am

Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by andrewcriddle »

I've been reading about this Papyrus 20915

It is a Coptic translation of a Alexandrian Christian work probably earlier than Clement of Alexandria. It makes use of the Epistle of Barnabas which it refers to as the words of Barnabas or similar.

This is further evidence of the importance of Barnabas and the Epistle of Barnabas in early Alexandrian Christianity.

Andrew Criddle
davidmartin
Posts: 1589
Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:51 pm

Re: Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by davidmartin »

Fascinating, is there an English translation available?
Secret Alias
Posts: 18362
Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:47 am

Re: Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by Secret Alias »

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... _mysteries

https://www.arabwestreport.info/en/cont ... uest/14191

Wenn Sie Deutsch lesen können https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ch ... frontcover

https://www.google.com/books/edition/De ... frontcover

Why is it all the most interesting research is conducted in German? Probably the same reason Germany is leading in the coronavirus pandemic ...
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
davidmartin
Posts: 1589
Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:51 pm

Re: Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by davidmartin »

cool I thought as much
I might try and get them translated this is what's frustrating about this stuff...
this text is pre-clement I mean damn that's early, on a par with Justin, and it got new quotes from the preaching of peter among other things. its wild
but all you hear is crickets on what could be a key source for various theories. that's crazy and makes me doubt a lot of the theorising going on
damn right i'm gonna get this in English
Aleph One
Posts: 95
Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:13 am

Re: Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by Aleph One »

Wow! the entire article describing this 'berlin codex' makes it sound fascinating. The fact that the paper is 20 years old though with no english translation having appeared doesn't give me much hope for it showing up any time soon. :-(
davidmartin
Posts: 1589
Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:51 pm

Re: Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by davidmartin »

yep thats what i thought!

its on my todo list to get the German and then well... i'd stump up the cash to pay for a german student to translate it, there's plenty around here i know one lady who could do it but she's constantly swearing, not sure i'd trust her to not put explitives in it that were not in the papyrus. but yes i'm up for giving it a go
Codrington_Codger
Posts: 1
Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:32 am

Re: Papyrus 20915 and Barnabas

Post by Codrington_Codger »

The entire codex was published way back in 2004
https://www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.ph ... 10&lang=en
https://www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.ph ... 11&lang=en

Given its significance it seems to have received remarkably little attention.
Post Reply