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  • From: "David @ Comcast" <davidinglis2 AT comcast.net>
  • To: "Corpus-Paul@Lists. Ibiblio. Org" <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Corpus-Paul] Number of characters P46
  • Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:44:32 -0800

According to my calculations, the number of characters in each of Paul's
epistles in P46 is less than the modern 'standard' number. Typically, each
epistle in P46 has around 5% fewer characters than modern copies, although,
notably, Hebrews is only 3% smaller. Does anyone have any information on
this? In particular:

1) How much of this is due to the use of nomina sacra and other
abbreviations?
2) How much is due to the text-type of P46?

David Inglis
davidinglis2 AT comcast.net
3538 O'Connor Drive
Lafayette, CA, USA





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