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Acquired by the John Rylands Library in 1917 from James Rendell Harris (1852-1941).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Gospel of Mary" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "

Miniature codex, 1 column. Some eight or ten lines have been lost after line 15, so a column of writing would have measured approximately 75 by 120mm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Early 3rd century CE" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Oxyrhynchus (modern Bahnasa)." }, { "label": "Origin", "value": "Early 3rd century CE. Found: Oxyrhynchus (modern Bahnasa)." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

The text is written in a clear and upright hand which shows considerable cursive influence, it approximates to the literary type.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Description based on C. H. Roberts , Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester, Volume III, Theological and Literary Texts (Nos. 457-551).<\/i> (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1938)." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Greek" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "The John Rylands Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 reconstituted fragment. Leaf height: 89 mm, width: 99 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "Greek P 463" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Christianity and culture; Apocryphal books" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Carly Richardson, Elizabeth Gow" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

Fragment of Gnostic literature describing a dispute between a female disciple called Mary and a group of male disciples over the teachings of the life of Christ, ending with the disciples resolution to go and preach 'The Gospel according to Mary'. Some scholars have tentatively identified the female disciple as Mary Magdalene.<\/p>

Professor Carl Schmidt supplied C. H. Roberts with the translation of the Coptic text (in which the Greek words in the original are retained). Roberts stated that this not only made it possible to restore the correct reading at points where the Greek text was mutilated or corrupt and place it in its proper context, but also provided an interesting basis for a comparison between the two versions.<\/p><\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

Trismegistos: an interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphical resources, no. 64111.<\/i><\/a><\/div>
PDFs of Published Catalogues of Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, 1911-1979.<\/a><\/div>
C.H. Roberts, Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester, Volume III, Theological and Literary Texts (Nos. 457-551). (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1938).Link to the catalogue on archive.org.<\/a><\/div>
Thomas A. Wayment, The text of the New Testament apocrypha (100-400 CE) (2013).<\/div>
Lincoln H. Blumell, Thomas A. Wayment, Christian Oxyrynchus, vol. 62, (2015).<\/div>
Joseph van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens, vol. 57 (1976).<\/div>
Kurt Aland, Repertorium I. Apokryphen, vol. 19 (1976).<\/div>
K.L. King, The gospel of Mary of Magadala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle, (Santa Rosa: Polebridge Press, 2003).<\/div>
C. Tuckett, The Gospel of Mary (Oxford Early Christian Gospel Texts), (Oxford: OUP, 2007).<\/div>
Dieter Lührmann, Egbert Schlarb, Fragmente apokryph gewordener Evangelien (2000).<\/div>
Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli, La Parola del passato, vol. 1 (1946), pp 266-267<\/div>
M. Geerard, Clavis apocryphorum Novi Testamenti (1992), pp. 14-15 no. 30 a.<\/div><\/div>
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Highest page number: 22<\/p>" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Codex" }, { "label": "Material(s)", "value": "Papyrus" }, { "label": "Associated Person(s)", "value": "Harris, James Rendell (1852-1941)" }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "

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