The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-14
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The interesting discovery 1t Oxyrhyn-
Gun II lso7 By Nessrs. Grsnfsll aAl Hunt
q o8osl sf the lo91a Of Christ, and
stAef inpsrtsat pasgri. will doubtless
b Fe0eDbersl. The results Of . brief
exa0iaatlsn q ether papyrt discovered
b the same men n Q second series Of
excavations fully Justify tho hopes ex-
pressed in NJ. that Oxyrhyscus will
prove rtchsr mine than any other for
eAs recovery q early Christian litera-
ture. I've, or perhaps three. more sea-
soas' wesk VIA b required to exhaust
the mere Dreniang portions Of the site.
the meaaas q which cover IN area sur
passed By few ancient Dgyption towns.
The most Interesting, perhaps. Of the
discoveries in the second excavations 10
thfrd-century fragment Of . collec-
tton Of the sayi.gs Of Jesus, similar in
styis to the ss-callsd logia discovered
In 1897. The separate sayinEs introduced
By the words Jesus saith" are for the
most part unreeorded elsewhere, though
some which occur in the Gospels ~
The Kingdom Of God 10 written to you
and many, that the first shall be last, I"
etc., occur here in different surround
in0.
Six sayings are in perfect condition,
but tho new logia paDyrus supplies more
evidence Of its origin than its prede-
cessor. whore 1t contains an Introductory
paragraph stating that what follows
consists Of THE words which Jesus the
Living Lord spake," to two of His dis
ciples, and moreover, one Of the uncan-
onical sayings is already extant in part,
the conclusion of it,, He that wanders
shall reign, and he that reigns shall
rest" being quoted by Clement of
Alexandria, from the Gospel accord
ing to Hebews.
1t Is indeed possible that this Gospel
was the source from which all this
second series Of the logia was derived,
or all, or some may have been taken
from the Gospel according to Egyptians.
to which Prof. Harnack, Of Berlin, and
others referred in speaking Of the logia
found in 1897 Messrs. Grenfell and
Hunt, however, are disposed to regard
both series as collections Of sayings
currently ascribed to the Lord, rather
than extracts from any one uncanonical
Gospel.
Latin papyri from Egypt are so rare
that one containing part Of an epitome
of Livy, covering books 81 to 80 and 49
to s., is particularly interesting. All
books later than the forty-f1fth of Livy's
history, have been lost, although an
epitome Of them is extant. The papy-
rus which has now been discovered
however, differs from this epitome very
largely in respect to events selected fol
mention. The back Of the Livy papyrus
was subsequently used for writing the
text of the Epistle to the Hebrews, OF
which a considerable portion is pre-.
served, and is much the largest piece
of the New Testament on papyrus YET
discovered. Another interesting Bibli-
cal fragment comes from the Septua-
gint version of Genesis 1t Is proba.
bly, century older than any Of the ex-
tant vellum manuscripts. Among the
numerous fragments Of lost Greek elias.
sizes, is a first century y. c. papyrus
containing an ode or odes, of poetess
perhaps Corinna, the rival and reputed
instructress of Pindar.