Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 405 (P. Oxy. 405 orP. Oxy. III 405) is a fragment from a copy dating to c. 200 CE[1] of the early Christian workAgainst Heresies,[2] written byIrenaeus of Lyon around 180 CE.
It is one of theOxyrhynchus Papyri, discovered bypapyrologistsBernard Pyne Grenfell andArthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump nearOxyrhynchus inEgypt around the turn of the 20th century. The papyrus fragment includes a quote fromMatthew3:16-17, and was the earliest witness to the text of theNew Testament when it was discovered.[3]
405 consists of seven fragments written in a small neat uncial hand, which is not later than the first half of the third century, and might be as old as the later part of the second.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)The seven fragments of an early Christian work published as 405 were identified byDr. J. Armitage Robinson as belonging to the lost Greek original of Irenaeus' treatiseContra Haereses...
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