7Q5

Fragment 5 from Cave 7 of the Qumran Community in its entirety

7Q5 is a small Greek papyrus fragment discovered in Qumran Cave 7. The fragment contains about 18 legible or partially legible Greek letters, but it was published in 1962 as an unidentified text. Because its hadwriting, the editor assigned the fragment between 50 BCE and 50 CE. In 1972, Jose O'Callaghan argued that the papyrus was a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6, verses 52 and 53. Most scholars disagree with O'Callagan, but a minority continue to support his identification.

Sources

• Gundry, Robert H. (Dec 1999). "No NU in Line 2 of 7Q5: A Final Disidentification of 7Q5 With Mark 6:52-53". Journal of Biblical Literature. 118 (4). The Society of Biblical Literature: 698–707. doi:10.2307/3268112. JSTOR 3268112.
• Thiede, Carsten Peter (1992). The Earliest Gospel Manuscript?: the Qumran Papyrus 7Q5 and its Significance for New Testament Studies. Exeter: Paternoster Press. ISBN 0-85364-507-8.
• Vito Sibilio, La datazione dei Vangeli. Una messa a punto della situazione, in Christianitas. Rivista di storia cultura e pensiero del Cristianesimo I/1 2013 Gennaio pp. 15–29 http://www.christianitas.it/n.1-incipit-indice.pdf
• Zeichmann, Christopher (2017). "The Date of Mark’s Gospel Apart from the Temple and Rumors of War: The Taxation Episode (12:13–17) as Evidence". https://www.academia.edu/34194619/The_Date_of_Mark_s_Gospel_Apart_from_the_Temple_and_Rumors_of_War_The_Taxation_Episode_12_13_17_as_Evidence

Further reading

• Enste, Stefan: Kein Markustext in Qumran. Eine Untersuchung der These: Qumran-Fragment 7Q5 = Mk 6,52-53, Freiburg/Göttingen 2000 (NTOA 45).
• Estrada, David and White, Jr., William: The First New Testament, Nashville/Thomas Nelson Inc. 1978, ISBN 0-8407-5121-4.

External links

• 7Q5: The Earliest NT Papyrus?
• Greek Qumran Fragment 7Q5: Possibilities and Impossibilities
• 7Q5 – An Interesting Detail
• Jerusalem's Essenes Gate
• 7q5: Cambiar la pregunta (In Spanish)