Christianity: Details about 'Fayyum Fragment'
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The Fayyum Fragment is a papyrus fragment containing text that could form part of the New Testament, and consists of only about 100 Greek letters. The fragment was originally discovered in Al-Fayyum, Egypt, and was and translated in 1885 by Gustav Bickell after it was found in the papyrus collection of Archduke Ranier in Vienna. The surviving manuscript is badly damaged and has fewer than a hundred Greek letters preserved, and is believed to have been copied sometime in the third century. The text seems to parallel Mark 14:26-31, appearing to present a more abbreviated account. It is unclear whether the fragment is an abridged version of the synoptic gospels, or a source text on which they were based. As such, discovery of a more full text would have a considerable significance in investigation of the origin and historicity of the gospels. The text states: References
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