Die früheste Überlieferung des Matthäusevangeliums (bis zum 3./4. Jh.)

For this volume, thirteen papyri and a majuscule have been edited and undergone a critical textual examination. Through these methods, the accuracy of the copyists'' writing (manner of tradition) and the quality of the master copies of the text or chains of text are placed into close relation. This procedure allows for a relatively accurate evaluation of relatively small fragments. The result shows that despite numerous small mistakes the early papyri have preserved a text which is very close to the "original".