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CODEX BEZAE

A 4th- or 5th-century codex (siglum D or 05) whose origin is unknown. Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, a principal representative of the so-called Western Text of the NT, contains parallel texts, which have been repeatedly corrected, of Greek and Old Latin on opposing pages. The manuscript includes most of the four Gospels and Acts as well as a fragment of 3 John. The Gospels are arranged in the Western order (Matthew, John, Luke, Mark). Codex Bezae’s readings are unique in thousands of instances, particularly in the text of Acts, which is almost 10 percent longer than the generally accepted text. Scholars have attempted to ascertain the theological motivation behind the singularly peculiar readings in the text, but the investigation remains open. The codex was donated by the reformer Theodore Beza to Cambridge University in 1581.

Bibliography. D. C. Parker, Codex Bezae: An Early Christian Manuscript and Its Text (Cambridge, 1992).

Paul Anthony Hartog






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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