| New Testament manuscript | |
 1 Peter 5:12–end and 2 Peter 1:1–5 on facing pages of Papyrus Bodmer VIII | |
| Name | Papyrus Bodmer VII-IX |
|---|---|
| Sign | 𝔓72 |
| Text | Jude, 1 Peter, 2 Peter |
| Date | 3rd/4th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Cologny/Geneva; Vatican City, Bibl. Bodmeriana; Bibl. Vaticana |
| Size | 14.5 by 16 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
| Hand | documentary hand |
| Note | resembles 𝔓50 |
Papyrus 72 is the designation used by textual critics of the New Testament to describe portions of the so-called Bodmer Miscellaneous codex (Papyrus Bodmer VII-VIII), namely the letters of Jude, 1 Peter, and 2 Peter. These three books are collectively designated as 𝔓72 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. These books seem to have been copied by the same scribe. Using the study of comparative handwriting styles (paleography), the manuscript has been assigned to the 3rd or 4th century.[1]
Although the letters of Jude (P.Bodmer VII) and 1-2 Peter (P.Bodmer VIII) in this codex do not form a single continuous text, scholars still tend to refer to these three texts as a single early New Testament papyrus.[2]: 409–410
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Nongbri, Brent (2016). "The Construction of P.Bodmer VIII and the Bodmer 'Composite' or 'Miscellaneous' Codex". Novum Testamentum. 58 (4): 394–410. doi:10.1163/15685365-12341535.