Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1007

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), containing sections of the Book of Genesis (2:7-9, 2:16-19 on the front; 2:23-3:1, 3:6-8 on the back) written in 33 lines in 2 columns. This manuscript contains the name of God "abbreviated by doubling the initial yod, written in the shape of a z with a horizontal line through the middle, and carried unbroken through both characters zz." The fragment is difficult to identify as either Christian or Jewish, as on the barely legible front side it contains the nomen sacrum (characteristic of Christian manuscripts) in Gen 2:18, and the name of God written in Hebrew with a double Yodh (characteristic of Jewish manuscripts). Alan Mugridge states regarding LXX and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 656: == History ==

The manuscript was published in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, part VII, edited and translated by Arthur S. Hunt, London, 1910, pages 1 and 2. It was catalogued with the number 907 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint as classified by Alfred Rahlfs, and also signed as Van Haelst 5. It is given the identification 3113 on the Leuven Database of Ancient Books. == Current location ==

The manuscript is located in the department of manuscripts in the British Library, London (Inv. 2047). == References ==