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Alexandrian Text-Type
Also called Neutral or Egyptian. The oldest manuscripts available today are in this group. They survived due to the dry climate of Egypt that preserved the writing material. They include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, and the more recently discovered Oxyrhynchus, Chester Beatty, and Bodmer Papyri (dated before AD 300).
Related: Eclectic Text
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