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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)DA21/1/1/13
TitleThe Acts of Judas Thomas
Extent52 items
Date1894-1920
DescriptionArticles and letters relating to James Rendel Harris's research on the Acts of Thomas. All letters are written to James Rendel Harris, unless otherwise stated:
/1 Press cutting from the Expository Times of a review by Agnes Smith Lewis [orientalist, biblical scholar, and traveller] of 'The Discouri in Christian Literature', by James Rendel Harris, 1903;
/2 Note in Syriac, nd;
/3-/5 Research notes made by James Rendel Harris, nd;
/6-/7 Letters from Agnes Smith Lewis, 1912;
/8 Letter from Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare [scholar, expert on Armenia], 1912;
/9 Notes by Francis Crawford Burkitt [Professor of Divinity, Cambridge] of references to articles discussing the Acts of Thomas, 1913;
/10 Note in Syriac, nd;
/11-/20 Various handwritten notes by James Rendel Harris relating to the Acts of Thomas: noting references; comparing various versions of the Acts of Thomas in Greek and Syriac, nd;
/21 Letter from H v ?Farn, German, 1913;
/22 Letter to ?Wilky from CW Mitchell [Sion College, London], 1913;
/24-/25 Notes by James Rendel Harris labelled 'Armenia of Conybeare collated with Syriac and Greek', nd;
/26 Letter from Eberhard Nestle [Semitic scholar, Professor and Headmaster at Wurtemberg, Germany], 1912;
/27-/28 Various notes by James Rendel Harris, nd;
/29 Article from the Journal of Theological Studies by Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare [Armenian scholar] entitled 'The Idea of Sleep in the Hymn of the Soul', nd;
/30 Note made by James Rendel Harris relating to myths about dragons who suck out their own poison, nd;
/31 Letter from Francis Crawford Burkitt, 1912;
/32 Postcard from [signature illegible], 1912;
/33-/35 Notes made by James Rendel Harris of quotations from texts relating to the Acts of Thomas, Latin, Greek, French, nd;
/36 Article from 'Bibliographische Anzeigen', German, nd;
/37 Note made by James Rendel Harris discussing the names of the Magi in various Syriac manuscripts, nd;
/38 Letter from Lootfy Levonian [Armenian Woodbrooke student; Professor, School of Religion, Constantinople], 1912;
/39-/41 Various notes made by James Rendel Harris: /39 discusses possible meanings of the word Sanadruck in the Acts of Thomas, nd; /40 headed 'Double translations in Acta Thomas', nd; /41 concerning Edessan tradition that Jesus promised to send Thomas to Abgar, nd;
/42 Letter from Lootfy Levonian, 1913;
/43 Note made by James Rendel Harris concerning Addai, nd;
/44 Letter from Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, 1912;
/45-/47 Various notes made by James Rendel Harris: /45 list of journal articles that mention the Thomas legend, 1914; /46 quotation from Chaldean Breviary relating to Thomas, nd; /47 notes a reference to Thomas in Chaucer's Merchant's Tale, nd;
/48 Letter from Arent Jan Wensinck [Secretary to the Redaction of the Encyclopedia of Islam; Professor of Hebrew, then Arabic at University of Leiden], 1920;
/49-/51 Letters from John F Stenning [scholar in Aramaic and oriental languages, Oxford], concerning his journey to the Convent of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, 1894;
/52 Translation of an Armenian version of the Acts of Thomas, author unknown, post 1896.
ArrangementOriginal order
LanguageLatin
English
French
German
English
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionOriginally listed as Lot 18 /52 is folded; with original wrapper

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