Letter, [not after 1917]

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Letter, [not after 1917]

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Collection contains a letter from Swete to R.L. Bensly, a Cambridge Orientalis. The letter concerns a Syriac manuscript Swete had found at American College, Beirut, Lebanon, containing an unknown work by Theodorus, bishop of Mopsuestia (d. ca. 428); the letter also mentions Swete's travels in the Middle East and Heinrich Schliemann.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418917

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, approximately 350-428 or 429

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Swete, Henry Barclay, 1835-1917

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Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917) was a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1858-77, and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, 1890-1915. He published widely in theology, church history and patristics, including The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, 1887-94. From the guide to the Henry Barclay Swete: Some Rivals of Early Christianity, 1907-1920, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) Auth...

Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890

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Born in Germany, Schliemann lived in several European countries and made his fortune working in international commerce and the export business. Schliemann had no formal training in archaeology, but is best remembered for his excavations of Troy. In 1852 he married a Russian woman, Catherina Lishin, who later refused to leave St. Petersburg or to allow their three children to leave, to travel with Schliemann on business or archaeological pursuits. In 1869 he decided to divorce his wife, and moved...