Identificatie
referentie code
Wilson MSS
Titel
Datum(s)
- Late 1950s-1980s (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Omvang en medium
1 box (3 folders)
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
British New Testament and Gnostics scholar. Born, Gourock 1916. Died, Dundee 2010. Educated, Greenock Academy and Royal High School, Edinburgh. Awarded MA in Classics at Edinburgh University, followed by a degree in divinity with distinction in New Testament. Specialized in the origins of Gnosticism at Cambridge, PhD, 1945. Appointed minister at Strathaven, Lanarkshire, 1946. Lecturer in New Testament Language and Literature, University of St Andrews, 1954. Awarded personal chair, and then the University Chair of Biblical Criticism, 1978. President then secretary of the Society for New Testament Studies. Edited New Testament Studies.
Geschiedenis van het archief
In the possession of Professor R. McL. Wilson.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Presented by Professor Wilson's son, Mr Andrew Wilson, in July 2010.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Copies, notes, transcripts, photographs, and correspondence relating to the surviving fragments of the New Testament in the Faiyumic dialect of Coptic. Continuing the work of P. E. Kahle, see Kahle MSS 2/13 New Testament Faiyumic Texts.
Includes correspondence from:
- Paul Eric Kahle, 1959
- Elinor Husselman (Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan), 1959-1961
- Walter Till (Department of Coptic Studies, University of Manchester), 1958-1959
- Theodore Petersen (St Paul’s College, Washington), 1965
- R. Kasser (Professor of Coptic Language and Literature, University of Geneva), 1987
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Kept as received.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
- Koptisch
- Engels
- Frans
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
English and Coptic. Some correspondence in French.
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
No problems.
Toegangen
None.
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
These are originals.
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
None.
Related units of description
Notitie Publicaties
Not published.