The Freer Biblical Manuscripts (Sbl - Text-Critical Studies) by Hurtado, L.W.

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But the things I am getting are surely beyond price. 18 Freer’s Purchase of the Washington Manuscripts in Egypt Freer’s world travels, often conducted for the purpose of adding artifacts to his collection as well as meeting the artists of items he had already acquired, afforded him the opportunity to visit places that few of his contemporaries had ever been. 19 On November 15, 1906, Freer and his close friend and personal physician, Dr. 17. Lawton and Merrill, Freer, 235. Cf. Freer to Langley, December 27, 1904.

You cannot imagine my surprise to find that although the Greek papyrus is small and fragile, the writing is ancient and the amount of matter considerable. To state the fact in the fewest possible words, being afraid to disturb the pages, I took the tin box just as it was to Dr. Grenfell [1869–1926], who is the foremost living expert in the dating and deciphering of papyri. He opened up the leaves so far as was necessary to determine that the papyrus contains the Greek text of the Minor Prophets, nine of whom he identified; there is no reason to doubt that the other three are represented in large part in the fragments.

File entitled “Miscellaneous—From: Charles L. ” Contained in Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. C. Gift of the Estate of Charles Lang Freer (hereafter cited as CLFP). Also cited in Pyne, “Portrait of a Collector,” 77. Freer’s concept of “redemption” should not be misunderstood as traditionally Christian. In terms of religious convictions, Freer was likely an agnostic who had read widely in mysticism, Theosophy, and Buddhism—the latter having a particularly strong influence upon him.

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