Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-28 | Page 13 | Old Manuscript May Clarify Bible

Old Manuscript May tray Clarify Bible t r Utahn Studies Ancient I Parchment nt to Aid Translations Parchment pages of a twelfth century Greek manuscript manuscript reproduced du ed on modern printing paper- paper will vIll reveal facts about the New Test Testament ment never before known it was was hoped hoped by Dr Jacob Geerlings head of the University of Utah c classics department Monday Dr Geerlings recently returned from th the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he has spent the summer months photographing and studying the pages of the Greek manuscript The manuscript was purchased from an English museum by the university and is considered invaluable Dr Geerlings is working on the manuscript in cooperation with several scholars at the Michigan university and Harvard and Brown universities As copies of the New Testament have been een made through the centuries centuries cen cen- tun es Dr Geerlings explained errors have ha crept into them What we are endeavoring to do is to approach ap- ap approach approach ap ap- as nearly as w we can the original writings by studying these ancient manuscripts He expects to have the study completed by the spring of 1940 He will spend the winter months translating and comparing the page manuscript v 3 rr 8 t. t I t r 0 l lW W pJ a C PEERING BEHIND THE DUST OF THE TilE CENTURIES Dr Jacob Geerlings examines photos of old manuscripts manuscript