The Gruber Collection is a collection of books and manuscripts housed at the
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago, Illinois. LSTC is a member of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS), a consortium of eleven area seminaries ...
in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Illinois. The collection contains more than 300 books from the 15th to 18th centuries and 14 manuscripts of Greek New Testament (minuscules and lectionaries). The collection contains a number of works with special value, including those of
Luther
Luther may refer to:
People
* Martin Luther (1483–1546), German monk credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation
* Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American minister and leader in the American civil rights movement
* Luther (give ...
, copies of his letters, original letters written by
Philipp Melanchthon
Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lu ...
, the
Greek New Testament Greek New Testament refers to the New Testament in Koine Greek.
It may also refer to the following texts:
* ''Novum Instrumentum omne''
* ''Textus Receptus'', the basis of the King James Bible
* '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', a critical edition of ...
of Erasmus, and other documents of
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
era.
All manuscripts and majority of books were collected by
L. Franklin Gruber (1870–1941), the former president of the
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago, Illinois. LSTC is a member of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS), a consortium of eleven area seminaries ...
in
Maywood, Illinois
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He purchased them in Europe and brought to Chicago.
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Manuscripts
* Gruber 44 (Gregory 1282
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Events
By place
Europe
* March – Welsh forces under Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd, brother of Llywelyn ap G ...
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* Gruber 50 (Gregory 2304)
* Gruber 52 (Gregory ℓ ''1536'')
* Gruber 53 (Gregory ℓ ''1624'')
* Gruber 56 (Gregory ℓ ''1625'')
* Gruber 111 (Gregory ℓ ''1677'')
* Gruber 114 (Gregory 2426)
* Gruber 119 (Gregory 2389)
* Gruber 122 (Gregory 2393)
* Gruber 124 (Gregory ℓ ''1627'')
* Gruber 125 (Gregory ℓ ''1628'')
* until 2016: Gruber 152 (Gregory 1424)[In 2016, the LSTC decided to restitute the manuscript to the Kosinitza monaster]
''Hyde Park seminary to return 9th century New Testament to Greek Orthodox Church''
Chicago Tribune
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, November 15, 2016
References
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Further reading
* Kenneth W. Clark, "A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in North America". Chicago: ''The University of Chicago Press
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'', 1937, pp. 90–106.
External links
The Gruber Rare Books Collection
at the LSTC
New Testament manuscripts
at the LSTC
Book collecting
Greek New Testament manuscripts
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago