Reference code
DWL/RB/v.168
Other numbers
former reference:Treatises, v. 38
Level of description
item
Title
Arguments and passages in the Koran
Date
5 August 1656
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 204-205 (f 205v is blank); 200 x 145 mm.
Scope and content
Three papers, octavo, clearly written by Thomas Greaves; whose letter to Baxter including this paper is ‘a little tast’ of his intended work on Christian Evidences, is in Letters, vol. ii, f. 9 dated 5 August 1656 (listed as Corr 317). ‘Muhamedes passim in Alcorano Christum, & Euangelium magnis laudibus attolit.’
Finding aids
Argent / Black v.168 (also listed as v.38); Thomas p.9
Related
Related material:Greaves’ translation of the Koran and his commentary upon it were left incomplete, in manuscript form, at his death (see British Library Additional 16 Ms 21901).
Publication note
For Thomas Greaves (1611-76), the Oriental scholar, see WR, Corr 296, 317 and ODNB.
Personal name