Sir William Mitchell Ramsay ( eng. Sir William Mitchell Ramsay ; 1851-1939) - Scottish archaeologist and teacher, Protestant historian of the Church, explorer of the New Testament .
| William Mitchell Ramsay | |
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| English Sir William Mitchell Ramsay | |
| Date of Birth | March 15, 1851 |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow , Scotland |
| Date of death | April 20, 1939 (88 years old) |
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| Awards and prizes | [d] [d] ( 1906 ) |
Biography
He was educated at the universities of Aberdeen , Oxford , Göttingen . The “Royal” Professor (Regius Professor) of the Humanities of the University of Aberdeen (1886–1911). In college, St. John's (where he studied) for many years (1886-1911) was a teacher.
Since 1880, traveled extensively in Asia Minor and the Mediterranean, studying the monuments and topography of ancient cities. His goal was to clarify the reliability of the messages of the Evangelist Luke (whom he considered a great historian) in the Acts of the Holy Apostles about the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul . Set up initially with skepticism, he “gradually became convinced that in various details this narrative reveals an amazing truth”, that it reflects historical reality.
The most famous find of Ramsay is connected with the proof of the reality of the existence of Bishop Averky of Hierapolis .
He outlined his findings in [1] :
- Church in the Roman Empire (The Church of the Roman Empire to AD 17. - London, 1893)
- Cities and Dioceses of Phrygia (The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia (Oxford, 2 vols., 1895, 1897)
- St. Paul, the Traveler and the Roman (St. Paul, the Traveler and the Roman Citizen. - London, 1896)
- Messages to the Seven Churches of Asia (The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, 1905)
He also wrote:
- Chapters from the history of Asia Minor (1924)
- Asian Elements on Greek Civilization (1927)
Notes
- ↑ Curriculum Vitae // Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911 )