21 Feb

book provenance

Category: Book Provenance, Books, Libraries

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This inscription is from Svenskt Bibliskt Uppslagsverk, an apparent dictionary gifted by one of the editors, Ivan Engnell, a former professor of Old Testament at Uppsala in Sweden, to William F. Albright when they met in Uppsala in May, 1952. The book subsequently became a part of our library’s William F. Albright Collection.

This inscription written inside the book by Engnell appears to be in one of the Scandinavian languages, probably Swedish, but I have no idea what it says. Do you?

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Posted Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pm
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Bob Bjerkaas
March 15th, 2007 at 11:10 am

Paul – dilemma partly solved. It appears that Engnell was responding to a question posed by Albright and the last part of the inscription should be translated as follows:

“Indeed, Scandinavian theologians rule.”

Your Friendly Scandinavian Theologian,
Bob Bjerkaas

Paul Roberts
March 15th, 2007 at 12:00 pm

Bob – is there anything you don’t know? Thanks for this. You should be a theology librarian. Really.

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