The Institute for Syriac Manuscript Studies

Founded in 1979, the Institute for Syriac Manuscript Studies (The Arthur Vööbus Collection on Film) is a unique scholarly resource that is housed in the JKM Library. Through the life-long efforts of the late Arthur Vööbus, professor of New Testament and early church history at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, thousands of valuable manuscripts from the Syriac Christian tradition were photographed. In July 2005 LSTC entered into an agreement with the Oriental Institute, by which the Institute assumed responsibility for the long-term preservation and use of the collection. All inquiries concerning the collection should be directed to:

Stuart Creason
The Oriental Institute
1155 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
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Other inquiries concerning the collection should be directed to the acting director:

Ralph W. Klein
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