Cuthbert Hamilton Turner (1860–1930) was an English

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and Biblical scholar. He became

Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture The position of Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture was established at the University of Oxford in 1847. This professorship in the critical interpretation or explanation of biblical texts, a field known as exegesis, was i ...

in the

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in 1920. His major work was ''Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima'', often known as EOMIA, published in fascicles in the period 1899 to 1939. It is a collection of sources for

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. He was educated at

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and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at ...

. He became a Fellow of

in 1889.

Works

''The oldest manuscript of the Vulgate Gospels''
(Oxford 1931) *
The Gospel according to St. Mark : introduction and commentary
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Studies in Early Church History; Collected Papers
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The Study of the New Testament; an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on October 22 and 29, 1920
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Ecclesiae Occidentalis monumenta iuris antiquissima cahonum et conciliorum graecorum interpretationes latinae
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The History and Use of Creeds and Anathemas in the Early Centuries of the Church
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References

*''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''

External links

*
The contents of his ''Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima''.
* ttp://www.olms.com/pcgi/a.cgi?ausgabe=index&T=1283518147828 The announced reprint of the ''Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima'' by Georg Olms Verlag. 1860 births 1930 deaths British biblical scholars Alumni of New College, Oxford Fellows of New College, Oxford Dean Ireland's Professors of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture Fellows of the British Academy {{UK-historian-stub