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Show 21 \ I 0/9 13 sharia Marietta Pasha, Cairo (Sgypt), 4 October 1950, Dear Dr Black, Thank you so much for your kind letter of August Slat which I found here waiting on my arrival from Cyprus. I was preparing to write to Prof£.8.£.Qx,.K&hle at the address you gave when a letter oame. from him and I haye already written to him. He is certainly a grand '.old man and I have the, greatest of admiration for his .unfailing ftotiTJ$$Nmd enthusiasm ,in jspite of his advancing years. 1,understand that,Jhe is now preparing an important work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Regarding your New Testament studies in Syriac, you can rest assured of a formidable harvest from the ;uicrofilms of St Catherine's, le plan to circulate haa%lists of the manuscripts microfilmed, aad I shall not fail to let you have thea in due course when I go to the Library of Congress all being well. ,rJt.is my intention to leave for Washington before tjhe, end of the year,-L,expect to hass a full load of business and lecturing while I am„in./aaerica: but.I shall not fail ft o write to you fxeft time to time*,... ,.. ........ . . . -,lt Is indeed very-nice of you to suggest a lecturer^t'Leeds. Professor fibb also kindly wrote to ae proposing a lecture at Oxford. It gfcee. without saying, that, time and opportunities allowing, I shall indeed„,be happy and he**vred te accept both. At oresent,,l prefer to wait,,and, *©e how my schedule is going to work out in America and on the Continent. My hands are so full and.1 Believe I shall, have to put in,a great deal of *ork *v3n before going abroad. Please excuse thess rather hasty few %4,nes. .Jfci.th my kindest regards to your wife and yourself, '"' . . . . . •* .... I remain, Yours 3incerely, |
