Newton’s Religious Writings

2.

Notes on prophecies

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1700, mainly in English, c. 15,630 words, 33 pp.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 8, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00051

Notes on prophecies (Section 1)
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Notes on prophecies (Section 2)
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Notes on prophecies (Section 3)
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Notes on prophecies (Section 4)
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3.

Three paragraphs on religion, with drafts

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English with some Latin, c. 2,222 words, 5 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 9, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00009

4.

Prolegomena ad lexici prophetici partem secundam in quibus agitur De forma sanctuarij Iudaici

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: almost certainly after 1690, possibly much later, in Latin, c. 24,724 words, 84 pp. on 75 ff.

Source: Ms. 434, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00079

5.

Draft notes on Athanasian doctrines

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in Latin, c. 1,735 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Ms. 436, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00081

6.

Original letter from Isaac Newton to Richard Bentley, dated 10 December 1692

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 10 December 1692, in English, c. 1,626 words.

Source: 189.R.4.47, ff. 4A-5, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00254

7.

Draft chapters of The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (post-1710)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English with some Latin, Greek and Hebrew, c. 30,000 words, 99 pp. on 74 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 26, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00069

Chap. 1: Of the Assyrian Empire
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Chap. IV. Of the Babylonian Empire
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Chap. 1: Of the Chronology of the first ages of the Greeks & Latines
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Chap: Of the Temple & Synagogues of the Jews
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8.

Holograph copy of MINT00454(b) (Mint 19/3/25)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1714, c. 745 words.

Source: MINT 19/5/38, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00455

9.

Treatise on Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1670s, in Latin, c. 12,769 words, 49 pp. on 36 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 12, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00055

10.

Notes on the Temple of Solomon and a tabular comparison of measurement systems

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: probably after 1690, in Latin with a few words in Hebrew, c. 1,237 words, 2 pp. on 1 f.

Source: Ms. 132, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00111

11.

Original letter from Isaac Newton to Richard Bentley, dated 11 February 1692/3

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 11 February 1692/3, in English, c. 367 words.

Source: 189.R.4.47, f. 6, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00256

12.

Treatise on Revelation

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mid-late 1680s, mainly in English, c. 134,856 words, 250 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 9, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00052

Treatise on Revelation (Section 1)
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Treatise on Revelation (Section 2)
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Treatise on Revelation (Section 3)
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13.

Memorandum on the French-English exchange rate alongside notes on Biblical chronology

Author: Isaac Newton, Unknown

Metadata: 1701-1777, c. 1,282 words.

Source: MINT 19/5/46-7, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00207

14.

'Tuba Quarta' ('The Fourth Trumpet')

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1675-80, in Latin, c. 4,474 words, 21 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 1, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00001

15.

Miscellaneous notes and extracts on the Temple, the Fathers, prophecy, Church history, doctrinal issues, etc

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin and English with some Greek, c. 159,343 words, 220 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 14, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00057

16.

Seven Statements on Religion

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 608 words, 1 p.

Source: Keynes Ms. 6, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00006

17.

Notes on Biblical chronology

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin, c. 500 words, 2 pp. on 1 f.

Source: Ms. 1029, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00087

18.

'Ex Marci Maximi Cæsaraugustani in Hispanijs Episcopi Chronico'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin, c. 500 words, 2 pp.

Source: R.16.38. 438A, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00102

19.

Notes from Petavius on the Nicene Council

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in Latin, c. 12,723 words, 52 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 4, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00004

20.

Miscellaneous theological extracts and notes

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly in Latin with some English, Greek and Hebrew, c. 35,296 words, 56 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 13, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00056

Ex Irenæi adversus hæreses lib. I
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Notes on Jewish ceremonies and their relevance to prophetic exegesis
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Notes for 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ
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21.

Draft chapters of a treatise on the origin of religion and its corruption

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, mainly in English, c. 28,550 words, 47 pp. on 29 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 41, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00077

22.

Notes on ancient history and mythology

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1684 or later, mainly in Latin with some English, Greek and Hebrew, c. 6,736 words, 23 pp.

Source: MSS.Temp3.Miss, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00105

23.

Miscellaneous papers apparently comprising drafts of or notes for the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly in English but with some Latin, Greek, Hebrew and French, c. 214,686 words, c. 255 ff.

Source: Ms. 361(2), New College Library, Oxford, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00097

24.

Various drafts and copies of the Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture and related material

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1690-91, c. 45,405 words.

Source: Ms. 361(4), New College Library, Oxford, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00099

Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 1: ff. 1-41)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 2: ff. 43-48)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 4: ff. 70-83)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 5: ff. 85-101)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 6: ff. 104-5)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 7: ff. 117-121)
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25.

'A short Schem of the true Religion'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 3,324 words, 4 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 7, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00007