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26.

Draft of Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1720, in English, with some Latin, Greek and Hebrew, c. 81,193 words, 128 pp on 125 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3987, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00423

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27.

Fragments on miscellaneous theological subjects

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: probably 1710s or 1720s, in English and Latin, c. 9,839 words, 20 pp. on 15 ff. + wrapper.

Source: SL255, Location Unknown

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00127

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28.

Seven drafts of Newton's defence of the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: after 11 November 1725, in English with some French, c. 15,241 words, 23 pp., with related notes, 7 pp. (20 ff. in all).

Source: Yahuda Ms. 27, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00070

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29.

'Paradoxical Questions concerning the morals & actions of Athanasius & his followers'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in English, c. 20,963 words, 61 pp. on 31 ff. + 1 f. blank.

Source: Keynes Ms. 10, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00010

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30.

Draft notes on early Church rites and the Creed

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: probably 1710 or later, in English, c. 1,841 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Ms. 438, 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: THEM00083

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31.

Fragment on Church history, drawn mainly from the Annales of Baronius

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin, c. 300 words, 1 p.

Source: Ms. 704, 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: THEM00084

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32.

Fragmentary notes on Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in English, c. 817 words, 2 pp.

Source: M132/2/10, Stanford University Library, Stanford, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00108

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33.

Twelve articles on religion

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 491 words, 1 p.

Source: Keynes Ms. 8, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00008

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34.

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (London: 1733)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1733, in English, c. 71,157 words.

Source: Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (London: 1733).

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00193

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35.

Untitled treatise on Revelation

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1670s-1680s, mainly in English but with many passages in Latin and citations in Greek, c. 327,362 words, c. 650 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 1, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00044

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36.

Expanded Latin translation of the first part of 'Two Notable Corruptions'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1709, in Latin, c. 12,018 words, 98 pp. on 54 ff. plus a loose sheet.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 20, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00063

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37.

Fragment on Church history, mainly concerning Athanasius

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1675-1685, in Latin, c. 2,502 words, 7 pp. on 4 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 29, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00072

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38.

Copies of second and third 'professions of faith' by early Church Councils

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1680s, in Latin, c. 3,025 words, 8 pp. on 6 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 22, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00065

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39.

Rough draft portions of and notes for 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ' and 'The Original of Monarchies'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly 1684-90, mainly in Latin with some English, c. 49,027 words, 131 pp.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 16, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00059

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40.

Fragmentary draft on the chief rulers of ancient synagogues

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1710 or later, in English, c. 928 words, 1 p.

Source: Ms. 435, 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: THEM00080

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41.

Twenty-three queries about the word ὁμοούσιος

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: early 1700s, in English, c. 996 words, 3 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Keynes Ms. 11, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00011

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42.

An Account of the Systeme of the World described in Mr Newton's Mathematicall Principles of Philosophy

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1687 or later, in English, c. 1,281 words, 4 pp on 4 folios.

Source: MS Add. 4005.7, ff. 39-42, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00291

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43.

De Gravitatione et æquipondio fluidorum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. mid-1680s, in Latin, c. 9,428 words, 40 pp.

Source: MS Add. 4003, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00093

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44.

Various texts on Revelation, Solomon's Temple and Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1670s-1690s, in English and Latin, c. 109,377 words, 262 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 2, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00045

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45.

Draft passages on chronology and biblical history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: after 1710, in English with quotations in Greek, Latin and Hebrew, c. 150,000 words, c. 450 pp. on 409 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 25, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00068

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46.

Drafts on the history of the Church

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1710s, mainly in English with citations in Latin, c. 241,807 words, 338 pp. on 193 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 15, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00058

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47.

'Variantes Lectiones Apocalypticæ'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1693 and earlier, in Latin and Greek, c. 34,758 words, 105 pp.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 4, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00047

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48.

Miscellaneous notes on history, chronology and theology, preceded by a draft letter to 'Io. Lacy'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: undated, in Latin and English, c. 3,059 words, 8 pp. on 4 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 31, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00073

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49.

'Paradoxical Questions concerning the morals & actions of Athanasius & his followers'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in English, c. 53,792 words, 83 ff.

Source: **N563M3 P222, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00117

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50.

Proposals concerning calendar reform

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1699 and later, mainly in English with some Latin, c. 19,277 words, 30 ff. of which 4 blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 24, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00067

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