| Ref No | WIA GC/1915/629 |
| Title | Peters, Hermann to Warburg, Aby 30/04/1915 |
| Writer | Peters, Hermann |
| Place1 | Hanover-Kleefeld, Fichtestrasse 5 |
| Recipient | Warburg, Aby |
| Date | 30/04/1915 |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | refers to the theological book 'Lukas der Arzt', by Adolf von Harnack; certain medical expressions in the Acts of the Apostles, the miracle of the snake, point to the possibility that Luke might have been a medical doctor; Peters has spoken about the miracle of the snake, antidote to snakebites, in his lecture on 'Gifte und ihre Geschichte' in the 'Urania' Institute in Vienna; he would like an illustration and would also like to see the theriac vendor illustrations of Warburg; was very interested to read about the fact that theriac vendors liked to call themselves heirs of Publius, the Maltese, who sheltered the Apostle Paul |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/1707 | Peters; Hermann (14/12/1847-09/05/1920) | 14/12/1847-09/05/1920 |
| DS/UK/1719 | Harnack; Adolf (07/05/1851-10/06/1930); Prof. Dr. theol. and phil. | 07/05/1851-10/06/1930 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |