# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S764
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

Research Projects Completed
The following projects have been completed:

1. The Reprinting of Babylonian Genesis by Alexander Heidel.
2. Workshop in Religious Education.

. Cultural Institute.

. Zion on the Mississippi, by Walter Forster.

. Genes, Genesis and Evolution, by John W. Klotz.

. Writers’ Workshop for Curriculum Units in Religion.
Portuguese Dogmatics.

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Progress Report on Projects Previously Reported

| j 1. Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament

if 3 The manuscript for this project was finished by Dr. W. F.

PoE] Arndt and Dr. F, W. Gingrich on January 27, 1955. The work is

i j being published by the University of Chicago through the Univer-

4 sity of Cambridge Press. A special brochure on this project will
be available at the 1956 synodical convention.

2, Luther Anthology

Prof. Ewald F. Plass has completed his anthology of more
than 5,000 quotations on 200 subjects drawn from Luther’s writings.
i The manuscript is now in the hands of Concordia Publishing
Bo House and should be available in the near future. The value of
this work will lie in this, that individuals will have access to an
English translation of a collection of Luther’s actual statements on
a wide variety of subjects.

3. Restudy of Marriage, Divorce, and Family Life

The study authorized by Synod in 1947 has been developed
by the Family Life Committee of the Board for Parish Education.
The Rev. Paul G. Hansen of Denver, Colo., is research director of
the project. The Committee is continuing work on this project and
hopes to have the publication available in the near future. _

4. European Theological Literature

This project involves developing a bibliography covering Ger-
man and Scandinavian theological literature of the past quarter
century. The project was originally under the direction of Dr. Theo.
Graebner; since his death it has been under the direction of
a faculty committee at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

5. Tests and Measurements

The synodical convention of 1947 requested action in the field
of Tests and Measurements under the supervision of the Board