The twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843 1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843
1920) were pioneering biblical scholars who became experts in a
number of ancient languages. Travelling widely in the Middle East,
they made several significant discoveries, including one of the
earliest manuscripts of the four gospels in Syriac, a dialect of
Aramaic, the language probably spoken by Jesus himself. Originally
published in the Horae Semitica series, this fascicule contains the
Arabic text of the apocryphal acts of the apostles. Originally
published in 1904 by Agnes Lewis, the text chronicles the lives,
adventures and deaths of important figures like Paul, Thaddeus and
James, the brother of Jesus. This fascinating volume features
extraordinary tales of peril and persecution - one town's sinful
population places a naked prostitute at the town gate to deter the
apostles, but the archangel Michael levitates her out of their way
- and is of great historical and theological interest.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies |
Release date: |
February 2011 |
First published: |
2011 |
Editors: |
Agnes Smith Lewis
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Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-01898-2 |
Languages: |
Arabic
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Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-108-01898-X |
Barcode: |
9781108018982 |
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