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. First
published in 1902 as part of the Studia Sinaitica, this text is
transcribed and translated by Lewis from a Syriac manuscript she
acquired in Suez in 1895. As well as featuring pages of the
Septaguint and the Peshitta Gospels, the palimpsest includes some
Arabic pages including a very early version of the Qur'an
(estimated by Lewis as seventh-century). Illustrated with
reproductions of the leaves of the various texts, this is a
valuable resource for scholars of Syriac, but also of interest for
historians of Christianity and Early Islam.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies |
| Release date: |
February 2012 |
| First published: |
February 2012 |
| Editors: |
Agnes Smith Lewis
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
326 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-04348-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-108-04348-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781108043489 |
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