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How the Codex Was Found - A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai, from Mrs Lewis's Journals 1892-1893 (Paperback) Loot Price: R842
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How the Codex Was Found - A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai, from Mrs Lewis's Journals 1892-1893 (Paperback): Agnes Smith...

How the Codex Was Found - A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai, from Mrs Lewis's Journals 1892-1893 (Paperback)

Agnes Smith Lewis; Edited by Margaret Dunlop Gibson

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

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The Scottish twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843 1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843 1920) between them spoke modern Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Syriac, and were pioneering biblical scholars and explorers at a time when women rarely ventured to foreign lands. The sisters made several journeys to the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, and their first two visits there are described in this 1893 publication. Using her sister's journals, Margaret Gibson tells how Agnes discovered a version of the Gospels in Syriac from the fifth century CE. This text is immensely important, being an example of the New Testament written in the eastern branch of Aramaic, the language that Jesus himself spoke. Meanwhile, Margaret Gibson studied other manuscripts in the library and photographed them; the sisters later transcribed and published many of these. Controversy over the circumstances of the discovery led to Margaret publishing this account in 1893.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
Release date: 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: Agnes Smith Lewis
Editors: Margaret Dunlop Gibson
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-04336-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > General
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LSN: 1-108-04336-4
Barcode: 9781108043366

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