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Select Narratives of Holy Women: Translation - From the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest (Paperback)
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Select Narratives of Holy Women: Translation - From the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
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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. Their chief
discoveries were made in the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount
Sinai. This fascicule is the translation of a Syriac manuscript
from the monastic library of St Catherine. Translated by Lewis and
first published in 1900, the manuscript recounts the tales of a
number of saintly women, including Pelagia, a rich courtesan who
converted to Christianity and Eugenia, a holy woman who lived as a
man and became the abbot of a monastery. An interesting collection
of stories with relevance for scholars of Middle Eastern
Christianity.
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