Travels in the East (Paperback)

This work, first published in 1847, is an account by Constantin von Tischendorf (1815 74) of his journeying in the Middle East at the beginning of the 1840s. It is part travel log and part account of the Christian history of the area. After encounters with such men as Mehmet Ali and Ibrahim Pasha, he visits the library of the Patriarch of Alexandria. The German biblical scholar then travels to the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, where he makes the extraordinary discovery of a previously unknown fourth-century manuscript, one of the main witnesses to the Septuagint, before reaching the main goal of his long journey - Jerusalem. This lively narrative by a controversial scholar-explorer also entertains the reader with some of the more unexpected elements of his travels, such as an attack by robbers who are routed when he draws his sword.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	May 2010
Authors:	Constantin von Tischendorf
Translators:	W E Shuckard
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-01479-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	1-108-01479-8
Barcode:	9781108014793

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