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In the Shadow of Sinai was published in 1898, five years after
author Agnes Smith Lewis's sister Margaret Dunlop Gibson published
an account of their first two trips to Sinai in How the Codex was
Found. This longer and more-detailed sequel to her sister's book
covers the latter years of their Syriac research, from 1895 1897,
but includes a brief summary of the first two visits to Sinai. In
the Shadow of Sinai contains an introduction from the author,
several helpful illustrations and photographs from the trip, and a
complete narrative of the third and fourth trips to Sinai, from the
preparations to the results of their discoveries. This entertaining
and illuminating text is the essential conclusion to How the Codex
was Found. AGNES SMITH LEWIS (1843 1926) was twin sister to
MARGARET DUNLOP GIBSON (1843 1920); the Semitic scholars were often
referred to as the Westminster sisters for their donations to the
Presbyterian Church of England and especially Westminster College,
Cambridge. Between the two of them, the women learned 12 languages
and became pioneers in their field. While both sisters traveled
throughout Europe and the Middle East, as well as to Mount Sinai to
study the earliest Syriac version of the Gospels, most of their
written works are attributed to Agnes, who wrote more than fifteen
books about their studies and travels.
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