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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.
Constantin von Tischendorf (1815 74) was a pioneering textual
scholar of the New Testament, who discovered and transcribed early
manuscripts, notably the Codex Sinaiticus, his acquisition of which
provoked long-lasting controversies. The original German edition of
this book appeared in 1865, and sold 2,000 copies in three weeks;
this English translation (1868) was based on the improved and
expanded fourth German edition (1866). In it, Tischendorf applies
his enormous knowledge of early Christian literature and the oldest
Latin, Greek and Syriac gospel manuscripts to the question of the
date of the canonical gospel texts, which, he argues, had been
established by the end of the first century. Parts of the book are
highly polemical, with Tischendorf referring to 'the T bingen
fantasy-builder and the Parisian caricaturist' in his attempt to
refute contemporary theories about the person of Jesus.
Nevertheless his translator engagingly describes him as a 'great
and genial' scholar.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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