How the Codex Was Found: A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai, from Mrs Lewis's Journals 1892–1893 [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Lewis, Agnes Smith

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ISBN 10: 1108043364 ISBN 13: 9781108043366

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

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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Twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843–1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843–1920) were pioneering biblical scholars and explorers with a command of Aramaic and Syriac. Gibson's 1893 narrative tells how her sister discovered a Syriac version of part of the Gospels at the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Contenuti

First visit to Sinai; Identification of the Codex; A Greek description of Sinai; St Sylvia of Aquitaine; Second visit to Sinai.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108043364
• ISBN 13: 9781108043366
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 154