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SELECT NARRATIVES OF HOLY WOMEN: SYRIAC TEXT
FROM THE SYRO-ANTIOCHENE OR SINAI PALIMPSEST |
By: |
Agnes Smith Lewis (Editor) |
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ISBN 10: |
1108043356 |
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9781108043359 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
8 March, 2012 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Religion |
Pages: |
400 |
Description: |
A transcription of a Syriac text from the monastic library of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, first published in 1900. |
Synopsis: |
The 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, a useful resource for scholars of Syriac, and originally published as part of the Studia Sinaitica series, is the text of a Syriac manuscript from the monastic library at St Catherine's. Transcribed 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. |
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8 b/w illus. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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