Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 688 g
Syriac Text: From the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 688 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
ISBN: 978-1-108-04335-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface; Index of proper names; Paliimpsest fragments of the Acts of Thomas; Eugenia; Mary-Marinus; Euphrosyne; Onesima; Drusis; Barbara; Mary (slave of Tertullius); Irene; Euphemia; Sophia; Cyprian and Justa; Hymn of Mar Ephraim.
