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Apocrypha Syriaca: The Protevangelium Jacobi and Transitus Mariae
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Apocrypha Syriaca: The Protevangelium Jacobi and Transitus Mariae
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited and translated by Agnes Smith Lewis
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:326 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170 |
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| Category/Genre | Biblical studies |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108043489
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
8 Plates, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
23 February 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The twin 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. First published in 1902 as part of the Studia Sinaitica, this text is transcribed and translated by Lewis from a Syriac manuscript she acquired in Suez in 1895. As well as featuring pages of the Septaguint and the Peshitta Gospels, the palimpsest includes some Arabic pages including a very early version of the Qur'an (estimated by Lewis as seventh-century). Illustrated with reproductions of the leaves of the various texts, this is a valuable resource for scholars of Syriac, but also of interest for historians of Christianity and Early Islam.
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