Forty-One Facsimiles of Dated Christian Arabic Manuscripts

by Agnes Smith Lewis

Book Overview

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. Their chief discoveries were made in the Monastery of St Catherine on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108043526
• ISBN13: 9781108043526
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"