In the Shadow of Sinai: Stories of Travel and Biblical Research

by Agnes Smith Lewis

Book Overview

IN THE SHADOW OF SINAI: A STORY OF TRAVEL AND RESEARCH FROM 1895-1897 and HOW THE CODEX WAS FOUND: A NARRATIVE OF TWO VISITS TO SINAI: FROM MRS LEWIS'S JOURNALS, 1892-1893--published here in a new one-volume edition--were originally published in the late 1890's, to great acclaim. They are not only interesting and witty travelogues, but they are also a superb record of the discovery of the Syriac palimpsest, and a narrative of the journeys and adventures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1898595232
• ISBN13: 9781898595236
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"