Apocrypha Syriaca : The Protevangelium Jacobi and Transitus Mariae Paperback / softback
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies series
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:326 pages, 8 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/02/2012
- ISBN:9781108043489
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:326 pages, 8 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/02/2012
- ISBN:9781108043489
