Select Narratives of Holy Women: Syriac Text - From the Syro-Antiochene Or Sinai Palimpsest

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Agnes Lewis (1843–1926) was a biblical scholar credited with the discovery of a number of ancient manuscripts. This text from the monastic library of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, first published in 1900, is a collection of stories in Syriac describing the lives of saintly women including Pelagia and Eugenia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Agnes Smith Lewis
• Assisted by: Agnes Smith Lewis (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2012
• EAN: 9781108043359
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04335-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism