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

Klappentext A transcription of a Syriac text from the monastic library of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, first published in 1900. 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.

Product details

• 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