The sisters of Sinai : how two lady adventurers discovered the Hidden Gospels / Janet Soskice.
The sisters of Sinai : how two lady adventurers discovered the Hidden Gospels / Janet Soskice.
The sisters of Sinai : how two lady adventurers discovered the Hidden Gospels / Janet Soskice.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Date
2009.
Call Numbers
N225.0922/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 316 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Cambridge, 13 April 1893 -- The birth and upbringing of lady Bible hunters -- The journey to the Nile -- The boat -- The perfect dragoman -- The search for the perfect mate -- Greece -- The estate of marriage -- The Cambridge antiquarian -- Heresy and mortality -- Sinai and Von Tische...
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
In 1892, two sisters, identical twins from Scotland, made one of one of most important scriptural discoveries of modern times. Combing the library of St. Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, they found a neglected palimpsest: one of the earliest known copies of the Gospels, a version in ancient Syriac, the language spoken by Jesus. This is the acc...
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The sisters of Sinai : how two lady adventurers discovered the Hidden Gospels / Janet Soskice.
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General note
"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
"Originally published in Great Britain in slightly different form as Sisters of Sinai: how two lady adventurers found the Hidden Gospels by Chatto & Windus ... London"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-303) and index.
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N225.0922/1
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74VvR84GMoyM
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ISBN
1400041333
9781400041336
DDC
225.0922 B
MMS ID
991009185879702626
