Select Narratives of Holy Women: Translation: From the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest

Agnes Smith Lewis (Traduttore)

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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. Their chief discoveries were made in the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai. This fascicule is the translation of a Syriac manuscript from the monastic library of St Catherine. Translated 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. An interesting collection of stories with relevance for scholars of Middle Eastern Christianity.

• Traduttore: Agnes Smith Lewis
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 250 p.
• Dimensioni: 244 x 170 mm
• Peso: 410 gr.
• EAN: 9781108043182

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