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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 account of how two middle-aged ladies without university degrees uncovered and translated this text, bringing a treasure to world attention. This quintessentially Victorian adventure is partly a physical journey: when Westerners generally feared to tread in the region, the sisters Smith traversed the Middle East. It is also a journey of the mind: in an era when new discoveries in science and archaeology were rewriting the accepted understanding of the Bible's origins as well as those of humankind, a great contribution to knowledge was made by two whose only natural advantage was an astonishing gift for languages--From publisher description.
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twins, sisters, non-fiction, explorers, historians, Syriac, Ancient Greek, palimpsests, palimpsest, The Gospels, monks, Convent of Saint Catherine, History, Nonfiction, Description and travel, Bible, New Testament scholars, Biography, Church history, Smith, margaret chase, 1897-1995, Scholars, Egypt, description and travel, Sinai (egypt), Bible, introductions, n. t. gospels, Travel, New York Times reviewed, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. gospels, Church history, 20th centuryShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels
2010, Penguin Random House
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009954654X 9780099546542
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The sisters of Sinai: how two lady adventurers discovered the hidden Gospels
2010, Vintage Books
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1400034744 9781400034741
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The sisters of Sinai: how two lady adventurers discovered the Lost Gospels
2009, Alfred A. Knopf
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- 1st American ed.
1400041333 9781400041336
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The Sisters of Sinai
2009, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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0307272346 9780307272348
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"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"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303) and index.
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Written about Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson, 50ish twin sisters who travelled to Sinai around 1892 to visit the Convent of Saint Catherine to explore the library there, where they made a stunning discovery that changed the world's perception of the Gospels. You might also like to read Gibson's account, How the Codex Was Found.
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