You might also like

More about Apocrypha Sinaitica

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 100 loyalty points

Book synopsis

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 work is based on a manuscript discovered in the monastery in 1895 and first published in 1896. Originally published as part of the Studia Sinaitica, this fascicule comprises Arabic and Syriac texts of various apocryphal stories edited and translated by Margaret Gibson. The first part of the text contains the 'Anaphora Pilati', the story of the aftermath of Pontius Pilate's decision to crucify Jesus. Also included are the Clementine Recognitions and the Martyrdom of James and Simon.

Book details

Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Apocrypha Sinaitica
• Author: Margaret Dunlop Gibson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184
• EAN: 9781108043465
• ISBN: 1108043461
• ID: 02057650
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 300 g
• Dimensions: 244 × 170 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. February 2012

Trending among others

---

---

---