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The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
de Soskice, Janet
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- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400034744
- ISBN 13
- 9781400034741
- Librería
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 2010. xii, 316 pages, illustrations, map; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "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." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
Sinopsis
Janet Soskice grew up in western Canada and has lived for some years in England, where she is Professor in Philosophical Theology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College. She lectures around the world and is a frequent contributor to radio and television programs.
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El Sep 1 2014, un lector dijo:
The book was bought as a present for a relative and as was very gratefully received. My relative has a deep interest in the Bible and a knowledge of the Middle East and found the story, with all its details, enthralling.
The sisters were referred to in a recent BBC TV series ('The Bible Hunters').
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- Librería
- LEFT COAST BOOKS
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 108088
- Título
- The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
- Autor
- Soskice, Janet
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400034744
- ISBN 13
- 9781400034741
- Editorial
- Vintage Books; Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Middle Eastern / Ancient Near Eastern; Genre & Subject / Religious / Christian;
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