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020			_a9781139168885 (ebook)
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245	0	0	_aSelect Narratives of Holy Women: Translation : _bFrom the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest / _cTranslated by Agnes Smith Lewis.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1900.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (250 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Religion
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThe 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.
700	1		_aLewis, Agnes Smith, _etranslator.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108043182
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pReligion.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139168885
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