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Beschreibung
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. First published in 1902 as part of the Studia Sinaitica, this text is transcribed and translated by Lewis from a Syriac manuscript she acquired in Suez in 1895. As well as featuring pages of the Septaguint and the Peshitta Gospels, the palimpsest includes some Arabic pages including a very early version of the Qur'an (estimated by Lewis as seventh-century). Illustrated with reproductions of the leaves of the various texts, this is a valuable resource for scholars of Syriac, but also of interest for historians of Christianity and Early Islam.
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. First published in 1902 as part of the Studia Sinaitica, this text is transcribed and translated by Lewis from a Syriac manuscript she acquired in Suez in 1895. As well as featuring pages of the Septaguint and the Peshitta Gospels, the palimpsest includes some Arabic pages including a very early version of the Qur'an (estimated by Lewis as seventh-century). Illustrated with reproductions of the leaves of the various texts, this is a valuable resource for scholars of Syriac, but also of interest for historians of Christianity and Early Islam.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Protevangelium Jacobi; Transitus Mariae; Isaiah XXXI.6-XXXII.24; Isaiah XXXIV.1-13; LX.3-7; Exodus XIV.24-31; Syriac hymn; Mar Ephraim; Miscellanea; Mar Jacob; Miscellanea; Appendix I. Taylor-Schechter fragments; Appendix II. Transitus Mariae. Sinae text; Introduction; Table of quires; Index of proper names; Emendanda to Taylor-Schechter fragments; Septuagint text Gen. XL.3,4,7; Coran I; Coran II; Arabic document; Errata; Translation.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781108043489
ISBN-10: 1108043488
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lewis, Agnes Smith
Redaktion: Lewis, Agnes Smith
Übersetzung: Lewis, Agnes Smith
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 244 x 170 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Agnes Smith Lewis
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.02.2012
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
Artikel-ID: 106620375