Catalogue of the Syriac Mss. in the Convent of S. Catharine on Mount Sinai


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This catalogue offers a comprehensive listing of the Syriac manuscripts held at the Convent of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. The manuscripts include a variety of religious texts, from biblical commentaries to hagiographical works. With its detailed descriptions and extensive bibliographic references, this book is an essential reference for scholars of Syriac Christianity and those interested in the history of religious texts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.



















The Sisters of Sinai


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Agnes and Margaret Smith were not your typical Victorian scholars or adventurers. Female, middle-aged, and without university degrees or formal language training, the twin sisters nevertheless made one of the most important scriptural discoveries of their time: the earliest known copy of the Gospels in ancient Syriac, the language that Jesus spoke. In an era when most Westerners—male or female—feared to tread in the Middle East, they slept in tents and endured temperamental camels, unscrupulous dragomen, and suspicious monks to become unsung heroines in the continuing effort to discover the Bible as originally written.




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