The sisters of Sinai : (Record no. 128133)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2009011098
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (Sirsi) i9781400041336
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781400041336
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1400041333
029 1# - OTHER SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier NZ1
System control number 13075164
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)277201806
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code e-uk---
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BS 2351.A1
Item number S67 2009
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library VF$A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Soskice, Janet Martin.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The sisters of Sinai :
Remainder of title how two lady adventurers discovered the hidden Gospels /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Janet Soskice.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st American ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Alfred A. Knopf,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 316 p. :
Other physical details ill., map ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Originally published in Great Britain in slightly different form as Sisters of Sinai : how two lady adventurers found the hidden Gospels by Chatto & Windus ... London"--T.p. verso.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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--From publisher description.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-303) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Cambridge, 13 April 1893 -- The birth and upbringing of the lady Bible-hunters -- The journey to the Nile -- The boat -- The perfect dragoman -- The search for the perfect mate -- Greece -- The estate of marriage -- The Cambridge antiquarian -- Heresy and mortality -- Sinai and von Tischendorf -- The perils of Bible-hunting -- The story von Tischendorf did not tell -- Setting out for Sinai -- The treasure in the dark closet -- The Cambridge party -- The disjoint expedition -- The final falling-out -- The devilish press and the Highland Regiment -- The Cambridge cold shoulder -- A lightning course in text scholarship -- In the company of orientalists -- Burying the hatchet -- Keepers of manuscripts -- Solomon Schechter and the Cairo Genizah -- In Cairo with Schechter -- Castlebrae -- The college's opening -- To the monasteries of the Nitrian Desert -- The active life -- The darkening to war -- Palimpsest.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lewis, Agnes Smith,
Dates associated with a name 1843-1926.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gibson, Margaret Dunlop,
Dates associated with a name 1843-1920.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element New Testament scholars
Geographic subdivision Great Britain
Form subdivision Biography.
630 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Bible.
Name of part/section of a work Gospels
Language of a work Syriac.
Version Codex palimpsestus Sinaiticus.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Sinai, Mount (Egypt)
General subdivision Description and travel.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Church history
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
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Materials specified Contributor biographical information
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Materials specified Publisher description
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   BS 2351 .A1 S67 2009 98638867 10/28/2025 18.45 10/28/2025 Book