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001			ocn277201806
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093127.0
008			090316s2009 nyuab b 001 0ceng
010			_a 2009011098
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781400041336
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020			_a9781400041336
020			_a1400041333
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035			_a(OCoLC)277201806
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050	0	0	_aBS 2351.A1 _bS67 2009
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100	1		_aSoskice, Janet Martin.
245	1	4	_aThe sisters of Sinai : _bhow two lady adventurers discovered the hidden Gospels / _cJanet Soskice.
250			_a1st American ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2009.
300			_axii, 316 p. : _bill., map ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
500			_a"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			_aIn 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			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-303) and index.
505	0		_aCambridge, 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	1	0	_aLewis, Agnes Smith, _d1843-1926.
600	1	0	_aGibson, Margaret Dunlop, _d1843-1920.
650		0	_aNew Testament scholars _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pGospels _lSyriac. _sCodex palimpsestus Sinaiticus.
651		0	_aSinai, Mount (Egypt) _xDescription and travel.
650		0	_aChurch history _y20th century.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009011098-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009011098-d.html
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