{"product_id":"select-narratives-of-holy-women-translation-from-the-syro-antiochene-or-sinai-palimpsest-9781108043182","title":"Select Narratives of Holy Women: Translation: From the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Agnes Smith Lewis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46433034403991,"sku":"9781108043182","price":2101.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781108043182.webp?v=1769307008","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/select-narratives-of-holy-women-translation-from-the-syro-antiochene-or-sinai-palimpsest-9781108043182","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}