Some Pages of the Four Gospels: Re-Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest with a Translation of the Whole Text

by Agnes Smith Lewis

Publishers:

C. J. Clay and Sons; Cambridge University Press

, 1896

Overview

The discovery of the Sinaitic Palimpsest by Agnes Smith Lewis continues to be recognized among New Testament textual critics and Syriac scholars as an incredibly important find. While the Peshitta is recognized as the standard New Testament version for Syriac speakers generally, it is the Old Syriac version that represents the oldest available text in the language. The Sinaitic Palimpsest is one of only two manuscripts that represent the Old Syriac version. Agnes Smith Lewis makes this important resource accessible in English translation. Valuable for anyone interested in textual criticism, ancient Bible translations, early Christian history, and other related topics, Some Pages of the Four Gospels Re-Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest with a Translation of the Whole Text brings to English speakers this essential ancient text.

Product Details

• Title: Some Pages of the Four Gospels: Re-Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest with a Translation of the Whole Text
• Author: Agnes Smith Lewis
• Series: Some Pages of the Four Gospels: Re-Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest
• Publishers: C. J. Clay and Sons, Cambridge University Press
• Print Publication Date: 1896
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Syriac language › Texts; Syriac language
• Resource ID: LLS:PGS4GOSP
• Resource Type: Bible
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:36:59Z

About Agnes Smith Lewis

Agnes Smith Lewis (PhD, LLD, DD, LittD) lived from 1843 to 1926. She and her sister, Margaret Dunlop Gibson (1843–1920), were known as the Westminster Sisters. Both Semitic scholars, they together had studied more than twelve languages. They were pioneers in academic research, particularly in Syriac research. Each sister had married in the 1880’s, but both of their husbands passed away. In 1890, together they began the study of Syriac and Arabic. They traveled to St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai in 1892 where they discovered the Sinaitic Palimpsest. The two sisters used their inheritance to endow Westminster College at Cambridge in 1899. For the sister’s extensive biblical and theological research, the University of St. Andrews, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Dublin all awarded them honorary doctorates—including the first theological doctorates ever awarded to any woman.