Sisters Of Sinai

by: Janet Soskice
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Price:£18.99

Janet Soskice's new book: Tells an extraordinary tale of 19th century exploration; how two Scottish sisters made one of the most important ancient manuscript finds of the age. Hidden in a cupboard beneath the monastic library at St Catherine’s in the Sinai desert they discovered what looked like a palimpsest: one text written over another.It was Agnes who recognized the obscured text for what it was – one of the earliest copies of the Gospels written in ancient Syriac.
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ISBN: 9780701173418 / 0701173416

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