{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-sinai-a-story-of-travel-and-research-from-1895-to-1897-paperback-9781108043380","title":"In the Shadow of Sinai; A Story of Travel and Research from 1895 to 1897 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108043380","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn the Shadow of Sinai\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Story of Travel and Research from 1895 to 1897\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1898 work follows the later visits to St Catherine's Monastery by Scottish explorers and biblical scholars Gibson and Lewis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAgnes Smith Lewis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108043380, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Scottish twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843–1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843–1920) between them spoke modern Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Syriac, and were pioneering biblical scholars and explorers at a time when women rarely ventured to foreign lands. The sisters made several journeys to the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai, discovering ancient biblical manuscripts, and their first two visits there were described in the 1893 publication How the Codex was Found (also available in this series). Lewis' In the Shadow of Sinai of 1898 was composed as a sequel to this work, dealing with the third and fourth journeys to Sinai, in 1895 and 1897. She gives a vivid account of the practicalities of desert travelling, as well as the excitement of the sisters and their academic colleagues as they recognised the significance of their discoveries in the monastic library.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Preparations\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the track of the Israelites\u003cbr\u003e 3. Our stay at the convent\u003cbr\u003e 4. The palimpsest\u003cbr\u003e 5. Prayers for rain\u003cbr\u003e 6. Visit to Ma'lula\u003cbr\u003e 7. A leaf of the Hebrew Ecclesiasticus\u003cbr\u003e 8. A fourth visit to Sinai\u003cbr\u003e 9. Our fourth stay at the convent\u003cbr\u003e 10. Homewards\u003cbr\u003e 11. Another 'saying of Jesus'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266072432920,"sku":"9781108043380","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108043380i_3798755b-8da9-4967-b066-48dfcaca3e09.jpg?v=1696746593","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-sinai-a-story-of-travel-and-research-from-1895-to-1897-paperback-9781108043380","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}