The Didascalia Apostolorum in Syriac Gibson Paperback Cambridge University Press

The Didascalia Apostolorum in SyriacEdited from a Mesopotamian Manuscript with Various Readings and Collations of Other MSS\nAuthor(s): Margaret Dunlop Gibson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108018968, 978-1108018968\nSynopsis\nThe twin sisters Agnes Lewis [tel] and Margaret Gibson [tel] 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, the language believed to have been spoken by Jesus himself. Previously published as part of the Horae Semitica series, this first fascicule contains the third-century Syriac text of the Didascalia Apostolorum, edited by Gibson. Traditionally attributed to the apostles, the text is a treatise on Church law and doctrine, covering topics including church organisation, charity.