An Arabic Version of the Acts of the Apostles and the Seven C... - 9781108043397

An Arabic Version of the Acts of the Apostles and the Seven Catholic EpistlesFrom an Eighth or Ninth Century MS. in the Convent of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai\nAuthor(s): Margaret Dunlop Gibson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108043397, 978-1108043397\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, 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 text is a transcription of an Arabic manuscript discovered at the monastery and translated by Margaret Gibson. First published in 1899, the text includes sections of the New Testamen.