{"product_id":"apocrypha-syriaca-agnes-smith-lewis-9781108043489","title":"Apocrypha Syriaca: The Protevangelium Jacobi and Transitus Mariae","description":"The twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) 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. First published in 1902 as part of the Studia Sinaitica, this text is transcribed and translated by Lewis from a Syriac manuscript she acquired in Suez in 1895. As well as featuring pages of the Septaguint and the Peshitta Gospels, the palimpsest includes some Arabic pages including a very early version of the Qur'an (estimated by Lewis as seventh-century). Illustrated with reproductions of the leaves of the various texts, this is a valuable resource for scholars of Syriac, but also of interest for historians of Christianity and Early Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agnes Smith Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108043488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108043489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.68d","brand":"Agnes Smith Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181119598847,"sku":"9781108043489","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6924fe0-641a-4166-b996-69e11a0248e3.jpg?v=1690258662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apocrypha-syriaca-agnes-smith-lewis-9781108043489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}