How the Codex Was Found: A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai from Mrs. Lewis's Journals 1892-1893

by Agnes Smith Lewis, Margaret Dunlop Gibson

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Genres: Travel, Egypt, Classics

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1893

Reviews

[Hella]

Wat een ongelooflijk spannend en bijzonder leven hadden die vrouwen, en wat wisten en konden ze veel.

[Willa Johnson]

boring as hell

[Cooper Renner]

A short and mostly interesting account of twin sisters' trips to St Catherine's Monastery in Sinai in the 1890s from England, along with historical background. Their part in bringing forgotten texts to light and into English translation is pretty amazing, and is covered in the recent book "The Sisters of Sinai", now in paperback and ebook.

[Therese Weaver]

Near past

In the near past of the 19th century twin sisters travel to the east to search for lost gospels in ancient monasteries . They succeed both in their modern outlook and imperviousness to complaining about the hardships of their trip. An intellectual journey in womanly courage.