The sisters of Sinai

Description:

Written about Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson, 50ish twin sisters who travelled to Sinai around 1892 to visit the Convent of Saint Catherine to explore the library there, where they made a stunning discovery that changed the world's perception of the Gospels. You might also like to read Gibson's account, [*How the Codex Was Found*][1]. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1106971W/How_the_codex_was_found

subjects: twins,  sisters,  non-fiction,  explorers,  historians,  Syriac,  Ancient Greek,  palimpsests,  palimpsest,  The Gospels,  monks,  Convent of Saint Catherine,  History,  Nonfiction,  Description and travel,  Bible,  New Testament scholars,  Biography,  Church history,  Smith, margaret chase, 1897-1995,  Scholars,  Egypt, description and travel,  Sinai (egypt),  Bible, introductions, n. t. gospels,  Travel,  New York Times reviewed,  Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. gospels,  Church history, 20th century

Places: Sinai,  Egypt,  Turkey,  London,  Greece