Books like The Sisters of Sinai by Janet Martin Soskice
In *The Sisters of Sinai*, Janet Martin Soskice chronicles the remarkable 1892 expedition of twin sisters Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson to Sinai’s Mount Sinai. Their visit to the Convent of Saint Catherine’s storied library led to the discovery of a palimpsest—a manuscript overwritten on older parchment—that dramatically altered scholarly perceptions of the New Testament gospels. The book offers a detailed, nonfiction account of this historic find, contextualized within 20th‑century church history, biblical scholarship, and the broader field of ancient manuscript studies.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Janet Martin Soskice
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