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Our Journey to Sinai

A Visit to the Convent of St. Catarina [Paperback]

by Agnes Bensly

    • Author

      Agnes Bensly

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge Library Collection

    • Published

      January 2012

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      Product Description

      First published in 1896, this work by Agnes Bensley (d. 1900), wife of the Orientalist and biblical scholar Robert Bensly (1831-93), describes the journey undertaken by a party of scholars to St Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in 1893. In the previous year, sisters Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson had discovered the Sinai Palimpsest, the earliest-known Syriac version of the Gospels. The purpose of the Bensly's mission was to aid them in transcribing and deciphering the Palimpsest. Beginning with the party's arrival in Cairo, the book describes the preparation for the trip, their journey across the desert, and life in the monastery. However, relations between the members of the party deteriorated; Gibson and Lewis wrote their own accounts of the expedition (also available in this series), and Mrs Bensly's narrative is defensive of the role of her husband, who died days after their return to England.

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      • Author

        Agnes Bensly

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge Library Collection

      • Published

        January 2012

      • Weight

        250g

      • Page Count

        192

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 12 mm

      • ISBN

        9781108043373

      • ISBN-10

        1108043372

      • Eden Code

        4027521

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      • Author/Creator: Agnes Bensly

      • ISBN: 9781108043373

      • Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection

      • Release Date: January 2012

      • Weight: 250g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 12 mm

      • Eden Code: 4027521


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