Sisters of Sinai
Subtitle: how two lady adventurers found the hidden gospels
By: Janet Soskice
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780701173418
Description: In 1892, two adventurous sisters made one of the most important religious finds of the century. This title uses the story of the Smith sisters to take the reader on a 19th century journey. It traces the footsteps of these sisters as they voyage to Egypt, Sinai and beyond, clutching their Murray's guidebook.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cambridge, 13 April 1893; title: The birth and upbringing of the lady Bible-hunters; title: The journey to the Nile; title: The boat; title: The perfect dragoman; title: The search for the perfect mate; title: Greece; title: The estate of marriage; title: The Cambridge antiquarian; title: Heresy and mortality; title: Sinai and von Tischendorf; title: The perils of Bible-hunting; title: The story von Tischendorf did not tell; title: Setting out for Sinai; title: The treasure in the dark closet; title: The Cambridge party; title: The disjoint expedition; title: The final falling-out; title: The devilish press and the Highland Regiment; title: The Cambridge cold shoulder; title: A lightning course in text scholarship; title: In the company of Orientalists; title: Burying the hatchet; title: Keepers of manuscripts; title: Solomon Schechter and the Cairo genizah; title: In Cairo with Schechter; title: Castlebrae; title: The college's opening; title: To the monasteries of the Nitrian desert; title: The active life; title: The darkening to war; title: Palimpsest.