ACTA MYTHOLOGICA APOSTOLORUM IN ARABIC
Smith Lewis Agnes
Oprawa:
MIĘKKA
Wydawca:
Cambridge University Press
Data premiery:
2011-02-17
ISBN:
9781108018982
Opis produktu
An Arabic text of the apocryphal acts of the apostles including the martyrdom of St Paul first published in 1904.Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul St Andrew and St James brother of Jesus. This Arabic version of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul St Andrew and St James brother of Jesus. This Arabic version of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.The twin sisters Agnes Lewis (18431926) and Margaret Gibson (18431920) were pioneering biblical scholars who became experts in a number of ancient languages. Travelling widely in the Middle East they made several significant discoveries including one of the earliest manuscripts of the four gospels in Syriac a dialect of Aramaic the language probably spoken by Jesus himself. Originally published in the Horae Semitica series this fascicule contains the Arabic text of the apocryphal acts of the apostles. Originally published in 1904 by Agnes Lewis the text chronicles the lives adventures and deaths of important figures like Paul Thaddeus and James the brother of Jesus. This fascinating volume features extraordinary tales of peril and persecution one towns sinful population places a naked prostitute at the town gate to deter the apostles but the archangel Michael levitates her out of their way and is of great historical and theological interest.Text: Palimpsest fragments of the Acts of Judas Thomas from Cod. Sin. Syr. 30.Data Publikacji: 2011-02-17
Wymiary: 244 mm 170 mm 14 mm 410 gr
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