{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-sinai-stories-of-travel-and-biblical-research-9781898595236","title":"In the Shadow of Sinai: Stories of Travel and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN THE SHADOW OF SINAI: A STORY OF TRAVEL AND RESEARCH FROM 1895-1897 and HOW THE CODEX WAS FOUND: A NARRATIVE OF TWO VISITS TO SINAI: FROM MRS LEWIS'S JOURNALS, 1892-1893—published here in a new one-volume edition—were originally published in the late 1890's, to great acclaim. They are not only interesting and witty travelogues, but they are also a superb record of the discovery of the Syriac palimpsest, and a narrative of the journeys and adventures surrounding that research. The text describes a very remarkable variant of the reported spoken word of Jesus Christ (Matthew xii: 36), which will be of interest to all Christians and scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is with the observant eye...that these fascinating stories of their travels and the discovery of the Syriac manuscript of the Gospels are told. Better than many a novel...\" -- The Expository Times of In The Shadow of Sinai.\u003cbr\u003e\"Delightful... such accounts remain period pieces to attitudes, observations, labors, and ventures a century past. Historians of feminism might enjoy rediscovering these Victorian scholarly women.\" -- Choice\u003cbr\u003eBBC 2: Bible Hunters  follow in the footsteps of the Scottish sisters Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson with In the Shadow of Sinai (published by The Alpha Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; The Early Years; Peace River Airways; Adventures in Airline Transport; Helping the US Military; The Search for CPD; Royal Airforce Ferry Command; The National Airline; After the Airlines; One More Trip; Epilogue.","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043129524567,"sku":"9781898595236","price":52.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781898595236.jpg?v=1750957119","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-sinai-stories-of-travel-and-biblical-research-9781898595236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}