- 名称：西奈旅行Our_Journey_to_Sinai
- 作者：Agnes von Blomberg Bensly
- 状态：完结
- 播音：Sue Anderson
- 最新章节：10.mp3
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Our Journey to Sinai
- OurJourneytoSinaibyAgnesBenslyisthestoryofavisittoSaintCatherine'sbyagroupofBritishscholarsinthe1890's,whoweredrawnthereinquestofmanuscriptsfromearlyChristiantimes.Thegrouphadoneparticularprizeintheirsights.ItwasasecondcenturytranslationoftheGospelsfromGreekintoanAramaicdialectcalledSyriac.Thiswasararefindindeed.Oneofthegroup,AgnesSmithLewis,anaccomplishedlinguist,hadbeentothemonasteryoncebefore.Onthatvisit,shehadspotteda“palimpsestofmostvenerableappearance,”apalimpsestbeingaparchment(leather)pagedbook,whichhadbeenusedtowriteonattwodifferenttimes,thefirstsetofwritinghavingbeenpartiallyscrapedofftheparchmentbeforeitwasreused.AgnesSmithLewishadrecognizedthehiddenunderwritinginthisbooktobeinSyriac,“thenativelanguageofOurLordandHisdisciples.”Andnow,theexcitedgrouphaddecidedtorevisitSaintCatherine's,inhopesofcopyingandreadingtheancienttext.TheirtripisvividlydescribedbyAgnesBensly--bustlingCairo;atentandcamelcrossingofthedesertwithBedouinguides;themonksandmonasterylife;abreathtakingclimbup3000stonestepstothetopofMountSinai,andwhattheyfoundinthemysteriousmanuscripttheyhadcomesofartosee.
