J Rendel Harris

A transcript of the famous Syriac Sinaiticus Palimpsest discovered at "in the Convent of St. Catharine, on Mount Sinai." Also includes an introduction in English which explains the importance of the manuscript, as well as many of the interesting readings contained therein. From the Introduction: "THE manuscript from which this version of the Four Gospels has been transcribed was found by me in the Convent of St Catharine, on Mount Sinai, in the month of February, 1892. It was shown to me by the late Librarian, Galaktion, amongst a number -of other Syriac MSS. and I was attracted by its look of venerable antiquity, also still more by the fact that, as nearly all its leaves were glued together, my eyes were undoubtedly the first which had gazed intelligently on it for centuries. On separating the leaves with my fingers I saw that it was a palimpsest; that the upper, or later writing, was a Martyrology, or collection of lives of women-saints, and that the under, or earlier one, con-tained a good portion of the Synoptic Gospels. This I judged from the titles, and from the initial or final words of the lines which I could decipher along the margins. I therefore resolved, with the help of my sister, Mrs James Young Gibson, to photograph the whole book and thus take a complete copy home to Cambridge. During the process of development the first pages were shown to several Syriac scholars, whose eyes were, like my own, not sufficiently keen to read between the lines of writing in .the photographs; but presently more favour-able specimens appeared, and in the month of July 1892 some of these were deciphered by Professor Bensly and 'by Mr F. C. Burkitt, and were pronounced by them to belong to a version nearly allied to the so-called Curetonian, which has hitherto been known only from a single imperfect copy. It was now apparent that the manuscript was of great importance for Biblical criticism..." Originally published as: THE FOUR GOSPELS IN SYRIACTANSCRIBED FROM THE SINAITIC PALIMPSESTBY THE LATE ROBERT L. BENSLY M. A. Lord ALMONER'S PROFESSOR OF ARABIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE...

J. Rendel Harris was a noted turn of the last century textual and Biblical scholar. In this historically significant text, he provides his historical analysis of the apple cults in Britain and presents his hypothesis as to their origins. Across the apple-growing regions of the United Kingdom, old traditions continue to this day, such as the wassail toast to the apple tree spirit to ensure a fruitful season to come.

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Excerpt from The Homeric Centones and the Acts of Pilate Been lying by me for several years, in the hope that I might find it possible to complete and correct the investigation by a study of the mss. Involved. But no such opportunity as I desired has presented itself, and it has occurred to me that the publication of this imperfect dissertation might enable some other student to pursue more successfully an enquiry, my own share in Which I can only describe as preliminary and tentative. I am much indebted to Mr Conybeare and Mr m evoy for their kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Homeric Centones and the Acts of Pilate Been lying by me for several years, in the hope that I might find it possible to complete and correct the investigation by a study of the mss. Involved. But no such opportunity as I desired has presented itself, and it has occurred to me that the publication of this imperfect dissertation might enable some other student to pursue more successfully an enquiry, my own share in Which I can only describe as preliminary and tentative. I am much indebted to Mr Conybeare and Mr m evoy for their kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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