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The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
by Janet Soskice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400041333
- ISBN 13
- 9781400041336
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. xii 3 316.""Janet Soskice takes us, via the lives of Agnes and Margaret Smith, on a quintessentially Victorian adventure. It is partly a physical journey: when Westerners generally feared to tread in the region, the sisters Smith traversed the Middle East, sleeping in tents, enduring temperamental camels and unscrupulous dragomen, and facing uncertain welcome…
Synopsis
Janet Soskice grew up in western Canada and has lived for some years in England, where she is Professor in Philosophical Theology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College. She lectures around the world and is a frequent contributor to radio and television programs.
Reviews
On Sep 1 2014, a reader said:
The book was bought as a present for a relative and as was very gratefully received. My relative has a deep interest in the Bible and a knowledge of the Middle East and found the story, with all its details, enthralling.
The sisters were referred to in a recent BBC TV series ('The Bible Hunters').
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 197292
- Title
- The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
- Author
- Janet Soskice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400041333
- ISBN 13
- 9781400041336
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Edmonton Book Store
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Edmonton, Alberta
About The Edmonton Book Store
In business for nearly 30 years, we offer thousands of out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, signed Canadian literature and art books.
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- First Edition
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