Margaret Dunlop Gibson
Margaret Dunlop Gibson , also Smith Gibson (born January 1843 in Irvine , Ayrshire , † January 1920 ) was an English theologian , orientalist and traveler.
Life
Margaret Dunlop Gibson and her twin sister Agnes Smith-Lewis († 1926) were English theologians, orientalists and travelers. When their father died, they received an inheritance of a quarter of a million pounds, traveled to Greece and Egypt in 1866 . They learned Greek , later also Syrian , Arabic and Hebrew and, with a letter of recommendation from James Rendel Harris, visited St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in 1890 , where they were given access to the library and an Old Syrian translation of the New Testament that they were allowed to copy together with Rendell Harris.
On further expeditions they acquired a Hebrew manuscript of Jesus Sirach , which later led to the discovery of the manuscripts of the Cairo Geniza .
They received doctorates from the Universities of Halle (1899), St Andrews (1901), Heidelberg (1904), and Trinity College Dublin (1911); only Cambridge , where they lived and participated in scientific discourse, refused them scientific recognition.
Fonts
- Catalog of the Arabic Mss. In the convent of S. Catharine on Mount Sinai . London 1894.
- An Arabic Version of the Acts of the Apostles and the Seven Catholic Epistles .
- The Commentaries on the New Testament of Isho'dad of Merv . 1911-16.
- with Agnes Smith Lewis: How the Codex Was Found / in the Shadow of Sinai. A Narrative of Two Visits to Sinai from Mrs. Lewis's Journals, 1892-1893 / a Story of Travel and Research from 1895 to 1897
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| SURNAME | Gibson, Margaret Dunlop |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith Gibson, Margaret; Smith, Margaret (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish theologian and orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irvine , Ayrshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1920 |