J. Rendel Harris

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J. Rendel Harris

Religious Studies

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Textual Criticism

#6

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Biblical Studies

#79

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Why Is J. Rendel Harris Influential?

According to Wikipedia, James Rendel Harris was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and other early documents. His contacts at the Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt enabled twin sisters Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson to discover there the Sinaitic Palimpsest, the oldest Syriac New Testament document in existence. He subsequently accompanied them on a second trip, with Robert Bensly and Francis Crawford Burkitt, to decipher the palimpsest. He himself discovered there other manuscripts . Harris's Biblical Fragments from Mount Sinai appeared in 1890. He was a Quaker.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With J. Rendel Harris?

J. Rendel Harris is affiliated with the following schools:

• Johns Hopkins University
• Leiden University