Biblical Archaeology Review 22:5, September/October 1996
The Twins and the Scholar
How two Victorian sisters and a rabbi discovered the Hebrew text of Ben Sira
This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most famous letters in the history of Biblical scholarship:
University Library, Cambridge May 13, 1896Dear Mrs. Lewis,
I think we have reason to congratulate ourselves. For the fragment I took with me represents a piece of the original Hebrew of Ecclesiasticus. It is the first time that such a thing was discovered. Please do not speak yet about the matter till tomorrow. I will come to you tomorrow about 11 p.m. and talk over the matter with you, and how to make it known.
In haste and great excitement.
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