Tischendorf
Americannoun
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A Cevian partner, Jens Tischendorf, has been nominated for election to the board in January.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2014
Nosing about the East after biblical lore in 1844 a German scholar named Constantine Tischendorf traveled through the Sinai Peninsula and up to a lonely Orthodox Greek monastery atop Mount St. Catherine.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Tischendorf "borrowed" the book from the monks, on the plea that his health required him to work in the warmer climate of Cairo.
From Time Magazine Archive
First of all, as to the tale, dear to preachers' hearts, that Tischendorf rescued the precious vellum leaves from a waste basket, as they were being used to kindle a fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aware that such a proceeding requires an apology,—“I think it unsafe,” says Tischendorf, “to forsake in this place the very ancient authorities which I am accustomed to follow”: i.e.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
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