History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai - Paperbackby Daniel F. Caner (Commentaries by), Daniel F. Caner (Translator), Sebastian Brock (Contribution by) The Sinai peninsula emerged in late antiquity as a distinct region of the Christian holy land, identified from the fourth century onward as the Old Testament place where the Hebrews had wandered, Moses received the Law, and 'God's Majesty descended'. At the same time it was part of the late Roman province of Third Palestine and located deep in the