Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie copte
Author: Jamʻīyat al-Āthār al-Qibṭīyah (Egypt)
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 198
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Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie copte
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 880
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe A to Z of the Coptic Church
Author: Gawdat Gabra
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009-10-26
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 0810870576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the first century, Saint Mark brought Christianity to Egypt and in so doing, formed the basis for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Today, Copts, members of the Coptic Church, compromise the largest Christian Community in the Middle East. The Coptic Church is more than 19 centuries old and has produced thousands of texts and biblical and theological studies. During the last half of the 20th century, however, economic and political discrimination has forced between 400,000 and one million Copts to emigrate from Egypt, with the majority settling in North America and Australia. The A to Z of the Coptic Church details the history of one of the oldest Christian churches. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, organizations, and structures; the theology and practices of the church; its literature and liturgy; and monasteries and churches.
The Coptic Christian Heritage
Author: Lois M. Farag
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-23
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1134666918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to the heritage of Coptic Christians. The contributors combine academic expertise with intimate and practical knowledge of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Coptic heritage. The chapters explore historical, cultural, literary and material aspects, including: the history of Christianity in Egypt, from the pre-Christian era to the modern day Coptic religious culture: theology, monasticism, spirituality, liturgy and music the Coptic language, linguistic expressions of the Coptic heritage and literary production in Greek, Coptic and Arabic . material culture and artistic expression of the Copts: from icons, mosaics and frescos to manuscript illuminations, woodwork and textiles. Students will find The Coptic Christian Heritage an invaluable introduction, whilst scholars will find its breadth provides a helpful context for specialised research.
Transmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-10-29
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9004409467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds seeks to be a crucial contribution to the history of medieval connectedness. Using one of the methodological tools associated with the global history movement, this volume aims to use connectedness to revitalise local and regional networks of exchange and movement. Its case studies collectively point caution toward assuming or asserting global-scale transmission of meaning or items unchanged, and show instead how meaning is locally produced and regionally formulated, and how this is no less dynamic than any global-level connectedness. These case studies by early career scholars range from the movement of cotton growing practices to the transmission of information within individual texts. Their wide scope, however, is nonetheless united by their preoccupation with transmission and circulation as categories of analysing or explaining movement and change in history. This volume hopes to be, therefore, a useful contribution to the growing field of a history of connectivity and connectedness. Contributors are Jovana Anđelković, Petér Bara, Mathew Barber, Julia Burdajewicz, Adele Curness, Carl Dixon, Alex MacFarlane, Anna Kelley, Matteo G. Randazzo, Katinka Sewing and Grace Stafford. See inside the book.
Coptic
Author: James P. Allen
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2020-11-25
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 1646020863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCoptic is the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language, written in an alphabet derived primarily from Greek instead of hieroglyphs. It borrows some vocabulary from ancient Greek, and it was used primarily for writing Christian scriptures and treatises. There is no uniform Coptic language, but rather six major dialects. Unlike previous grammars that focus on just two of the Coptic dialects, this volume, written by senior Egyptologist James P. Allen, describes the grammar of the language in each of the six major dialects. It also includes exercises with an answer key, a chrestomathy, and an accompanying dictionary, making it suitable for teaching or self-guided learning as well as general reference.
Ancient Christian Magic
Author: Marvin W. Meyer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1999-04-04
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780691004587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thought-provoking collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. These remarkable Christian magical texts include curses, spells of protection from "headless powers" and evil spirits, spells invoking thunderous powers, descriptions of fire baptism, and even recipes from a magical "cookbook." Virtually all the texts are by Coptic Christians, and they date from about the 1st-12th centuries of the common era, with the majority from late antiquity. By placing these rarely seen texts in historical context and discussing their significance, the authors explore the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience, and expand our understanding of Christianity and Gnosticism as a vital folk religion.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography
Author: Stephanos Efthymiadis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 586
ISBN-13: 1317043952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor an entire millennium, Byzantine hagiography, inspired by the veneration of many saints, exhibited literary dynamism and a capacity to vary its basic forms. The subgenres into which it branched out after its remarkable start in the fourth century underwent alternating phases of development and decline that were intertwined with changes in the political, social and literary spheres. The selection of saintly heroes, an interest in depicting social landscapes, and the modulation of linguistic and stylistic registers captured the voice of homo byzantinus down to the end of the empire in the fifteenth century. The seventeen chapters in this companion form the sequel to those in volume I which dealt with the periods and regions of Byzantine hagiography, and complete the first comprehensive survey ever produced in this field. The book is the work of an international group of experts in the field and is addressed to both a broader public and the scholarly community of Byzantinists, medievalists, historians of religion and theorists of narrative. It highlights the literary dimension and the research potential of a representative number of texts, not only those appreciated by the Byzantines themselves but those which modern readers rank high due to their literary quality or historical relevance.
Ibss: Anthropology: 1988
Author: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780415064712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis bibliography lists the most important works in anthropology published in 1988.
Studies in Coptic Culture
Author: Mariam F. Ayad
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9774167503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEgypt; religious life and customs; Copts; history; 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
