Coptic contributions to the formative theological debates of Christianity have long been recognized. Less well known are other, equally valuable, Coptic contributions to the transmission and preservation of technical and scientific knowledge, and a full understanding of how Egyp…
"One of the main purposes of this volume is to initiate interdisciplinary discussion on how Coptic identity was, and continues to be, actively defined and expressed by members of the Coptic community, both in centuries past and in more modern times."--Page 3.
Coptic contributions to the formative theological debates of Christianity have long been recognized. Less well known are other, equally valuable, Coptic contributions to the transmission and preservation of technical and scientific knowledge, and a full understanding of how Egyp…
"Egypt in the ninth century AD: an Arab, Muslim ruling class governs a country of mostly Coptic-speaking Christians. After an exorbitant land tax imposed by the caliph's governors sparks a peasant revolt, Bedeir is dispatched to the marshlands of the Nile Delta as an escort for …
"Egypt in the ninth century AD: an Arab, Muslim ruling class governs a country of mostly Coptic-speaking Christians. After an exorbitant land tax imposed by the caliph's governors sparks a peasant revolt, Bedeir is dispatched to the marshlands of the Nile Delta as an escort for …
"Egypt in the ninth century AD: an Arab, Muslim ruling class governs a country of mostly Coptic-speaking Christians. After an exorbitant land tax imposed by the caliph's governors sparks a peasant revolt, Bedeir is dispatched to the marshlands of the Nile Delta as an escort for …
The Coptic encyclopedia
V.1. ABAD-AZAR v.2. BABI-CROS v.3. CROS-ETHI v.4. ETHI-JOHN v.5. JOHN-MUFA v.6. MUHA-PULP v.7. QAL'-ZOST v.8. Maps-Appendix Index.