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International Association for Coptic Studies
David Tibet (Current 93)
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International Association of Papyrologists
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Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC)
Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses, Université Laval
Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale
Sources Chrétiennes
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Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
Orientalia Christiana Periodica
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Tag Archives: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Guest Post: Ivan Miroshnikov on 4 Maccabees in Coptic
According to David A. deSilva, 4 Maccabbees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006), xi, there are two most important witnesses to the Greek text of 4 Maccabees, Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus. deSilva … Continue reading
New Fragments of the Gospels in Fayyumic
The remnants of several Fayyumic Biblical codices which belonged to the White Monastery survive scattered in various modern collections. They were studied over the course of time by several scholars. For her part, Anne Boud’hors published some of the fragments … Continue reading
A Coptic Codex of the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah (Guillaumont Codex A)
The Coptic version of the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah became known due to Antoine Guillaumont edition of several fragmentary Sahidic witnesses.[1] A few years before this edition appeared, Guillaumont published in Mélanges Crum a list of the available Coptic manuscripts … Continue reading
About Some Coptic Fragments on the Dormition of the Virgin
(This post would have been impossible without the invaluable help of David Tibet, aka Anok Pe) My friend Hans Förster has recently published with Walter de Gruyter a volume that brings together a number of Coptic fragments on the Dormition … Continue reading
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An Encomium on the 12 Apostles Attributed to Severian of Gabala: New Sahidic Fragments
(Kudos is due again to Rev. James M. Leonard) Sever Juan Voicu published recently in the journal Apocrypha an extensive article concerning the apocryphal traditions in the Encomium on the 12 Apostles ascribed to Severian of Gabala.[1] This text is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alin Suciu, apocrypha, Biblioteca Apostolica, Bibliothèque nationale de France, codicology, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Cyril of Alexandria, Marcellus of Ancyra, Patristic literature, Pierpont Morgan Library, Severian of Gabala, Severus of Antioch, White Monastery
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The Discovery of an Extract from “De Passione et Cruce” by Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria in a Coptic Patristic Florilegium
(Thank you, David Tibet, for helping me with this post!) The homily De Passione et Cruce Domini (CPG 2247) is amongst the most interesting documents ascribed to Athanasius of Alexandria. In a recent article, I showed that an extract from … Continue reading
Pseudo-Athanasiana
The draft version of an article concerning the identification of several Coptic fragments that contain writings attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (including a letter of the patriarch to Horsiesius, the head of the Pachomian congregation). The paper can be read … Continue reading
The Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom: A Complement to the Coptic Version
The series of the Homilies on Hebrews (CPG 4440; PG 63, coll. 9-236) was traditionally ascribed to John Chrysostom’s last years in Constantinople (403-404). However, this assumption has been challenged recently by Pauline Allen and Wendy Mayer,[1] the two scholars … Continue reading
Two Coptic Fragments Containing Extracts from Isaiah of Scetis: A New Manuscript Witness of the Asceticon
A few days ago, Dr. Heinzgerd Brakmann drew my attention to a Coptic parchment folio from the collection of the National Library in Paris. The leaf survived dismembered from its original binding and is currently bound as folio 147 in … Continue reading
Additional Fragments from the Coptic Version of Ephrem Graecus
In a recent article, I presented two new Coptic fragments from pseudo-Ephrem.[1] They contain portions from the ascetical sermon De perfectione monachi (CPG 3971; Clavis coptica 0860). Some modern authors have mistakenly attributed this writing to Maximus the Confessor, but … Continue reading
Coptic Vestiges of a Paschal Homily Attributed to Epiphanius of Salamis: A Preliminary Report
The sermon In divini corporis sepulturam (CPG 3768; BHG 808e), attributed to Epiphanius of Salamis, is counted among the most curious Patristic works concerning the harrowing of hell. It was intended for liturgical reading on the Holy Saturday and is … Continue reading
A Coptic Fragment of John Chrysostom’s “Letter from Exile”
Abstract: During his second exile, John Chrysostom wrote to his friends a long letter, which is in fact a treatise on human misery, commonly known as Quod nemo laeditur nisi a seipso. The present article identifies the first fragment from … Continue reading
An Unknown “Apocryphal” Text from the White Monastery
I recently edited together with Einar Thomassen a parchment folio owned by the Norwegian collector Martin Schøyen. The Schøyen leaf (MS 1991) was immediately followed in the codex by another dismembered fragment which ended up in the Bibliothèque Nationale in … Continue reading
New Fragments from the Sahidic Version of the History of Joseph the Carpenter
Published in Le Muséon 122 (2009) 279-289. Suciu-New Fragments Historia Josephi Abstract: Focused on the figure of Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus Christ, the so-called History of Joseph the Carpenter is one of the most renowned writings preserved in … Continue reading
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