Tag Archives: Coptic literature

“I am the King, I am the Son of the King”. Psalm 71:1 (LXX) in the Apocryphon Berolinense/Argentoratense (aka Unbekanntes Berliner Evangelium), Coptic Literature and Patristics (Paper Delivered in Honour of Peter Nagel)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Alin Suciu

On April 26-27 I participated in a symposium organized on the occasion of Peter Nagel’s 75th anniversary. The symposium took place at the Coptic monastery of St. Mary and St. Mauritius in Höxter-Brenkhausen (near Göttingen). There I had the opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocrypha, Athanasius of Alexandria, Bible, John Chrysostom, Macarius the Egyptian, Old Testament, Patristics | Tagged 'Gospel' of the Savior, Alin Suciu, Apocryphon Berolinense/Argentoratense, Christology, Coptic literature, Patristics | Leave a comment

Guest Post: Mark Sheridan, O.S.B. – The Homilies of Rufus of Shotep

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Alin Suciu

Rufus was bishop of Shotep, known in Greek as Hypsele, a town located about seven kilomenters southeast of Assiut (Lycopolis) in Upper Egypt, in the last part of the sixth century. References to Rufus apart from the manuscripts containing his … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Post, Mark Sheridan, Rufus of Shotep | Tagged Coptic literature, Guest Post, Mark Sheridan, Origen, Pope Damianus, Rufus of Shotep, White Monastery | 6 Comments

Photographs of White Monastery Fragments on Gallica Website

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Alin Suciu

It was a nice surprise to discover a few days ago that the National Library in Paris put up on the Gallica website photographs of some of the Sahidic parchment fragments in their possession. More precisely, they have uploaded until … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Encomium on Pisenthius, New Testament, Shenoute of Atripe | Tagged Alin Suciu, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Encomium on Pisenthius, John the Presbyter, Moses of Keft, Renate Dekker, Seymour de Ricci | 1 Comment

A Coptic Bohairic Leaf Recovered from a Syriac Manuscript: A New Textual Witness of the Martyrdom of Macrobius

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Alin Suciu

A couple of weeks ago, Adam McCollum (Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Minnesota) sent me the photograph of the recto of a paper leaf written in the Bohairic dialect of Coptic. The fragment was used as an endpaper in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Martyrdom of Macrobius | Tagged Adam McCollum, Alin Suciu, Bohairic, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, hagiography, Jerusalem, Martyrdom of Macrobius, Scetis | 2 Comments

Guest Post: Anthony Alcock – The Mysteries of the Greek Alphabet

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Alin Suciu

Note A.S.: This is the first part of Dr. Anthony Alcock’s translation of an intriguing text, the Mysteries of the Greek Alphabet. This text is preserved in a single Copto-Arabic paper manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Here is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Post | Tagged Anthony Alcock, Bodleian Library, Coptic literature, Mysteries of the Greek Alphabet, Oxford, paper manuscripts | 6 Comments

Guest Post: Anthony Alcock – Triadon. English version of a 14th cent. religious poem written in Coptic and Arabic (Part 1)

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Alin Suciu

Anthony Alcock has prepared a new translation of an interesting Coptic text, the Triadon. You can download the first part of his translation HERE.

Posted in Guest Post | Tagged Anthony Alcock, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Guest Post, Oscar von Lemm, Triadon | 4 Comments

Guest Post: Anthony Alcock – Epistula Apostolorum. English translation of the Coptic text

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Alin Suciu

Note A.S.: You can download here the document below in PDF format (it contains also critical notes to the translation) In 1895 Carl Schmidt published a report of a fragmentary Coptic text he had discovered at the French Institute in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocrypha, Epistula Apostolorum, Guest Post | Tagged Akhmimic, Anthony Alcock, apocrypha, Carl Schmidt, Coptic literature, Epistula Apostolorum, IFAO, papyri | 3 Comments

K.E. Verrone – Mighty Deeds and Miracles by Saint Apa Phoebammon

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Alin Suciu

Kerry E. Verrone, Mighty Deeds and Miracles by Saint Apa Phoebammon: Edition and Translation of Coptic Manuscript M582 ff. 21r-30r in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Senior honors thesis, 2002 series; Providence, R.I.: Brown , 2002). This is a useful (and very … Continue reading →

Posted in Apa Phoibammon | Tagged Acts of the Martyrs, Apa Phoibammon, Brown University, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Donald B. Spanel, Kerry Verrone, Pierpont Morgan Library | Leave a comment

Article to Appear in the Next Issue of the Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Alin Suciu

Today I received the galley proofs of my article “Pseudo-Theophili Alexandrini Sermo de Cruce et Latrone. An Edition from M595 with Parallels and Translation,” which will be published in the next issue of the Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum – Journal … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Theophilus of Alexandria | Tagged Alin Suciu, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Good Thief, homily, Patristic literature, Patristics, Pierpont Morgan Library, Theophilus of Alexandria, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum | Leave a comment

Guest Post: Roelof van den Broek – Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem, On the Life and the Passion of Christ

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Alin Suciu

Roelof van den Broek, Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem, On the Life and the Passion of Christ. A Coptic Apocryphon (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 118), Leiden-Boston: Brill 2013; 215 pp. Price: 101,- Euro; 140,- US Dollar. In the early seventies of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocrypha, Cyril of Jerusalem, Guest Post | Tagged apocrypha, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Cyril of Jerusalem, Henri Hyvernat, homily, palimpsest, Pennsylvania, Pierpont Morgan Library, Roelof van den Broek | 3 Comments

A Coptic Apocryphal Manuscript from Nubia (the Qasr el-Wizz Codex)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Alin Suciu

When the High Dam was built in the 1960s, almost the entire Nile valley between Aswan and Wadi Halfa had been inundated in order to create the Lake Nassar. As the waters were rising, many archeological sites were destroyed, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocrypha, Uncategorized | Tagged 'Gospel' of the Savior, apocrypha, Apostles, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, George R. Hughes, Nubia, Qasr el-Wizz, Sahidic, Stauros-Text | 27 Comments

More Coptic Fragments from an Encomium on the Apostles (Ps-Severian of Gabala, Encomium in XII apostolos)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Alin Suciu

In this post I drew attention to a Coptic encomium on the twelve apostles, attributed to Severian of Gabala (CPG 4281; clavis coptica 0331). Sever Voicu published, in the journal Apocrypha, an extensive and well-documented article concerning the apocryphal traditions … Continue reading →

Posted in Apocrypha, Patristics, Severian of Gabala | Tagged Alin Suciu, apocrypha, Apostles, Arabic, Bohairic, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Sahidic, Sever Voicu, Severian of Gabala, translations | 1 Comment

2008-2012 Bibliography on Coptic Literature

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Alin Suciu

A bibliography on Coptic literature for the years 2008-2012 is now available on the website of the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies (Rome, September 17-22, 2012). The document was compiled by Heike Behlmer (University of Göttingen). Those interested will find … Continue reading →

Posted in Bibliographies | Tagged Congress, Coptic literature, Coptic studies, Heike Behlmer, Rome | 2 Comments

A Solved Riddle: The Authorship of a Coptic Encomium on the Archangel Gabriel

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Alin Suciu

In a previous blog post (August 2011), I drew attention to the editio princeps of P. Vindob. K 9670, a parchment leaf in Vienna which had been published by Hans Förster in a recent issue of the Zeitschrift für Antikes … Continue reading →

Posted in Archangel Gabriel, John Chrysostom | Tagged Alin Suciu, Analecta Bollandiana, Arabic, Archangel Gabriel, codicology, Coptic literature, Enzo Lucchesi, hagiography, Hans Förster, Vienna, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum | Leave a comment

Apocrypha Bibliography: M.-A. van den Oudenrijn – Gamaliel. Äthiopische Texte zur Pilatusliteratur

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Alin Suciu

This book contains the Ethiopic version of two texts attributed to Cyriacus, bishop of Behnesa (Oxyrhynchus): the Lament of Mary (ላሐ፡ ማርያም) and the Martyrdom of Pilate (ስምዐ፡ ጲላጦስ). The first text narrates the events surrounding the Resurrection of Christ, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bibliographies, Cyriacus of Behnesa | Tagged Aethiopica, bibliography, Books, Coptic literature, Cyriacus of Behnesa, Ethiopic, Gospel of Gamaliel, Lament of the Virgin, Marcus-Antonius van den Oudenrijn, Martyrdom of Pilate | Leave a comment

Dr. Stephen Emmel Elected Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Alin Suciu

Wonderful news has come out from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Italian academy founded in 1603. The prestigious institution has elected the Coptologist Stephen Emmel as “foreign member” (socio straniero). Here is the news taken from the website of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Announcements, Coptic literature, Coptic studies, Münster, Stephen Emmel, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität | Leave a comment

Orientalia Article

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Alin Suciu

My article concerning three supplementary leaves from a Coptic parchment codex which contained texts attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (CPG 2190 & 2191) appeared in the latest issue of the journal Orientalia (ed. by the Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Rome). The … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Athanasius of Alexandria, Pachomius | Tagged Alin Suciu, Athanasius of Alexandria, Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, codicology, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, homily, Monasticism, Pachomius, Sahidic, White Monastery | Leave a comment

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Positions Available for Those Interested in Nag Hammadi (and Related) Codices

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Alin Suciu

A few days ago, Hugo Lundhaug announced me that a doctoral and a postdoctoral fellowship are available in his project New Contexts for Old Texts: Unorthodox Texts and Monastic Manuscript Culture in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Egypt (NEWCONT). The project is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Announcements, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, gnosticism, Hugo Lundhaug, Nag Hammadi, University of Oslo | Leave a comment

Another Patristic Text Attested in Coptic: Gregory of Nazianzus Oration 16 (Pennsylvania University Museum E 16310)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Alin Suciu

A few days ago, I pointed out that the Pennsylvania University Museum holds a previously unidentified fragment from the Coptic version of the Apophthegmata Patrum. I shall now discuss another unidentified fragment from this collection. Pennsylvania University Museum E 16310 … Continue reading →

Posted in Gregory of Nazianzus, Patristics | Tagged Alin Suciu, Coptic literature, Gregory of Nazianzus, Guy Lafontaine, Louvain, Patristic literature, Pennsylvania, Robert A. Kraft, Shenoute of Atripe | 3 Comments

2012 AELAC Meeting (Dole, June 28-30)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Alin Suciu

The Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC) has announced on its website the programme for the 2012 meeting, which will take place June 28-30 in Dole, France. Here are the titles of the papers which will be … Continue reading →