Monthly Archives: October 2013

On Coptic Literary Fragments and the Principles of Editing Them

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Alin Suciu

Here are some thoughts on editing Coptic manuscript fragments, especially those from the Monastery of Shenoute. This is part of a longer article which I will publish in the 2014 issue of the Journal of Coptic Studies. UPDATE (AUGUST, 2015): You … Continue reading →

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A Fragment from Genesis in Sahidic Sold at Christie’s

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Alin Suciu

In memoriam Karlheinz Schüssler Scholars of Coptic literature must be familiar not only with the content of the papyrological collections around the world but, as far as possible, also with different manuscripts or manuscript fragments which sometimes surface from private … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Nathalie Bosson – La Coptologie perd l’une de ses figures les plus marquantes

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Alin Suciu

Le Professeur Rodolphe Kasser, né à Yverdon-les-Bains le 14 janvier 1927, s’est éteint dans sa ville natale le 8 octobre 2013, à l’âge de 86 ans. Professeur ordinaire puis émérite de langue et littératures coptes à l’Université de Genève, il … Continue reading →

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Obituary Karlheinz Schüssler

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Alin Suciu

The sad news reached me that our colleague, Karlheinz Schüssler, has passed away. He died in a tragic car accident in Istria on October 7. The Coptologists know Karlheinz mainly as the tireless editor of Biblia Coptica. Die koptischen Bibeltexte. … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Nils Arne Pedersen & John Møller Larsen – Syriac-Manichaean fragments

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Alin Suciu

It is my great pleasure to host on this blog the article which my friend, Nils Arne Pedersen (Aarhus University), wrote together with John Møller Larsen (Aarhus University) concerning the newly (re)discovered Manichaean fragments in Syriac. – A.S. Recently we … Continue reading →

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