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DDGLC project: Research assistant (m/f/d) with 65% part-time job
The colleagues at the DDGLC project in Berlin (Freie Universität) are looking for a research assistant to help them with the production of their online database and dictionary of Greek loanwords in Coptic. See the announcement below. The DDGLC is … Continue reading
Announcement for the Comprehensive Coptic Lexicon v1.2
The wonderful news has reached me that our colleagues have released the Comprehensive Coptic Lexicon v1.2. See the message below. Dear Friends and Colleagues, the “Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae” project (“Strukturen und Transformationen des Wortschatzes der ägyptischen Sprache”, BBAW), the … Continue reading
A Conversation with John D. Turner on Sethian Gnosticism
On October 27, our dear colleague and friend, John D. Turner, passed away. His scholarship influenced so many of us who work (or worked) on Nag Hammadi, early Christian, and Platonic texts. I knew John since 2002, when we started … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Julien Delhez – The Third Hiob Ludolf Centre Summer School in Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscripts Studies, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 24-29 September 2018
The last week of September, 33 graduate students and faculty members took part in the third summer school on Ethiopian and Eritrean manuscript studies organized by the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies (Hamburg). This year, for the first time, … Continue reading
Call for Applications: Professor of Coptology, University of Münster
Stephen Emmel writes us that, “The University of Münster in Germany is now accepting applications for the position Professor of Coptology (Professor für Koptologie), to begin on October 1, 2019. The deadline for applications is August 15, 2018. For details, … Continue reading
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5-day Reading Coptic Course in London
Monday 2 to Friday 6 July READING COPTIC: THE EARLY TEXTS with Dr Bill Manley This is a brand new 5-day course for experienced readers of Coptic. It will concentrate on the great Coptic father Shenoute, as well as one … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcements, Bill Manley, Coptic language, London, Sahidic, Shenoute of Atripe
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Lecture at Matenadaran, Yerevan, May 12, 2018
I know that some friends and colleagues from Armenia are reading this blog, so I am pleased to invite you to a lecture I will give on May 12, 2018 from 12 o’clock at the Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts … Continue reading
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Tagged Alin Suciu, Armenian, White Monastery, Yerevan
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High-Resolution Images of London, BL Or. 5287(3) = Genesis 3:16-4:4 (Sahidic version)
Genesis 3:16–4:4 (sa 202 [Schüssler]) P.Lond.Copt. I 932 17.4 × 13.9 cm probable date: 6th century British Library Or. 5287(3) Akhmim Parchment Acquired by B. P. Grenfell These high-resolution photographs are meant to accompany the article of Zuzana … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Hans-Gebhard Bethge, Journal of Coptic Studies, Manuscripts, Old Testament, Sahidic, Zuzana Vítková
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Summer School in Coptic Literature and Manuscripts
A summer school in Coptic literature and manuscripts will take place 17-21 September 2018 at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg. We invite all those who are interested to apply until May 31 2018. Details HERE.
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Tagged Announcements, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Hamburg, Summer School
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Guest Post: Julien Delhez – A Successful Conference for French-Speaking Coptologists
From June 22-24, Coptologists from a dozen countries gathered in Brussels for the eighteenth congress of the Association Francophone de Coptologie (French-speaking association of Coptology). Thirty speakers and several additional attendees enjoyed a weekend of stimulating lectures, conviviality, and fellowship. … Continue reading
Abstract of my paper for the 11th International Coptic Congress
At the Coptic congress, which this year will be held in Claremont, California, I will speak about the discovery of Melito of Sardes’ homily on the baptism of Christ in a Sahidic papyrus manuscript. My paper is entitled “Recovering a … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Stephen Emmel – The Codicology of the New Coptic (Lycopolitan) Gospel of John Fragment (and Its Relevance for Assessing the Genuineness of the Recently Published Coptic “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” Fragment)
Stephen Emmel earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1993 (department of religious studies, program in the study of ancient Christianity). His doctoral dissertation, “Shenoute’s Literary Corpus” (published in 2004), laid the groundwork for his current main research preoccupation, which … Continue reading
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The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Papyrus. Final Considerations
Christian Askeland has recently pointed out that the Gospel of John fragment, allegedly found together with the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife papyrus, is undoubtedly a modern forgery. His assumption is based on the fact that the text of this fragment, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Askeland, Coptic literature, Gospel of Jesus' Wife, paleography, Papyrology
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Coptic Faces
Over at Manuscripts and Microfilm blog, I’ve read a nice post about a Greek manuscript in Istanbul (Patriarchate Library, Panagia Kamariotissa, ms. 5 – 10th century; contains homilies of John Chrysostom), in which the blogger “found a delightful illustrated note left … Continue reading
Guest Post: Nathalie Bosson – La Coptologie perd l’une de ses figures les plus marquantes
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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Tagged Codex Tchacos, Coptic, Nathalie Bosson, obituaries, Papyrology, Rodolphe Kasser
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Obituary Karlheinz Schüssler
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
The Martyrdom of Macrobius in Gǝʿǝz (and Arabic)
Originally posted on hmmlorientalia:
Yesterday Alin Suciu posted a notice of a Bohairic Coptic leaf with some lines from the martyrdom of Macrobius that was recently found in a Syriac manuscript from Saint Mark’s Monastery in Jerusalem. He also mentioned…
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2012 in review
When I started this blog, in January 2011, I did not believe that ‘Patristics, Apocrypha, Coptic literature and Manuscripts’ can attract so many readers. I hope to keep it up next year too and thanks to everyone who read the … Continue reading
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Memorabilia: Georg Zoega on Reconstructing Coptic Manuscripts from Scattered Leaves
As the readers of my blog probably know well, the main challenge of Coptic literature is the fragmentary state in which most of the manuscripts in this language are preserved. Of course, I am not referring to the late Bohairic … Continue reading
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