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The Coptic Manuscripts of Monsieur Dujardin and the Crawford Collection in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Much of the modern circulation of the Coptic manuscript fragments from the library of the Monastery of Apa Shenoute (or, alternatively, the White Monastery) still remains unknown to us. With some exceptions, we do not know exactly how the fragments … Continue reading
SBL Coptic Breakfast
Here is a message from Christian Askeland to those who will attend the SBL meeting later this month: Society of Biblical Literature attendees with interest in Coptic language and literature are warmly invited to meet Monday morning (19 Nov) at … Continue reading
Cairo 2008 Coptic Congress Papers Publication
Important message from Christian Askeland: “Anne Boud’hors and Peeter’s publishing house have generously agreed to publish papers from the 2008 Cairo congress within a 2013 edition of the Journal of Coptic Studies. The effort will be organized by Christian Askeland, … Continue reading
Lecture by Prof Dr Alberto Camplani and Alin Suciu on November 16th, 2012 at 6 pm (CSMC)
Dear Colleagues, The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), within the scope of the “Manuscripts in Motion” Conference, cordially invites you to a public lecture on “Coptic Manuscripts in Pieces: the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife and more” by … Continue reading
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The case with the Gospel of Mary fragment in the Crawford room P.Ryl. 463: The Gospel of Mary I’ve recently realised that few people in Manchester know that one of the two extant Greek fragments…
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A Letter from Colonel Robert de Rustafjaell
Some time ago, I bought on the internet a bibliographical rarity: Robert de Rustafjaell’s The Light of Egypt from Recently Discovered Predynastic and Early Christian Records (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1909). I had been looking for a … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, British Museum, Coptic Manuscripts, E.A.W. Budge, Edfu, Nubia, Robert de Rustafjaell
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Successful Thesis Defense!
On October 6, 2012, my wife, Päivi Vähäkangas, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, titled Rejection and Reception of Philosophy in the Letter of Eugnostos (NHC III,3 and V,1) and Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki. The … Continue reading
What is Clavis Coptica?
Because many people have been asking me lately what means clavis coptica to which I often refer in my studies and on this blog, I am posting here a response from Tito Orlandi, the director of the Corpus dei manoscritti … Continue reading
A Coptic Apocryphal Manuscript from Nubia (the Qasr el-Wizz Codex)
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
The Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies: Programme
SOURCE 10.30-11.15: INAUGURAL SESSION Welcome address Alberto Camplani, Congress Secretary (Sapienza Università di Roma) Luigi Frati, Rettore della Sapienza Università di Roma Antonello Biagini, Prorettore per la Cooperazione e rapporti internazionali Mariano Pavanello, Direttore del Dipartimento di Storia, Culture, Religioni Claudio … Continue reading
Provisional Bibliographies for the Coptological Congress
During the next Coptological congress (Rome, 17-22 September 2012), eleven scholars will deliver reports concerning the recent developments in various fields of Coptic studies: Alessandro Bausi, Ethiopic literary production related to the Egyptian culture Heike Behlmer, Coptic Literature (2008-2012) Heinzgerd … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcements, archaeology, Congress, Coptic, paleography, Rome
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R.I.P. Marvin Meyer
Stephan Huller announces that Marvin Meyer died yesterday. His wife, Bonnie, posted the following message on Marvin’s Facebook wall: “Hello, Facebook friends of Dr. Marvin Meyer: This is Marv’s wife Bonnie writing the sad news that Marv passed away yesterday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcements, Codex Tchacos, Early Christianity, gnosticism, Marvin Meyer, obituaries
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Guest Post: Tonio Sebastian Richter – Contact-Induced Language Change of Egyptian-Coptic: Loanword Lexicography in the DDGLC Project
Prof. Tonio Sebastian Richter (Ägyptologisches Institut der Universität Leipzig): 1992 Diploma in Protestant Theology; 1996 MA in Egyptology and Religious Studies; 1999 PhD thesis on language and style of Coptic legal documents (printed as Rechtssemantik und forensischeRhetorik Leipzig 2002; 2nd … Continue reading
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Tagged Coptic language, documentary texts, Egypt, Greek, Leipzig, Papyrology, Tonio Sebastian Richter
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Freely Accessible Issues of the Journal Aethiopica
The website of the journal Aethiopica, edited by the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg University, has recently added some issues which are freely accessible. Recommended readings for those interested in Coptic and Patristic literature: Robert Beylot, “Cyrille de … Continue reading
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Tagged Aethiopica, Announcements, apocrypha, Ethiopic, Hamburg, Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Patristics
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Two Research Positions in Coptic Studies (Georg Steindorff Egyptological Institute, University of Leipzig)
Franziska Naether announces on Facebook that two positions in Coptic studies are available in Tonio Sebastian Richter’s project in Leipzig (Database and Dictionary of Greek Loanwords in Coptic [DDGLC]). Details concerning this project can be found HERE. Two research positions … Continue reading
Kartvelological Summer School “Georgian Script” (July 17-26, 2012, Tbilisi)
I received from Dr. Buba Kudava, the director of the National Centre of Manuscripts in Tbilisi, an interesting announcement concerning the Kartvelological Summer School “Georgian Script,” which shall take place from 17th to 26th July 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. “The … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcements, Buba Kudava, codicology, Georgian, Manuscripts, paleography, Summer School
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Update: AELAC Meeting, Dole, June 28-30 2012. Schedule and Paper Abstract
On June 29, I will be presenting a paper at the Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC) meeting, which shall take place in Dole, France. You can find below the complete program of the conference and the … Continue reading
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Tagged AELAC, Alin Suciu, apocrypha, Codex Tchacos, conferences, Coptic Manuscripts, Dole, Sotheby's, Visio Pauli
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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Positions Available for Those Interested in Nag Hammadi (and Related) Codices
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
Greek Paleography Tutorial Based on Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 314
Alex Poulos posted a Greek paleography tutorial with examples taken from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 314 (Origen, Homilies on the Psalms). The tutorial “[i]s targeted at people who have at least an intermediate knowledge of Greek, but haven’t done much … Continue reading
Lorenzo Perrone About Origen’s Newly Discovered Homilies on the Psalms
Via Lorenzo Perrone: Bologna, the 10th of June 2012 Dear Colleagues and Friends, On the 21st of May, a day after the first severe earthquake since centuries began to shake my region, I was asked an expertise on a Greek … Continue reading
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