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Tag Archives: Books
Ewa Wipszycka, The Alexandrian Church. People and Institutions
New book by one of the greatest historians of the Egyptian church: The Raphael Taubenschlag Foundation, Department of Papyrology of Warsaw University and Chair of Roman Law and the Law of Antiquity of Warsaw University are pleased to announce the … Continue reading
Volume in Honour of Peter Nagel
A volume in honour of the German Coptologist Peter Nagel has recently been edited by Heike Behlmer, Frank Feder and Ute Pietruschka. The volume contains some of the papers presented on April 26-27 during a colloquium held at the Coptic … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcements, bibliography, Books, Coptic, Peter Nagel
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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
Apocrypha Bibliography: M.-A. van den Oudenrijn – Gamaliel. Äthiopische Texte zur Pilatusliteratur
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
Pachomian Bibliography 5: Boon – Pachomiana Latina
This book contains Jerome’s Latin translation of several works of Pachomius and his disciples: 1) the Rules of Pachomius; 2) the Epistles of Pachomius; 3) an Epistle of Theodorus of Tabennesi; 4) the Testament of Orsiesius; 5) the Monita S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amand Boon, bibliography, Books, Coptic Manuscripts, Egyptian monasticism, L. Th. Lefort, Louvain, monast, Pachomian bibliography, Pachomius
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Fenoyl – Le Sanctoral copte
Maurice de Fenoyl, Le Sanctoral copte (Recherches publiées sous la direction de l’Institut de Lettres Orientales de Beyrouth, 15; Beirut: Imprimerie Catholique, 1960) download here.
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Tagged bibliography, Books, hagiography, liturgy, Maurice de Fenoyl, Saints
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A. Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte
Angelicus Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte Bd. I: Textpublikation (Brussels: Edition de la Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1930) download Angelicus Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte Bd. II: Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen (Brussels: Edition de la Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1931) download Angelicus Kropp, … Continue reading
Posted in Apocrypha, Bibliographies
Tagged Angelicus Kropp, bibliography, Books, Coptic Manuscripts, Magic
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P. Lacau, Fragments d’apocryphes coptes
P. Lacau, Fragments d’apocryphes coptes (MIFAO, 9; Cairo: Imprimerie de l’IFAO, 1904) download the book (89 MB)
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Tagged Acta Pilati, apocrypha, bibliography, Books, Evodius, Gospel of the Twelve Apostles, Pierre Lacau
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P. Ladeuze, Etude sur le cénobitisme pakhomien
I have just seen that the downloadable version of Paulin Ladeuze‘s book concerning the Pachomians has vanished from archive.org. For this reason I found it useful to scan the volume and put it up here. P. Ladeuze, Etude sur le … Continue reading
W. Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden
Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden vol. 1 (Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 102; Rome: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1935) (download here) Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden vol. 2 (Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 108; Rome: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1936) (download here)
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Tagged Acts of the Martyrs, bibliography, Books, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Walter Till
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P. Buzi & A. Camplani, Christianity in Egypt. Festschrift Tito Orlandi (Rome 2012)
After the Mélanges offerts à Wolf-Peter Funk, edited by Paul-Hubert Poirier & Louis Painchaud in 2006 (available here), another Festschrift of high interest for Coptological studies has been published: Paola Buzi & Alberto Camplani (eds.), Christianity in Egypt: Literary Production … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Camplani, bibliography, Books, Coptic Church, Coptic literature, Paola Buzi, Rome, Tito Orlandi
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Rossi’s Edition of the Coptic Papyrus Codices in the Egyptian Museum in Turin 1
Although published a long time ago by the Italian Egyptologist Francesco Rossi, the collection of seventeen Coptic papyrus codices which are preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Turin is still little-known outside a small group of Coptologists. Starting with 1883, … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts of the Martyrs, bibliography, Books, Coptic literature, Coptic Manuscripts, Francesco Rossi, papyri, Turin
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R. Draguet – Julien d’Halicarnasse
R. Draguet, Julien d’Halicarnasse et sa controverse avec Sévère d’Antioche sur l’incorruptibilité du corps du Christ (Louvain: Imprimerie P. Smeesters, 1924) download here. This book explores the background of the so-called heresy of the aphthartodocetae, a non-Chalcedonian movement initiated by … Continue reading
P. Van Cauwenbergh – Etude sur les moines d’Egypte
I just started to scan some books which seem to be out of copyright but are not available yet in electronic format. Today’s book: P. van Cauwenbergh, Etude sur les moines d’Egypte depuis le Concile de Chalcédoine (451) jusqu’à l’invasion … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Hebbelynck, bibliography, Books, Egyptian monasticism, van Cauwenbergh
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A.I. Elanskaya, Coptic Manuscripts of the M.E. Saltykov-Schedrin State Public Library
Ivan Miroshnikov, my colleague from Helsinki, sent me a PDF version of A.I. Elanskaya, Коптские рукописи Госупарственной библиотеки имени М.Е. Салтыкова-Щедрина (= Coptic Manuscripts of the M.E. Saltykov-Schedrin State Public Library) Palestinskij Sbornik 20 (1969). Now, I must admit I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alla Elanskaya, bibliography, Books, Coptic Manuscripts, Ivan Miroshnikov, Palestinskij Sbornik, Saint Petersburg
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Pachomian Bibliography 4
The last series of Pachomian “goodies.” M. Chaîne, Le manuscrit de la version copte en dialecte sahidique des “Apophthegmata Patrum” (Bibliothèque d’études coptes, 6; Cairo: Imprimerie de l’IFAO, 1960) H. Quecke, Die Briefe Pachoms. Griechischer Text der handschrift W.145 der … Continue reading
Nitria and Scetis: H. G. Evelyn White,The Monasteries of the Wadi ‘N Natrun
The valuable Syriac documents which came from the Monastery of the Virgin in the Wadi el-Natrun, are still labeled sometimes as “Nitrian.” Similarly, the dialect of the Coptic manuscripts from St. Macarius’ Monastery, situated in the same desert, is called … Continue reading
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Tagged Bohairic, Books, Coptic, Evelyn White, Monastery of St. Macarius, Monastery of the Syrians, Nitria, Scetis, Syriac, Wadi 'N Natrun
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