Coptic civilization : two thousand years of Christianity in Egypt / edited by Gawdat Gabra.
Gabra, Gawdat, editor.
2014
DT72.C7 C67 2014 (Mapit)
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Title Coptic civilization : two thousand years of Christianity in Egypt / edited by Gawdat Gabra.
ISBN 9789774166556 hardcover
9774166558 hardcover
9789774165474
9774165470
Published Cairo ; New York : A Saint Mark Foundation Book : American University in Cairo Press, [2014]
Copyright ©2014.
Language English
Description xxii, 338 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color facsimiles, plans, portraits (some color), music, 1 map ; 30 cm.
Call Number DT72.C7 C67 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 270.93/209621
Summary Egypt's Copts make up one of the oldest and largest Christian communities in the Middle East. Yet despite the availability of a large number of books on aspects of Coptic culture, including art and architecture, monasticism, theology, and music, there is to date no single volume that provides a comprehensive cultural history of the Copts and their achievements. 'Coptic Civilization' aims to fill this gap, by introducing the general reader, the interested non-specialist, to Coptic culture in all its variety and multi-faceted richness. With contributions by twenty scholars, 'Coptic Civilization' includes chapters on monasticism, the Coptic language, Coptic literature, Christian Arabic literature, the objects and documents of daily life, magic, art and architecture, and textiles, as well as the history of Coptic Church, its liturgy, theology, and music.
Note "A Saint Mark Foundation book."
Egypt's Copts make up one of the oldest and largest Christian communities in the Middle East. Yet despite the availability of a large number of books on aspects of Coptic culture, including art and architecture, monasticism, theology, and music, there is to date no single volume that provides a comprehensive cultural history of the Copts and their achievements. 'Coptic Civilization' aims to fill this gap, by introducing the general reader, the interested non-specialist, to Coptic culture in all its variety and multi-faceted richness. With contributions by twenty scholars, 'Coptic Civilization' includes chapters on monasticism, the Coptic language, Coptic literature, Christian Arabic literature, the objects and documents of daily life, magic, art and architecture, and textiles, as well as the history of Coptic Church, its liturgy, theology, and music.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-338).
Added Author Gabra, Gawdat, editor.
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History. Coptic historiography / Samuel Moawad
Coptic church history / Youhanna Nessim Youssef
Monasticism / Mark Sheridan
Theology, liturgy, and music. Alexandrian theology from Athanasius the Great to Timothy II : a historical survey of Coptic Orthodox theology / Lois M. Farag
Liturgy in the Coptic church / Youhanna Nessim Youssef
Coptic music culture : tradition, structure, and variation / Magdalena Kuhn
Language and literature. The Coptic language / Ewa D. Zakrzewska
Gnosticism and Manichaeism in Egypt / Marvin Meyer
The Coptic Bible / Hany N. Takla
Coptic literature / Youhanna Nessim Youssef
Daily life : documentary evidence / Tonio Sebastian Richter
Magic in late antique and early medieval Egypt / Jacques van der Vliet
Copto-Arabic literature / Mark N. Swanson
Art, archaeology, and material culture. The discovery of Christian Egypt : from manuscript hunters toward an archaeology of late antique Egypt / Elisabeth R. O'Connell
Christian architecture in Egypt / Peter Grossmann
Decoration of Coptic churches / Gertrud J.M. van Loon
Objects of daily life / Dominique Bénazeth
Egypt's post-Pharaonic textiles / Cäcilia Fluck and Fisela Helmecke
Renaissance of the Coptic church. The Coptic church today / Nelly van Doorn-Harder
Contemporary Coptic art / Monica René
Coptic civilization in the diaspora / Saad Michael Saad.

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