ISBN:
9789774166556
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 338 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
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30 cm
Series Statement:
A Saint Mark Foundation book
DDC:
270.93/209621
Keywords:
Coptic Church History
;
Copts History
;
Copts History
;
Egypt
;
Christianity History
;
Egypt
;
Egypt History
;
Egypt Church history
;
Egypt Civilization
;
332 B.C.-638 A.D
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ägypten
;
Kopten
;
Koptische Kirche
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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:
Literaturverz. S. 297 - 338
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History. Coptic historiography
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Monasticism
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Theology, liturgy, and music. Alexandrian theology from Athanasius the Great to Timothy II : a historical survey of Coptic Orthodox theology
,
Liturgy in the Coptic church
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Coptic music culture : tradition, structure, and variation
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Language and literature. The Coptic language
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Gnosticism and Manichaeism in Egypt
,
The Coptic Bible
,
Coptic literature
,
Daily life : documentary evidence
,
Magic in late antique and early medieval Egypt
,
Copto-Arabic literature
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Art, archaeology, and material culture. The discovery of Christian Egypt : from manuscript hunters toward an archaeology of late antique Egypt
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Christian architecture in Egypt
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Decoration of Coptic churches
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Objects of daily life
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Egypt's post-Pharaonic textiles
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Renaissance of the Coptic church. The Coptic church today
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Contemporary Coptic art
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Coptic civilization in the diaspora
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