Coptological Studies

• Main Author: Krause, Martin, 1930-
• Other Authors: Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988 (editor-in-chief)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Macmillan 1991
• Subjects: Coptological Studies; Coptology; Coptic studies; Scholars; Theology; History; Historians; Christianity; Christology; Nubia; Greek language; Bible. N.T.; Bible. O.T.; Gnosticism; Magic; Latin language; Literature; Coptic language; Coptic language - Bohairic dialect; Coptic language - Sahidic dialect; Law and society; Arab Conquest of Egypt; Arabs; Arabic language; Coptic Church; Manuscripts; Monasteries; Copts; Translators; Manichaeism; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Nag Hammadi library; Egyptology; Coptic Manuscripts; Coptic Literature; Matḥaf al-Qibṭī (Cairo; Egypt); Coptic Art; Brooklyn; Curzon; Griffith; Nubian; sami
• Online Access: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/cce,529

(CE:613a-616b) COPTOLOGICAL STUDIES. Coptological studies may be divided into several periods. The oldest began in the first Christian centuries, when the Greek alphabet with the additional letters from demotic was used to elevate the spoken Egyptian language into a written language. This made it po...