Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

E. A. Wallis Budge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440073333 ISBN 13 : 9781440073335

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore ancient Coptic texts edited with care and clarity. This scholarly edition presents a selection of Coptic apocrypha and related writings, offering a window into early Egyptian Christianity. The text is drawn from a mutilated but historically valuable manuscript, with plates and notes that illuminate its form, dates, and linguistic features.

This volume collects translations and introductions that frame the material, including accounts linked to Saint John, Saint Bartholomew, and other early figures. It highlights linguistic quirks, manuscript history, and the way these apocrypha were read and interpreted in their own time.

• Contextual introductions that explain the manuscript’s origin, dating, and significance.


• Face-to-face translations of key passages, with notes on linguistic and textual details.


• Appendices and plates showing facsimile pages to aid study and comparison.

Ideal for readers of ancient Christian texts, manuscript studies, and linguistic history of early Egypt.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt

The present volume contains the Coptic texts, with translations, of an important series of Apocrypha, a Life of Pisentius, Bishop of Coptos in the seventh century, an Encomium on John the Baptist, attributed to Saint John Chrysostom, and a series of Instructions by Pachomius the Archimandrite; all of them are written in the dialect of Upper Egypt, and all are published for the first time. The editing of the texts has been carried out by an arrangement with my colleague Dr. L. D. Barnett, Keeper of the Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts in the British Museum.

The longest and perhaps most interesting Apocryphon is the 'Book of the Resurrection', which is attributed to Bartholomew the Apostle.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440073333
• ISBN 13: 9781440073335
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 599
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