The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church Paperback / softback
by Alastair (Arcadian Visiting Research Professor, Arcadian Visiting Research Professor, Scho Hamilton
Part of the Oxford-Warburg Studies series
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In seventeenth-century Europe the Copts, or the Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, were widely believed to hold the key to an ancient wisdom and an ancient theology.
Their language was thought to lead to the deciphering of the hieroglyphs and their Church to retain traces of early Christian practices as well as early Egyptian customs.
Now available in paperback for the first time, this first, full-length study of the subject, discusses the attempts of Catholic missionaries to force the Church of Alexandria into union with the Church of Rome and the slow accumulation of knowledge of Coptic beliefs, undertaken by Catholics and Protestants.
It ends with a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West and of the uses to which it was put by Biblical scholars, antiquarians, theologians, and Egyptologists.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:356 pages, 1 map
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:04/12/2014
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- ISBN:9780198727538
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:356 pages, 1 map
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:04/12/2014
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- ISBN:9780198727538
