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The World of Early Egyptian Christianity: Language, Literature, and Social Context (CUA Studies in Early Christianity) world of early Egyptian Christianity: language, literature, and social context : essays in honor of David W. Johnson

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James E. Goehring
2012
Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
Series: CUA studies in early Christianity
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With increasing interest in early Egyptian (Coptic) Christianity, this volume offers an important collection of essays about Coptic language, literature, and social history by the very finest authors in the field. The essays explore a wide range of topics and offer much to the advancement of Coptic studies

Table of Contents

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Cover

pp. 1-1

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

pp. 2-7

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Introduction

pp. ix-xii

Abbreviations

pp. xiii-xviii

David W. Johnson: Publications

pp. xix-xx

I. Language and Literature

1. The Coptic Ecclesiastical History: A Survey

pp. 3-24

2. Rhetorical Structure in Coptic Sermons

pp. 25-48

3. Sarabaitae and Remnuoth: Coptic Considerations

pp. 49-60

4. Reading and Rereading Shenoute’s I Am Amazed: More Information on Nestorius and Others

pp. 61-71

5. Questions and Related Phenomena in Coptic and in General: Final Definitions Based on Boole’s Laws

pp. 72-94

II. Social Context

6. Earliest Christianity in Egypt: Further Observations

pp. 97-112

7. Philo, Origen, and the Rabbis on Divine Speech and Interpretation

pp. 113-129

8. Cannibalism and Other Family Woes in Letter 55 of Evagrius of Pontus

pp. 130-139

9. The Successors of Pachomius and the Nag Hammadi Codices: Exegetical Themes and Literary Structures

pp. 140-157

10. Keeping the Monastery Clean: A Cleansing Episode from an Excerpt on Abraham of Farshut and Shenoute’s Discourse on Purity

pp. 158-175

11. Illuminating the Cult of Kothos: The Panegyric on Macarius and Local Religion in Fifth-Century Egypt

pp. 176-188

Bibliography

pp. 189-210

Contributors

pp. 211-212

General Index

pp. 213-224

Index to Scripture

pp. 225-226

Production Notes, Back Cover

pp. 248-249
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