Discoveries Coptic Egypt
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Discoveries Coptic Egypt
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Author : Christian Cannuyer
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2001-05-01
Discoveries Coptic Egypt written by Christian Cannuyer and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-01 with History categories.
Egypt, land of the Bible, has been home since the time of Christ to an ancient sect of Christians called the Copts. According to legend, Mark the Evangelist founded their church in Alexandria in the 1st century AD, when Egypt was under Roman rule and practiced polytheistic religions. Though Egypt long ago became a Muslim nation, the Copts maintained their traditions and rites at monasteries and villages throughout the Nile Valley, the river delta, and the Mediterranean coast, and still do so today.
The Copts And The West 1439 1822
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Author : Alastair Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-07-27
The Copts And The West 1439 1822 written by Alastair Hamilton and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-27 with History categories.
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.
Narrative Of The Operations And Recent Discoveries Within The Pyramids Temples Tombs And Excavations In Egypt And Nubia And Of A Journey To The Coast Of The Red Sea In Search Of The Ancient Berenice And Another To The Oasis Of Jupiter Ammon
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Author : Giovanni Battista Belzoni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822
Narrative Of The Operations And Recent Discoveries Within The Pyramids Temples Tombs And Excavations In Egypt And Nubia And Of A Journey To The Coast Of The Red Sea In Search Of The Ancient Berenice And Another To The Oasis Of Jupiter Ammon written by Giovanni Battista Belzoni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with Egypt categories.
The Copts Of Egypt
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Author : Vivian Ibrahim
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-12-02
The Copts Of Egypt written by Vivian Ibrahim and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-02 with History categories.
The Coptic Christians of Egypt have traditionally been portrayed as a 'beleaguered minority', persecuted in a Muslim majority state and by the threat of political Islam. Vivian Ibrahim offers a vivid portrayal of the community and an alternative interpretation of Coptic agency in the twentieth century, through newly dicovered sources. Dismissing the monolithic portrayal of this community, she analyses how Copts negotiated a role for themselves during the colonial and Nasserist periods, and their multifaceted response to the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood. She examines reform within the Church itself, and how it led to power struggles that redefined the role of the Pope and Church in Nasser's Egypt. The findings of this book hold great relevance for understanding identity politics and the place of the Coptic community in the fast-changing political landscape of today's Egypt.
Ancient Egypt In The Light Of Modern Discoveries
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Author : Charles Henry Stanley Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Ancient Egypt In The Light Of Modern Discoveries written by Charles Henry Stanley Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Egypt categories.
The Discovery Of The Nag Hammadi Texts
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Author : Jean Doresse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Discovery Of The Nag Hammadi Texts written by Jean Doresse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Gnosticism categories.
"Details the momentous discovery and significance of the ancient gnostic texts hidden for sixteen centuries in Chenoboskion, Egypt"--Provided by publisher.
Coptic Art And Archaeology
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Author : Alexander Badawy
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1978
Coptic Art And Archaeology written by Alexander Badawy and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Art, Coptic categories.
Professor Alexander Badawy has written and profusely illustrated this rich study of the works of Coptic Egyptians starting in the early Christian period following the Antique and ending with the assimilation of Coptic art into that of Islam. Coptic Art and Archaeologyis based on extensive archaeological excavations and on researchers' accounts. In developing his thesis on the nature of the Coptic spirit in the arts, Professor Badawy—an archaeologist and art historian—has drawn upon his own firsthand observations plus a wealth of materials from museums all over the world. The result is a comprehensive examination of the Coptic arts. The text is illustrated with photographs (including the author's own), with plans of excavated sites, and with the author's restored perspectives. It is a journey through the sites and discoveries that have provided present knowledge of the Coptic civilization: a journey that included the architecture of houses and towns, fortified and unfortified monasteries, murals, paintings, and sculpture in several media, textiles, ceramics, and illuminated manuscripts. All are described in painstaking detail and historical context by the author. Illustrations are keyed to the text, which in turn demonstrates that Coptic art was in many ways a "people's art"—an art of the middle and lower classes—and not invariably a religious art. Developments in style reflected the changing fortunes of the Egyptian Christians, and this, too, is carefully traced and the examples are noted in the text and in illustrations. Professor Badawy concludes the book with a study of the effects of Coptic art on European artistic traditions. The remarkable comprehensiveness of this book will make it a basic tool of professional art historians and archaeologists, and it seems inevitable that the extensive and detailed descriptions of the extant works of Coptic artists will stimulate additional research into this area of art history. The professional and the student will find especially helpful the extensive footnotes, bibliography of international sources listed by subject area (e.g. Sculpture, Architecture, Painting), and the literally hundreds of illustrations that provide an unparalleled single-book source of examples of Coptic art. For those who cannot make the pilgrimage to the actual sites or visit the museum collections all over the world, Professor Badawy has provided the next best thing: a painstakingly detailed representative description of the treasures that are known. This is also a book for the layman who can enjoy the evidences of the Coptic genius in ornamentation and gain an appreciation of the influences of history and politics on the art and culture of a people.
The Temple In Ancient Egypt
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Author : Stephen Quirke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Temple In Ancient Egypt written by Stephen Quirke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Architecture, Ancient categories.
This volume publishes papers on the Egyptian temple given at the 1994 colloquium of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum, along with other invited contributions.
The Cairo Genizah And The Age Of Discovery In Egypt
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Author : Rebecca J. W. Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-01-27
The Cairo Genizah And The Age Of Discovery In Egypt written by Rebecca J. W. Jefferson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-27 with History categories.
The Cairo Genizah is considered one of the world's greatest Hebrew manuscript treasures. Yet the story of how over a quarter of a million fragments hidden in Egypt were discovered and distributed around the world, before becoming collectively known as “The Cairo Genizah,” is far more convoluted and compelling than previously told. The full story involves an international cast of scholars, librarians, archaeologists, excavators, collectors, dealers and agents, operating from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and all acting with varying motivations and intentions in a race for the spoils. Basing her research on a wealth of archival materials, Jefferson reconstructs how these protagonists used their various networks to create key alliances, or to blaze lone trails, each one on a quest to recover ancient manuscripts. Following in their footsteps, she takes the reader on a journey down into ancient caves and tombs, under medieval rubbish mounds, into hidden attic rooms, vaults, basements and wells, along labyrinthine souks, and behind the doors of private clubs and cloistered colleges. Along the way, the reader will also learn about the importance of establishing manuscript provenance and authenticity, and the impact to our understanding of the past when either factor is in doubt.
The Discovery Of Egypt
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Author : Leslie Greener
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 1967
The Discovery Of Egypt written by Leslie Greener and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Egyptology categories.