Coptic Heritage Site - Coptica

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

  • Volume 1, 2002
    • M. Sheridan. "The Spiritual and Intellectual World of Early Egyptian Monasticism "
    • T. Vivian. "A Figure in the Carpet: The Spirituality of Saint Macarius the Great "
    • T. Vivian. "The Virtues of Saint Macarius, The Manuscript, and Amelineau's Text."
    • D. Johnson."Pope Timothy II Aelurus: His Life and His Importance for the Development of Christianity in Egypt"
    • M. Moussa. "Abba Shenoute and the Meletians: Polemics and Conflict with Formation, Ideology, and Practice of a Separatist Monastic Community. "
    • H. N. Takla. "Sahidicism in the Current Edition of the Coptic Pascha Book"
    • M. N. Swanson. "Our Brother, the Monk Eustathius: A Ninth-Century Syrian Orthodox theologian Known to Medieval Arabophone Copts"
    • A. Sidarus. "The Copto-Arabic Renaissance in the Middle Ages: Characteristics and Socio-Political Context."
    • N. M. Takla. "Healing and Salvation in Early Egyptian Christianity "
    • Y. N. Youssef.  "The Encomium of St. Philotheus Ascribed to Severus of Antioch "
  • Volume 2, 2003
    • K-H Brune. "The Multiethnic Character of the Wadi al-Natrun."
    • J. den Heijer. "Wadi al-Natrun and the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria ."
    • M. Krause. "The Importance of Wadi al-Natrun for Coptology."
    • S.G. Richter. "Wadi al-Natrun and Coptic Literature."
    • R. Said. "Wadi Natrun in Geologic History."
    • T. Vivian. "Figures in the Carpet: Macarius the Great, Isaiah of Scetis, Daniel of Scetis, And Monastic Spirituality in the Wadi al-Natrun (Scetis) From the Fourth to the Sixth Century."
    • Y.N. Youssef. "Consecration of the Myron at Saint Macarius Monastery (MS 106 Lit.)."
    • U. Zanetti. "Liturgy at Wadi al-Natrun."
  • Volume 3, 2004
    • H. N. Takla. "Introduction"

    • E. Bolman. "Scetis at the Red Sea: Depictions of Monastic Genealogy in the Monastery of St. Antony"

    • P. Grossmann. "On the Architecture at Wadi al-Natrun."
    • S. Hodak. "The Ornamental Repertoire in the Wall-paintings of Wadi al-Natrun-Remarks on a Methodical Approach."
    • L-A Hunt. "Art in the Wadi Naturn: An Assessment of the Earliest Wall paintings in the Church of Abu Makar, Dayr Abu Makar."
    • M. Immerzeel. "A Play of Light and Shadow: the Stuccoes of Deir al-Surian and their Historical Context."
    • E. Parandowska. "Results of the Recent Restoration Campaigns (1995-2000) at Dayr el- Sourian."
    • Z. Skalova. "Indigo and Madder Finger Prints and Brush Strokes: Notes on Six Byzantine Great Deesis Icons of Wadi Natrun Monasteries and their Egyptian Origin."
    • J. Van Der Vliet. "History through Inscriptions: Coptic Epigraphy in the Wadi al-Natrun."
  • Volume 4, 2005
    • D. Brooks-Hedstrom. "An Archaeological Mission for the White Monastery"

    • M. N. Swanson. "St. Shenoute in Seventeenth-Century Dress: Arabic Christian Preaching in Paris, B.N. ar. 4761"
    • H. N. Takla. "The Library of the Monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite"
    • J. Timbie. "The State of Research on the Career of Shenoute in 2004"
    • T. Vivian. "'Those whom God made Famous throughout the World' Holy Men from Middle and Lower Egypt In the Writings of Saint Shenoute the Great"
    • D. W. Young. "The Literary Corpus of Shenoute"
    • Y. N. Youssef. "Between Saint Shenoute and Saint Macarius"
  • Volume 5, 2006
    • H. N. Takla. "Saint Shenouda Society Progress Report 2004-2005"

    • M. M. Bontty and H. N. Takla. "An Unpublished Bohairic Fragment"
    • J. Dieleman. "A Coptic Magical Text From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) - Ostracon LACMA MA 80.202.214"
    • R. Marquedant. "The Role of the Archangel Michael in BL Or 7597"
    • J. M. Robinson. "Coptic since Crum"
    • J. M. Robinson. "The Gospel of Judas and the Sethians"
    • Mark N. Swanson, Telling (and Disputing) the Old, Old Story: A Soteriological Exchange in Late Twelfth-Century Egypt
    • Ramses Wassif, The Epact: Exposition of a Manuscript
    • Youhanna N. Youssef, An Icon of Saint Menas Written by Hanna al-Armani
  • Volume 6, 2007 - H. N. Takla, Introduction to the Coptic Old Testament
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Appendix 1
    • Appendix 2
    • Appendix 3
    • Bibliography
  • Volume 7, 2008 - S. J. Davis, The Arabic Life of St. John the Little by Zacharias of Sakha
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Arabic Text
    • English Translation
  • Volume 8, 2009
    • Table of Contents
    • M. Giorda . "Monastic Property in Late Antique Egypt "

    • J.E. Goehring. "Abraham of Farshut's Dying Words: Reflections on a Literary Motif in the Ascetic Literature of Early Christian Egypt "
    • B. McNary-Zak . "The Soul is Like a Ship "
    • T. Vivian . "From Anonymous Foreigners to Royal Wonderworking Saints: History and Myth in the Coptic Life of Maximus and Domitius"
    • Y. N. Youssef. "Bishop Mark of Zifta and His Urguza "
    • Y. N. Youssef. "The Miracle of Ibn Zara?a in the Coptic Tradition Texts and Icons"
  • Volume 9, 2010
    • Table of Contents
    • D. Atanassova . "Paper Codices with Liturgical Typica from the White Monastery "

    • S. J. Davis . "Archaology at the White vMonastery, 2005-2010 "
    • D. Johnson . "'As I Sat on a Mountain' Shenoute's Theology of the Church"
    • M. Swanson . "'He Often Rejected Sinners and Cast Them into Hell?' On the Image of St. Shenoute in Copto-Arabic Literature: The Relavance of a Sermon in MS Paris B.N. ar.244"
    • H. N. Takla. "The Surviving Remains of the Book of Jeremiah from Saint Shenouda'a Monastery"
    • J. Timbie. "St. Shenoute 2004-2009: Trends in Research"
  • Volume 10, 2011
    • Table of Contents
    • G. Ghaly . "Coptic Bilingualism and Hymn-Writing: A Study of the Glorification Hymn Agios Istin "
    • C. Schroeder . "Monastic Family Values: The Healing of Children in Late Antique Egypt "
    • T. Vivian . "Spiritual Surgery and the Nursing Mother: Ahimsa, Compassion, and Community in the Desert Fathers and Mothers"
    • A. E. Austin . "Preliminary Remarks on the Coptic Burials at Karanis"
    • S. Gupta-Agarwal . "The Final Curtain Call: The Abandonment of Karanis in Light of Late Roman Amphorae"
    • H. N. Takla. "Society's Annual Report, 2011"
  • Volume 11, 2012
    • Table of Contents
    • M. Swanson, " The Other Hero of The Martyrdom of Jirjis (Muza?im) Saywala the Confessor"
    • T. Thomas, " Mimetic Devotion and Dress in Some Monastic Portraits from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit"
    • R.M. Yohe II et al, "The Evolution of Byzantine Burial Practices Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE in Middle Egypt"
    • H. N. Takla, " St. Shenouda the Archimandrite and His Non-Monastic Interactions"
  • Volume 12, 2013
    • Table of Contents
    • L. I. Larsen, " Re-Drawing the Interpretive Map: Monastic Education as Civic Formation in the Apophthegmata Patrum "
    • A. Y. Sidarus, " From Coptic to Arabic in the Christian Literature of Egypt (7th-11th centuries)"
    • G. Ghaly, " Strategic Intertextuality in a Coptic Description of the Octoechos"
    • R. Mikhail, "On Evening Worship in Egypt: A Theological Evaluation of Contemporary Practicein Light of Patristic and Medieval Sources "
    • T., Vivian, "Kicking at the Darkness: A Meditation on the Life of Apa Matthew the Poor"

  • Volume 13, 2014
    • Table of Contents
    • J. Timbie, "Jesus and Shenoute: From 'Christless Piety' to 'Those who Have Christ'"
    • S. Moawad, "The Role of the Church in Establishing Coptic Identity"
    • Y. N. Youssef, "The Liturgical Comb from Dayr Abu Hinnis"
    • B. McNary-Zak, "A Call to Asceticism: Receiving the Life of Antony"
    • Fr. Bigoul al-Suriani, "An Arabic Homily on Lent Ascribed to Constantine of Asyut"
    • M. J. Madsen-Hernandez, "A Survey of the History of Coptic Painitings and Icons with an Emphasis on the Early Modern Period and the Development of Neo-Coptic Art."
  • Volume 14, 2015
    • Table of Contents
    • S. J. Davis , " Shenoute in Scetis: New Archaeological Evidence for the Cult of a Monastic Saint in Early Medieval Wadi al-Natrun "
    • C. T. Schroeder , "Shenoute in Code: Digitizing Coptic Cultural Heritage for Collaborative Online Research and Study"
    • M. Swanson, "The perils of Having Friends in High Places: The Fatimid wazir Bahram and the White Monastery"
    • J. Timbie, "The State of Research on Shenoute of Atripe: 2009-2014: What can we Learn from the Edition and Translation of Canon 8?"
    • Y. N. Youssef, "The Salam (Salutation) of Anba Shenoute"

    • Reviews:
      • B. Layton, "the Canons of Our Father: Monastic Rules of Shenoute", Tim Vivian
      • A. G. Lopez, "Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty: Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt " Tim Vivian
  • Volume 15, 2016
    • M. Lois Farag, "A Little Known Episode in Coptic-Roman Relations: An Unpublished Letter by Anba Yusab, Bishop of Jirja and Akhmim (18th c.)"
    • A. W. Hanna, " Commemorations in the Coptic Arabic Synaxarium, Part I"
    • R. Mikhail, " Towards a History of Liturgical Vestments in the Coptic Rite: I - Minor Orders, Deacons, and Presbyters"
    • C. Schneider, " From Elijah to Elisha: Athanasius’s Fighting Spirit Doubled in Shenoute"
    • M. N. Swanson, "Alexander the Great among Medieval Copts: Some comments on the uses of Alexander-materials in Copto-Arabic literature"

Prepared by Hany N. Takla 5/19/2015