TY - BOOK AU - Goehring,James E. AU - Timbie,Janet AU - Johnson,D.W. TI - The world of early Egyptian Christianity: language, literature, and social context : essays in honor of David W. Johnson T2 - CUA studies in early Christianity SN - 9780813220505 (electronic bk.) AV - BR190 .W67 2007eb U1 - 281/.72 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Catholic University of America Press KW - Johnson, David W. KW - Coptic Church KW - History KW - Koptische Kirche KW - Geschichte KW - Anfänge-0600 KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - idszbz KW - Vroege christendom KW - gtt KW - Koptische Kerk KW - swd KW - Frühchristentum KW - Ägypten KW - idsbb KW - Geschichte Frühmittelalter KW - Erbauungsliteratur KW - Koptisch KW - Ägypten (Altertum) KW - RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox KW - bisacsh KW - Egypt KW - Church history KW - Egypte KW - Kopten KW - 0030-0600 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-210) and indexes; Coptic ecclesiastical history: a survey; Tito Orlandi --; Rhetorical structure in Coptic sermons; Mark Sheridan --; Sarabaitae and remnuoth: Coptic considerations; Monica J. Blanchard --; Reading and rereading Shenoute's I am amazed: more information on Nestorius and others; Janet A. Timbie --; Questions and related phenomena in Coptic and in general: final definitions based on Boole's laws; Leo Depuydt; Earliest Christianity in Egypt: further observations; Birger A. Pearson --; Philo, Origen, and the Rabbis on divine speech and interpretation; Daniel Boyarin --; Cannibalism and other family woes in letter 55 of Evagrius of Pontus; Robin Darling Young --; Successors of Pachomius and the Nag Hammadi codices: exegetical themes and literary structures; Philip Rousseau --; Keeping the monastery clean: a cleansing episode from an excerpt on Abraham of Farshut and Shenoute's discourse on purity; James E. Goehring --; Illuminating the cult of Kothos: the Panegyric on Macarius and local religion in fifth-century Egypt; David Frankfurter N2 - "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. Readers interested in the emergence of Christianity in Egypt and its later development in the Coptic Church will find much of interest in these pages."--BOOK JACKET UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=493621 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010007.html ER -