The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 - The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford-Warburg Studies
Release date:	December 2014
Authors:	Alastair Hamilton (Arcadian Visiting Research Professor)
Dimensions:	216 x 139 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-872753-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
LSN:	0-19-872753-4
Barcode:	9780198727538

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