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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 - The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R7,164
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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 - The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church (Hardcover, New): Alastair Hamilton

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

Alastair Hamilton

Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies

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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. This book, the 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.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies
Release date: July 2006
First published: September 2006
Authors: Alastair Hamilton (Arcadian Visiting Research Professor)
Dimensions: 223 x 145 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 360
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-928877-9
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
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LSN: 0-19-928877-1
Barcode: 9780199288779

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