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Coptology In Egypt Bibliography

COPTOLOGY IN EGYPT BIBLIOGRAPHY Atiya, Aziz Suryal. “Higher Institute of Coptic Studies.” In CE, vol. 4, 1230. ———. “Ya‘qub Nakhlah Rufaylah.” In CE, vol. 7, p. 2353. Basta, Munir. “Iqladiyus Labib.” In CE, vol. 4, 1302. Bierbrier, M. L. Who Is Who in Egyptology, 3rd ed. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1995. Ghali, Mirrit Boutros. “Clerical …

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Coptology And Coptological Studies

Theology / By Armia FAYEZ

COPTOLOGY AND COPTOLOGICAL STUDIES Martin Krause, the father of modern Coptology, has defined Coptology as “a scientific discipline in Oriental studies that investigates the language and culture of Egypt and Nubia in the widest sense: literature, religion, history, archaeology, and art. Its range extends from late antiquity to the Middle Ages, or even down to …

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General Ya‘Qub (1745-1801)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

GENERAL YA‘QUB (1745-1801) He was born at Mallawi in Middle Egypt in 1745. He was one of the powerful Coptic laymen who contributed to the renaissance of the Coptic Church in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a financial commissioner of Asyut’s Mamluk governor Sulayman Bey. Ya‘qub concluded that neither the Turks nor the …

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History Of The Coptic Music

Heritage, History / By Youssef Matta

History of the COPTIC MUSIC Possible Sources and Antecedents There are three primary traditions from which Coptic music very likely absorbed elements in varying proportions: the Jewish, the Greek, and the ancient Egyptian. Possible Jewish Influence. Many aspects of the Jewish services were adopted by the Christian church in Egypt. As elsewhere in the primitive …

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Ya‘Qub Nakhlah Rufaylah (1847-1908)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

YA‘QUB NAKHLAH RUFAYLAH (1847-1908) Historian. He was one of the most active Copts who participated in the reform movement initiated by Patriarch Cyril IV. He was born in Cairo and joined a Coptic school where he learned English, Italian, and Coptic. He taught at the Coptic school of Harit al-Saqqayin that Patriarch Cyril IV established. …

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Uhanna Sheftishi

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

YUHANNA SHEFTISHI An 18th-19th-century priest and scholar. He was born in Cairo. He served as an interpreter, adjudicator for tax collection, and main recorder at the Tribunal of Commerce under the French administration following the Campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt (1798-1801). He was appointed a colonel in the Coptic legion, which General Ya‘qub had …

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