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There have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language.Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in five of the dialects of Coptic: Bohairic (northern), Fayyumic, Sahidic (southern), Akhmimic and Mesokemic (middle).
The Coptic Encyclopedia is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt. [1] The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the field of Coptology , history , art and theology and was edited by Aziz Suryal Atiya .
The Coptic (Sahidic) version of certain Books of the Old Testament: from a papyrus in the British Museum (1908) Franz-Jürgen Schmitz, Gerd Mink, Liste der koptischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments , Walter de Gruyter , 1991, vol. 1, part 2, (pp. 1279) ISBN 3-11-013015-7 , ISBN 978-3-11-013015-7
Coptic seems to have been in decline as a literary language by the early 9th century, since few original works later than that can be attributed to a named author. [1] For reasons not fully understood, it was moribund as a language of original composition by the 11th century. [3] Much Coptic literature is now lost, as the Copts began to use Arabic.
Over the centuries, many Coptic historians recorded the history of the Copts and that of the Coptic Church. The most prominent of these Coptic historians are: John of Nikiu (fl. 680-690), bishop and historian; Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa (died 987), bishop, theologian, and historian; first compiler of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria
The Coptic Rite is native to Egypt and traditionally uses the Coptic language with a few phrases in Greek. It is used in the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church . Arabic and a number of other modern languages (including English) are also used.
[1] M. Chien, "Calendar and History of Christian Times in Egypt and Ethiopia", Paris (French Language Book). [2] Marcos Semieka Pasha, "List of Books Located at Library of the Coptic Patriarchate". [3] Marcos Semieka Pasha, "List of Books Located at Coptic Museum" [4] Society of St Mina at Alexandria, "Images from the History of the Copts".
The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria is a major historical work of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. [1] It is the only continuous narrative on the history of the Non-Chalcedonian Alexandrian Patriarchate. It is written in Coptic, but draws extensively on older biographical Greek and Coptic sources. [2]