The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 :: the European discovery of the Egyptian church /

This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of 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. Includes a surve...

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1. Verfasser: Hamilton, Alastair, 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford-Warburg studies.
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Zusammenfassung:This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of 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. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West. - ;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 hierogly.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0191537187
9780191537189
9786611154646
6611154647
1281154644
9781281154644

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