Studies in Christianity in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt by some of the world's leading Coptic Studies scholars, new in paperback

Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag over the past seventeen hundred years. Many of the studies center on the person and legacy of the great Coptic saint, Shenoute the Archimandrite (348–466 CE), looking at his preserved writings, his life, his place in Pachomian monasticism, his relations with the patriarchs in Alexandria, and the life in his monastic system. Other studies deal with the art, architecture, and archaeology of the two great monasteries that he founded and the archaeological and artistic heritage of the region.

Contributors:

Heike Behlmer, University of Göttingen, Germany

Elizabeth Bolman, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA

Anne Boud’hors, Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, Paris, France

Andrew Crislip, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA

Stephen Emmel, University of Mu¨nster, Germany

Cäcilia Fluck, Museum of Byzantine Art, Berlin, Germany

James Goehring, University of Mary Washington, Virginia, USA

Suzana Hodak, University of Mu¨nster, Germany

Dale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA

Rebecca Krawiec, Canisius University, New York State, USA

Bentley Layton, Yale University, Connecticut, USA

Catherine Louis, UMR 7044 (´Etude des civilisations de l’antiquité), Strasbourg, France

Nina Lubomierski, Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirch, Bavaria Germany

Nashaat Mekhaiel

Samuel Moawad, Institute of Egyptology and Coptology, Münster, Germany

Siegfried G. Richter, University of Mu¨nster, Germany

Ashraf Alexandre Sadek, University of Limoges, France.

Sofia Schaten

Zuzana Skálová, independent scholar

Bigoul al-Suriany, Syrian Monastery, Wadi al-Natrun, Egypt

Mark Swanson, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA

Hany N. Takla, Claremont Graduate University, California, USA

Janet Timbie, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA

Jacques Van der Vliet, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Youhanna Nessim Youssef, University College Stockholm, Sweden

Ugo Zanetti, Chevetogne Benedictine Monastery, Belgium