The Rise of Coptic : : Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity / / Jean-Luc Fournet.
Coptic emerged as the written form of the Egyptian language in the third century, when Greek was still the official language in Egypt. By the time of the Arab conquest of Egypt in 641, Coptic had almost achieved official status, but only after an unusually prolonged period of stagnation. Jean-Luc Fo...
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Fournet, Jean-Luc, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Rise of Coptic : Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity / Jean-Luc Fournet. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource (224 p.) : 37 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Rostovtzeff Lectures ; 5 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Images -- Preface -- Chapter 1. An Egyptian Exception? -- Chapter 2. Why Was Greek Preferred to Coptic? -- Chapter 3. The Rise of Legal Coptic and the Byzantine State -- Chapter 4. The Role of the Church and Monasticism in the Growth of Legal Coptic -- Appendix 1. Coptic Endorsements in Greek Legal Texts -- Appendix 2. Five Samples of Fourth-Century Coptic Letters -- Appendix 3. The First Legal Documents in Coptic before the Arab Conquest -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Sources restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Coptic emerged as the written form of the Egyptian language in the third century, when Greek was still the official language in Egypt. By the time of the Arab conquest of Egypt in 641, Coptic had almost achieved official status, but only after an unusually prolonged period of stagnation. Jean-Luc Fournet traces this complex history, showing how the rise of Coptic took place amid profound cultural, religious, and political changes in late antiquity.For some three hundred years after its introduction into the written culture of Egypt, Coptic was limited to biblical translation and private and monastic correspondence, while Greek retained its monopoly on administrative, legal, and literary writing. This changed during the sixth century, when Coptic began to penetrate domains that were once closed to it, such as literature, liturgy, regulated transactions between individuals, and communications between the state and its subjects. Fournet examines the reasons for Coptic's late development as a competing language-which was unlike what happened with other vernacular languages in Near Eastern Greek-speaking societies-and explains why Coptic eventually succeeded in being recognized with Greek as an official language.Incisively written and rich with insights, The Rise of Coptic draws on a wealth of archival evidence to shed new light on the role of monasticism in the growing use of Coptic before the Arab conquest. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021) Coptic language History. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) History. HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 9783110737769 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2020 English 9783110704839 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2020 9783110704631 ZDB-23-DGD Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP Frontlist eBook-Package 2020 9783110690088 print 9780691198347 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691201733?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691201733 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691201733.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Images -- Preface -- Chapter 1. An Egyptian Exception? -- Chapter 2. Why Was Greek Preferred to Coptic? -- Chapter 3. The Rise of Legal Coptic and the Byzantine State -- Chapter 4. The Role of the Church and Monasticism in the Growth of Legal Coptic -- Appendix 1. Coptic Endorsements in Greek Legal Texts -- Appendix 2. Five Samples of Fourth-Century Coptic Letters -- Appendix 3. The First Legal Documents in Coptic before the Arab Conquest -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Sources |
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