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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Rostovtzeff Lectures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 37 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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