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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church / Alastair Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Alastair, 1941- author.
- Series:
- Oxford-Warburg studies.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford-Warburg studies
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coptic Church--Egypt--History.
- Coptic Church.
- Egypt--Church history.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Discussing how 17th century Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts, Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, into union with the Church of Rome, this study also surveys the study of the Coptic language in the West.
- Contents:
- An ancient church
- Muslim domination
- The Council of Florence
- The first Jesuit mission
- New approaches
- Towards a Coptic Catholic Church
- The first steps
- Confessional clashes I
- Confessional clashes II
- Jansenists and Jesuits
- Protestants and the Enlightenment
- Athanasius Kircher and his shadow
- Grammars, dictionaries, and dialects
- Manuscript collecting
- Biblical studies.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-313) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9786611154646
- 9781383043549
- 138304354X
- 9781281154644
- 1281154644
- 9780191537189
- 0191537187
- OCLC:
- 252686746
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb30658 hdl
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