Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Volume 1

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Edited by Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla

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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 Münster, Germany
Cäcilia Fluck, Museum of Byzantine Art, Berlin, Germany
James Goehring, University of Mary Washington, Virginia, USA
Suzana Hodak, University of Münster, 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 Münster, 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

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List of Illustrations
Contributors

Foreword
Fawzy Estafanous
Introduction
Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla

Language and Literature

1. "Do Not Believe Every Word Like the Fool . . . !": Rhetorical Strategies in Shenoute, Canon 6
   Heike Behlmer
2. Some Aspects of Volume 8 of Shenoute's Canons
   Anne Boud'hors
3. Care for the Sick in Shenoute's Monasteries
   Andrew Crislip
4. Shenoute's Place in the History of Monasticism
   Stephen Emmel
5. Pachomius and the White Monastery
   James E. Goehring
6. The Role of the Female Elder in Shenoute's White Monastery
   Rebecca Krawiec
7. The Ancient Rules of Shenoute's Monastic Federation
   Bentley Layton
8. The Fate of the White Monastery Library
   Catherine Louis
9. The Coptic Life of Shenoute
   Nina Lubomierski
10. Shenoute as Reflected in the Vita and the Difnar
    Nashaat Mekhaiel
11. The Relationship of St. Shenoute of Atripe with
    His Contemporary Patriarchs of Alexandria
    Samuel Moawad
12. Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the Panopolitan
    Region between Lykopolis and Nag Hammadi
    Siegfried G. Richter
13. Monks and Scholars in the Panopolite Nome: The Epigraphic Evidence
    Sofia Schaten and Jacques van der Vliet
14. Searching for Shenoute: A Copto-Arabic Homilary in Paris, BN arabe 4796
    Mark N. Swanson
15. Biblical Manuscripts of the Monastery of St. Shenoute the Archimandrite
    Hany N. Takla
16. Once More into the Desert of Apa Shenoute: Further Thoughts on BN 68
    Janet Timbie
17. Bohairic Liturgical Texts Related to St. Shenoute
    Youhanna Nessim Youssef
18. Liturgy in the White Monastery
    Fr. Ugo Zanetti

Art, Archaeology, and Material Culture

19. Akhmim as a Source of Textiles
    Cäcilia Fluck
20. Snapshots on the Sculptural Heritage of the White Monastery at Sohag: The Wall Niches
    Suzana Hodak
21. The Triconch Sanctuaries of Sohag
    Dale Kinney
22. Two Witnesses of Christian Life in the Area of Balyana: The Church of the Virgin and the Monastery of Anba Moses
    Ashraf Alexandre Sadek
23. Toward an Understanding of the 'Akhmim Style' Icons and Ciboria: The Indigenous and the Foreign
    Zuzana Skálová
24. Coptic Art during the Ottoman Period: Documentation of the Akhmimic Style
    Fr. Bigoul al-Suriany

Preservation

25. The Red Monastery Conservation Project, 2006 and 2007 Campaigns: Contributing to the Corpus
    of Late Antique Art
    Elizabeth S. Bolman

List of Abbreviations
Bibliography