Copts and the West, 1439-1822

Auteur: Hamilton, Alastair (Arcadian Visiting Research Professor, Arcadian Visiting Research Professor, School of Advanced Study attached to the Warburg Institute, University of London)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria) into union with the Church of Rome, and the slow accumulation of knowledge of Coptic beliefs, undertaken by Catholics and Protestants. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West.
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ISBN / EAN 9780199288779
Auteur Hamilton, Alastair (Arcadian Visiting Research Professor, Arcadian Visiting Research Professor, School of Advanced Study attached to the Warburg Institute, University of London)
Editeur Oxford University Press