02736nam 22005774a 450 991045128920332120200520144314.01-281-15464-497866111546460-19-153718-7(CKB)1000000000412032(EBL)430913(OCoLC)252686746(SSID)ssj0000130609(PQKBManifestationID)11989103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130609(PQKBWorkID)10084299(PQKB)10058510(MiAaPQ)EBC430913(Au-PeEL)EBL430913(CaPaEBR)ebr10194767(CaONFJC)MIL115464(EXLCZ)99100000000041203220060421d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Copts and the West, 1439-1822[electronic resource] the European discovery of the Egyptian church /Alastair HamiltonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (355 p.)Oxford-Warburg studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-872753-4 0-19-928877-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-313) and index.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.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. - ;In seventeenth-century Europe the Copts, or the Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, were widely believed to hold the key to an ancient wisdom and an ancient theology. Their language was thought to lead to the deciphering of the hieroglyOxford-Warburg studies.EgyptChurch historyElectronic books.281/.7209Hamilton Alastair1941-173905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451289203321The Copts and the West, 1439-18222078713UNINA