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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 [[electronic resource] ] : the European discovery of the Egyptian church / / Alastair Hamilton



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Autore: Hamilton Alastair <1941-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 [[electronic resource] ] : the European discovery of the Egyptian church / / Alastair Hamilton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
Disciplina: 281/.7209
Soggetto geografico: Egypt Church history
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-313) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 hierogly
Titolo autorizzato: The Copts and the West, 1439-1822  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-383-04354-X
1-281-15464-4
9786611154646
0-19-153718-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777303603321
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Serie: Oxford-Warburg studies.