Excerpt from The Coptic Psalter in the Freer Collection
The editor desires to express his indebtedness to Mr. Charles L. Freer for permission to publish the Coptic manuscripts of his collection, for many courtesies shown in the course of the work, and for his generous support of the undertaking; to Professor Henry A. Sanders for reading the proof-sheets throughout, for collating the text with the manuscript, and for much assistance in palaeographic matters; to Mr. Walter E. Crum for the loan of his personal collation of The Earliest Known Coptic Psalter with the original manuscript; and to Sir Frederick G. Kenyon for an opinion on the dating of the writing.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book is a fascinating glimpse into Coptic Christianity through the study of a 14th-century Sahidic Psalter, exploring the intersection of biblical text and its complex historical and linguistic contexts within the larger history of Christianity. The author provides a rigorous edition of Psalm 53 from a Sahidic manuscript and through its detailed analysis offers new insights into the forms and substance of Coptic Sahidic. This book covers topics from text criticism and biblical studies to Coptic linguistics and textual history. The book illuminates not only the richness of the transmitted biblical text but also the vibrant social and intellectual world of the Coptic Church in Egypt from which it emerged. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780260544889_0
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