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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church /
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 surve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford-Warburg studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191537187 9780191537189 9786611154646 6611154647 1281154644 9781281154644 |