St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society

Coptica

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• Purpose
• History
• Editorial Board
• Editions
  • Volume 1, 2002
  • Volume 2, 2003
  • Volume 3, 2004
  • Volume 4, 2005
• Subscriptions
• Article Submissions

Purpose

Coptica is a new Journal dedicated to the publishing of scholarily articles in the vast field of study of Christianity in Egypt.  It is designed to further the goals espoused by its publishers: St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society and St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History Studies.  Its intended audience include Scholars, students, and other interested readers who are interested in this very important branch of the History of Christianity. 

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History

Coptica grew out of a cooperative effort of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society (Society) and St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History Studies (St. Mark Foundation).  The name was proposed by Dr. Mark Swanson of Minnesota during the 2001 Business Meeting of the Society.  It replaced the Bulletin of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society which published six volumes between 1984 and 2001.  Its editorial board was organized by the hard work of Dr. Gawdat Gabra from among scholars in Australia, Egypt, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.

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Editorial Board

• Mme Dominique Benazeth
• Dr. Gawdat Gabra
• Dr. Karel Innemee
• Prof. Otto Meinardus
• Dr. Siegfrid Richter
• Mr. Hany N. Takla
• Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian
• Dr. Youhanna Nessim Youssef

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Volume 1 (2002)

• Dr. Mark Sheridan, O.S.B. "The Spiritual and Intellectual World of Early Egyptian Monasticism "
• Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, "A Figure in the Carpet: The Spirituality of Saint Macarius the Great "
• Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian "The Virtues of Saint Macarius, The Manuscript, and Amelineau's Text."
• Prof. David Johnson, S.J., "Pope Timothy II Aelurus: His Life and His Importance for the Development of Christianity in Egypt"
• Mr. Mark Moussa, "Abba Shenoute and the Meletians: Polemics and Conflict with Formation, Ideology, and Practice of a Separatist Monastic Community. "
• Mr. Hany N. Takla, "Sahidicism in the Current Edition of the Coptic Pascha Book"
• Dr. Mark N. Swanson: “ Our Brother, the Monk Eustathius: A Ninth-Century Syrian Orthodox theologian Known to Medieval Arabophone Copts"
• Prof. Adel Sidarus, "The Copto-Arabic Renaissance in the Middle Ages: Characteristics and Socio-Political Context."
• Miss Nefertiti Takla, "Healing and Salvation in Early Egyptian Christianity "
• Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef,  "The Encomium of St. Philotheus Ascribed to Severus of Antioch "

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Volume 2 (2003)

• K-H Brune, “The Multiethnic Character of the Wadi al-Natrun.”
• J. den Heijer, “Wadi al-Natrun and the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria .”
• M. Krause, “The Importance of Wadi al-Natrun for Coptology.”
• S.G. Richter, “Wadi al-Natrun and Coptic Literature.”
• R. Said, “Wadi Natrun in Geologic History.”
• T. Vivian, “Figures in the Carpet: Macarius the Great, Isaiah of Scetis, Daniel of Scetis, And Monastic Spirituality in the Wadi al-Natrun (Scetis) From the Fourth to the Sixth Century.”
• Y.N. Youssef, “Consecration of the Myron at Saint Macarius Monastery (MS 106 Lit.).”
• U. Zanetti, “Liturgy at Wadi al-Natrun.”

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Volume 3 (2004)

• E. Bolman, "Scetis at the Red Sea: Depictions of Monastic Genealogy in the Monastery of St. Antony"
• P. Grossmann, “On the Architecture at Wadi al-Natrun.”
• S. Hodak, “The Ornamental Repertoire in the Wall-paintings of Wadi al-Natrun–Remarks on a Methodical Approach.”
• L-A Hunt, “Art in the Wadi Naturn: An Assessment of the Earliest Wall paintings in the Church of Abu Makar, Dayr Abu Makar.”
• M. Immerzeel, “A Play of Light and Shadow: the Stuccoes of Deir al-Surian and their Historical Context.”
• E. Parandowska, “Results of the Recent Restoration Campaigns (1995-2000) at Dayr el- Sourian.”
• Z. Skalova, “Indigo and Madder Finger Prints and Brush Strokes: Notes on Six Byzantine Great Deesis Icons of Wadi Natrun Monasteries and their Egyptian Origin.”
• J. van der Vliet, “History through Inscriptions: Coptic Epigraphy in the Wadi al-Natrun.”

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Volume 4 (2005)

Proceedings of the St. Shenouda Conference on the "Life and Times of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite", August 2004

• Darlene Brooks-Hedstrom, "An Archaeological Mission for the White Monastery"
• Mark Swanson, "St. Shenoute in Seventeenth-Century Dress: Arabic Christian Preaching in Paris, B.N. ar. 4761"
• Hany N. Takla, "The Library of the Monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite"
• Janet Timbie, "The State of Research on the Career of Shenoute in 2004"
• Tim Vivian, "'Those whom God made Famous throughout the World' Holy Men from Middle and Lower Egypt In the Writings of Saint Shenoute the Great"
• Dwight W. Young, "The Literary Corpus of Shenoute"
• Youhanna N. Youssef, "Between Saint Shenoute and Saint Macarius"

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Subscriptions:

For information on submitting an article for publication, including publication guidlines and style sheets, click here or contact coptica@stshenouda.com

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Prepared by Hany N. Takla 8/22/2005

for more information contact htakla@stshenouda.com