The World of Early Egyptian Christianity: Language, Literature, and Social Context

With increasing interest in early Egyptian (Coptic) Christianity, this volume offers an important collection of essays about Coptic language, literature, and social history by some of the finest authors in the field. The book features essays by Monica J. Blanchard, Daniel Boyarin, Leo Depuydt, David Frankfurter, James E. Goehring, Tito Orlandi, Birger A. Pearson, Philip Rousseau, Mark Sheridan, Janet A. Timbie, and Robin Darling Young.