The rise of Coptic : Egyptian versus Greek in late antiquity /

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Main Author: Fournet, Jean-Luc (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.

Series: Rostovtzeff lectures.

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Call Number: PJ2025 .F68

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245 1 4 |a The rise of Coptic :   |b Egyptian versus Greek in late antiquity /   |c Jean-Luc Fournet. 
264 1 |a Princeton :   |b Princeton University Press,   |c 2019. 
300 |a 206 pages :   |b illustrations ;   |c 25 cm. 
490 1 |a The Rostovtzeff lectures. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-193) and indexes. 
505 0 |a An Egyptian exception? -- Why Greek was preferred to Coptic? -- The rise of legal Coptic and the Byzantine state -- The role of the church and monasticism in the growth of legal Coptic -- Annex 1. Coptic endorsements in Greek legal texts -- Annex 2. Five samples of fourth century Coptic letters -- Annex 3. The first legal documents in Coptic before the Arab conquest. 
650 0 |a Coptic language  |x History. 
650 0 |a Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)  |x History. 
830 0 |a Rostovtzeff lectures. 
901 |a reviewed 
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