Studies in Christianity in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt by some of the world's leading Coptic Studies scholars, new in paperbackChristianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag over the past seventeen hundred years. Many of the studies center on the person and legacy of the great Coptic saint, Shenoute the Archimandrite (348–466 CE), looking at his preserved writings, his life, his place in Pachomian monasticism, his relations with the patriarchs in Alexandria, and the life in his monastic system. Other studies deal with the art, architecture, and archaeology of the two great monasteries that he founded and the archaeological and artistic heritage of the region. Contributors:Heike Behlmer, University of Göttingen, GermanyElizabeth Bolman, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USAAnne Boud’hors, Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, Paris, FranceAndrew Crislip, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USAStephen Emmel, University of Münster, GermanyCäcilia Fluck, Museum of Byzantine Art, Berlin, GermanyJames Goehring, University of Mary Washington, Virginia, USASuzana Hodak, University of Münster, GermanyDale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USARebecca Krawiec, Canisius University, New York State, USABentley Layton, Yale University, Connecticut, USACatherine Louis, UMR 7044 (´Etude des civilisations de l’antiquité), Strasbourg, FranceNina Lubomierski, Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirch, Bavaria GermanyNashaat MekhaielSamuel Moawad, Institute of Egyptology and Coptology, Münster, GermanySiegfried G. Richter, University of Münster, GermanyAshraf Alexandre Sadek, University of Limoges, France.Sofia SchatenZuzana Skálová, independent scholarBigoul al-Suriany, Syrian Monastery, Wadi al-Natrun, EgyptMark Swanson, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USAHany N. Takla, Claremont Graduate University, California, USAJanet Timbie, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USAJacques Van der Vliet, Leiden University, The NetherlandsYouhanna Nessim Youssef, University College Stockholm, SwedenUgo Zanetti, Chevetogne Benedictine Monastery, Belgium
