Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Volume 1

Gawdat Gabra (Edited by) is the former director of the Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on the history and culture of Egyptian Christianity, including Coptic Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt (AUC Press, 2014). He is Clinical Professor Emeritus of Coptic Studies at Claremont Graduate University, California and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia.Hany N. Takla (Edited by) is founding president of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society, director of the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies, Coptic language instructor at the Pope Shenouda III Theological College in Los Angeles, and a member of the board of trustees for the St. Mark Coptic Cultural Center in Cairo. He is currently adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate College, California.

"Each of the essays in this volume offers truths—insights through meticulous scholarship. I highly recommend this book, to various audiences."—American Benedictine Review"This book will be of interest to those who want to understand the world of Coptic Christianity better."—Ancient EgyptPRAISE FOR THE CHRISTIANITY AND MONASTICISM SERIES:"Of great interest to many students of and visitors to early Christianity and early monasticism in Egypt."—Tim Vivian, Cistercian Studies Quarterly"A seminal work of simply outstanding scholarship."—Midwest Book Review

• List of IllustrationsContributorsForewordFawzy EstafanousIntroductionGawdat Gabra and Hany N. TaklaLanguage and Literature1. “Do Not Believe Every Word Like the Fool . . . !”: Rhetorical Strategies in Shenoute, Canon 6Heike Behlmer2. Some Aspects of Volume 8 of Shenoute’s Canons Anne Boud’hors3. Care for the Sick in Shenoute’s MonasteriesAndrew Crislip4. Shenoute’s Place in the History of Monasticism Stephen Emmel5. Pachomius and the White Monastery James E. Goehring6. The Role of the Female Elder in Shenoute’s White MonasteryRebecca Krawiec7. The Ancient Rules of Shenoute’s Monastic Federation Bentley Layton8. The Fate of the White Monastery LibraryCatherine Louis9. The Coptic Life of ShenouteNina Lubomierski10. Shenoute as Reflected in the Vita and the DifnarNashaat Mekhaiel11. The Relationship of St. Shenoute of Atripe withHis Contemporary Patriarchs of Alexandria Samuel Moawad12. Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the PanopolitanRegion between Lykopolis and Nag HammadiSiegfried G. Richter13. Monks and Scholars in the Panopolite Nome: The Epigraphic EvidenceSofia Schaten and Jacques van der Vliet14. Searching for Shenoute: A Copto-Arabic Homilary in Paris, BN arabe 4796Mark N. Swanson15. Biblical Manuscripts of the Monastery of St. Shenoute the ArchimandriteHany N. Takla16. Once More into the Desert of Apa Shenoute: Further Thoughts on BN 68Janet Timbie17. Bohairic Liturgical Texts Related to St. ShenouteYouhanna Nessim Youssef18. Liturgy in the White MonasteryFr. Ugo ZanettiArt, Archaeology, and Material Culture19. Akhmim as a Source of Textiles Cäcilia Fluck20. Snapshots on the Sculptural Heritage of the White Monastery at Sohag: The Wall NichesSuzana Hodak21. The Triconch Sanctuaries of SohagDale Kinney22. Two Witnesses of Christian Life in the Area of Balyana: The Church of the Virgin and the Monastery of Anba MosesAshraf Alexandre Sadek23. Toward an Understanding of the ‘Akhmim Style’ Icons and Ciboria: The Indigenous and the ForeignZuzana Skálová24. Coptic Art during the Ottoman Period: Documentation of the Akhmimic StyleFr. Bigoul al-SurianyPreservation25. The Red Monastery Conservation Project, 2006 and 2007 Campaigns: Contributing to the Corpusof Late Antique ArtElizabeth S. BolmanList of Abbreviations Bibliography