Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies (Volume 1): Journal of Coptic Studies

The Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is the publication of the research papers presented in the Annual Symposium of the Society at the University of Toronto. The papers cover different aspects of Coptic Studies. Table of Contents 6 Editor’s note 8 Opening Remarks to the First Annual Symposium 10 The Importance of Coptic Studies for the Coptic Community 12 The Nag Hammadi Collection in the Context of Early Egyptian Christianity 14 The Monastery of the Syrians in Scetis: a Treasury of Syriac Manuscripts 20 The Reuse of the Temple of Isis at Aswan as a Church in Late Antiquity 34 The Christian Remains inside the Temple of Dendara 48 Excavating the Churches of Tebtunis 70 D’un continent à l’autre, complémentarité de trois grandes collections d’art copte : Toronto (The Royal Ontario Museum), Le Caire (musée Copte), Paris (musée du Louvre) 76 Coptic Textiles at the Royal Ontario Museum 88 “Women in the Life of Christ”: Narrative Icons by Marguerite Nakhla in St. Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Zamalek 98 The Patriarch and His Project: Cultivating a Coptic Community in Nineteenth-Century Egypt 110 Tarātīl as Popular Music and the Transformation of a Coptic Folk Genre 122