Martyrs and Archangels : Coptic Literary Texts From the Pierpont Morgan Library

"The three hitherto unpublished Coptic literary texts edited and translated here derive from the famous monastery of St Michael at Hamuli and currently belong to the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. The first work, a passio of a soldier named Phoibamon, is a native Coptic composition that provides a prime example of the so-called 'epic' type of Egyptian martyrdom literature. The second text, another martyrdom of three saintly soldiers, Theodore, Leontius, and Panigerus, represents anciently translated literature and shows interesting deviations from the more standard mould of Coptic martyrdoms. The third and final work edited here is a sermon on St Michael the Archangel attributed to Archelaos, a bishop of the town of Neapolis. These fascinating stories and discourses are of notable interest to students of early Christianity as well as to Coptologists and Egyptologists."-- Publisher's website Cover Titel Preface Table of Contents List of Abbreviations List of Figures Part I: The Martyrdom of St Phoibamon of Preht edited by Sami Uljas Introduction Transmission of the Text Historical and Geographic Aspects of the Passio The Main Protagonists Outline of the Narrative The Passio as a Work of Literature Technical Features of the Manuscript Grammar & Graphemic Features Treatment of Words of Foreign Origin The Coptic Text Translation Indices List of Biblical and Other Textual References Names (personal, month names & toponyms) Lexical Index Loan words Coptic words Grammatical Index Verbal Predication Patterns Bipartite Patterns Tripartite Patterns Further Patterns Clause Conjugations Non-Verbal Sentence Patterns Appendix: British Library Or. 7561 ff. 67–69 & 116 The Coptic Text Translation Index of British Library Or. 7561 ff 67 69 & 116 The Bible Personal Names Loan Words Coptic Words Grammatical Index Part II: The Martyrdom of SS Theodore the Anatolian, Leontius the Arab & Panigerus the Persian edited by Matthias Müller Introduction Transmission of the Text The Good, the Bad, and Then Some. The Protagonists Outline of the Narrative Technical Features of the Text Grammar & Graphemic Features Treatment of Words of Foreign Origin Graphemics & Phonology Morphology Lexicon The Coptic Text Translation Indices Biblical and Other Textual References Names (personal, ethnic & toponyms) Lexical Index Loan words Coptic words Grammatical Index Verbal Predication Patterns Bipartite Patterns Tripartite Patterns Further Patterns Clause Conjugations Non-Verbal Sentence Patterns Part III: Archelaos of Neapolis, In Gabrielem edited by Matthias Müller Introduction The Protagonists Outline of the Narrative Technical Features of the Text Grammar & Graphemic Features Treatment of Words of Foreign Origin Graphemics & Phonology Morphology Lexicon The Coptic Text Translation Indices List of Biblical and Other Textual References Names (personal, ethnic & toponyms) Lexical Index Loan words Coptic words Grammatical Index Verbal Predication Patterns Bipartite Patterns Tripartite Patterns Further Patterns Clause Conjugations Non-Verbal Sentence Patterns Appendix: Additional Folia from a White Monastery Codex The Coptic Text Translation Indices List of Biblical and Other Textual References Names (Personal, ethnic & toponyms) Lexical Index Loan Words Coptic Words Grammatical Index Verbal Predication Patterns Bipartite Patterns Tripartite Patterns Further Patterns Clause Conjugations Non-Verbal Sentence Patterns Bibliography Subject Index Der vorliegende Band enthält philologische Editionen dreier bisher unveröffentlichter koptischer Texte mit kommentierten Übersetzungen und Indizes. Zwei der drei Texte sind Erzählungen über Martyrien, einer ist eine Predigt über den Erzengel Gabriel