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LANGUAGE COURSE

L004 – Coptic I

PH. LUISIER

Course Information

Professor: Philippe Luisier, SJ luisier@pontificio-orientale.it

Schedule: This shared course takes place at the Biblicum (PIB). Mon. V-VI, 1st-2nd sem., 4 cr.

Content

Introduction to the morphology and syntax of Saidic Coptic, the basic language of Upper Egypt, based on the manual of A. Shisha-Halevy. The grammatical reading of a selection of the Gospels constitutes the second part of the course.

Objective

To supply the basics of a complex linguistic system, Egyptian, in its last phase.

Bibliografia

H. Jensen, Altarmenische Grammatik, Heidelberg 1959;

 

M. Minassian, Grammaire descriptive de l’arménien classique, Genève 1996;

 

G. Aweti‘ean & X. Siwrmēlean & M. Awgerean, Nor baṙgirk‘ haykazean lezui, 2 vol., Venezia 1836-37 (rist. Erevan 1979-81).