L005 – Coptic II

Course Information

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

Schedule: Shared course taught at the Biblicum (PIB). Time to be agreed, 1^st-2^nd sem., 4 cr.

Content

Taking into consideration the interests of the students, we will read texts in Saidic Coptic and Bohairic Coptic, standard language of Lower Egypt with its characteristic morphology and particular syntax, as well as other Coptic dialects.

Objective

To deepen and expand, through a guided reading of selected texts, the knowledge acquired in Coptic I.

Bibliography

W.C. Till, Koptische Dialektgrammatik, München 19612;

A. Mallon, Grammaire copte. Bibliographie, chrestomathie et vocabulaire, Beyrouth 20015;

B. Layton, A Coptic Grammar. With Chrestomathy and Glossary. Sahidic Dialect, Wiesbaden 2004.