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| ⚫ | The Coptic Encyclopedia is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VO57ZI |title=The Coptic Encyclopedia, |publisher=New York: Macmillan Publishing Company |date=1991}} </ref>The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the field of [[Coptology]], [[history]], [[art]] and [[theology]] and was edited by [[Aziz Suryal Atiya]]. It was funded by [[Coptic Pope]] [[Shenouda III], the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], and others. |
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The Coptic Encyclopedia is the first Encyclopedia to focus on one of the Oriental Churches <ref> [[Cornelis Hulsman]] in Coptic Church Review, Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992 </ref>and since its publication in [[1991]] it has been used by many scholars and students in the West.<ref> http://www.arabwestreport.info </ref> The Encyclopedia is the fruit of the Coptic emigrant community in the West and the crown of the work of Dr. Aziz Suryal Atiya (1898-1988) who, unfortunately, did not see his work fruition into print. <ref> [[Cornelis Hulsman]] in Coptic Church Review, Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992 </ref> |
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Dr. Atiya developed the vision to publish an encyclopedia during the years he taught at the Middle East Center of the University of Utah. He formed an editorial committee and scholars from all over the world were asked to contribute. Suggestions for entries were given. The work started in 1980. <ref> [[Cornelis Hulsman]] in Coptic Church Review, Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992 </ref> Contributors included many non-Orthodox scholars, including Muslims as Dr. Mustafa el-Fiqi and Dr. Ali el-Hillal Dessouki. |
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The Coptic community in the West played a role in increasing Western interest in Egyptian church life. If the interest in a Coptic Encyclopedia in English had not existed and if the project of the Coptic Encyclopedia had not received support in the Coptic migrant community in North America, the idea of producing an English Coptic Encyclopedia would have never materialized. The production of this Encyclopedia is therefore strongly linked to the growth of the Coptic migrant community in the West. <ref> IBID </ref> |
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It is significant that Coptic Orthodox Church leader Pope Shenouda III contributed himself to the entry about emigration. In no period of Coptic history have as many Copts migrated to the west as during the Papacy of Pope Shenouda. <ref> IBID </ref> |
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Revision as of 18:46, 10 March 2009
The Coptic Encyclopedia
The Coptic Encyclopedia is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt.[1]The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the field of Coptology, history, art and theology and was edited by Aziz Suryal Atiya. It was funded by Coptic Pope [[Shenouda III], the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and others.
The Coptic Encyclopedia is the first Encyclopedia to focus on one of the Oriental Churches [2]and since its publication in 1991 it has been used by many scholars and students in the West.[3] The Encyclopedia is the fruit of the Coptic emigrant community in the West and the crown of the work of Dr. Aziz Suryal Atiya (1898-1988) who, unfortunately, did not see his work fruition into print. [4]
Dr. Atiya developed the vision to publish an encyclopedia during the years he taught at the Middle East Center of the University of Utah. He formed an editorial committee and scholars from all over the world were asked to contribute. Suggestions for entries were given. The work started in 1980. [5] Contributors included many non-Orthodox scholars, including Muslims as Dr. Mustafa el-Fiqi and Dr. Ali el-Hillal Dessouki.
The Coptic community in the West played a role in increasing Western interest in Egyptian church life. If the interest in a Coptic Encyclopedia in English had not existed and if the project of the Coptic Encyclopedia had not received support in the Coptic migrant community in North America, the idea of producing an English Coptic Encyclopedia would have never materialized. The production of this Encyclopedia is therefore strongly linked to the growth of the Coptic migrant community in the West. [6]
It is significant that Coptic Orthodox Church leader Pope Shenouda III contributed himself to the entry about emigration. In no period of Coptic history have as many Copts migrated to the west as during the Papacy of Pope Shenouda. [7]
See also
References
- ^ "The Coptic Encyclopedia,". New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 1991.
- ^ Cornelis Hulsman in Coptic Church Review, Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992
- ^ http://www.arabwestreport.info
- ^ Cornelis Hulsman in Coptic Church Review, Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992
- ^ Cornelis Hulsman in Coptic Church Review, Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992
- ^ IBID
- ^ IBID