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34. 8:30 a.m. Dr. Jacques Van der Vliet: Coptic Inscriptions in al-Fayoum. 35. 8:50 a.m. Dr. Gregor Wurst: The Coptic Manichaen Library from Madinet Madi at al- Fayoum. 36. 9:10 a.m. Prof. Stephen Emmel: The Library of the Monastery of the Archangel Michael (Hamuli). 37. 9:30 a.m. Dr. Karl-Heinz Brune: School Days in the Fayoum in the First Millenium. 9:50 a.m. Discussion 10:20 a.m. Closing session and recommendations 12:00 noon Departure to Cairo Tour: Monastery of the Syrians at Wadi al-Natrun 7:00 p.m. Reception The list includes scholars from ten different countries and it will be hosted by Bishop Abraam of al-Fayoum on behalf of the Patriarchate. Because of the venue, only a limited number of members of St. Mark Foundation and our Society will be able to attend. This will allow for more attendance by scholars, students and clergymen from Egypt. 12. Coptic References on CD: The Society is offering some titles for distribution in CD-R format of s me important references in the field of Coptic Studies. These CDs contain PDF formatted files of the scanned images of these reference with an added electronic table of Contents. As of this time the following titles are available: NKCSC-SAA1, Monneret de Villard, Les Couvents Pres de Sohag, 2 vol, 1925-6, $15. NKCSC-SBO1, Budge, The Earliest Known Coptic Psalter in the Dialect of Upper Egypt , 1889, $10 NKCSC-SLG1, Coptic Agbeyia , Coptic-Arabic, Cairo 1977, $10. NKCSC-SLG2, O'Leary, The Difnar (Antiphonarium of the Coptic Church, 3 parts 1926-30, $12. NKCSC-SLG3, Takla, The Ecclessiastical Position of St. Shenouda in the Coptic Church , 1981, $6. NKCSC-SL1, Scholtz, Grammatica Aegyptica , Oxford 1778, $10 NKCSC-SLT1, Kahle Jr., Balaizah , 2 volumes, $15 NKCSC-SHG1, Christianity in Egypt (1836-51) , $10 Members would receive 20% discount. 13. Coptic Language Instruction at the Coptic Center: During the past period five sessions are being held at the Center. Two are Coptic I level and

22. 8:30 a.m. Dr. Maria Mossakowska-Gauber: Glass Objects form the Polish Excavations at Deir al-Malak Gobrail. 23. 8:50 a.m. Dr. Michel Mouton and Dr. Charles Gaubert: The unpublished Archives of Girga. 24. 9:10 a.m. Prof. Wlodzimierz Godlewski: The Coptic Cemetery of Fatimid and Ayyubid Periods on Site A at Deir al-Malak Goubrial. 25. 9:30 a.m. Prof. Tomaz Derda: Greek Texts related to Christianity from al-Fayoum. 9:50 a.m. Discussion 10:20 a.m. Break (tea and coffee) Session 7: Moderator: Dr. Jacques Van der Vliet 26. 10:50 a.m. Prof. Roger Bagnall: Linguistic Change and Religious Change in Relation to the Temples of the Fayoum in the Roman Period. 27. 11:10 a.m. Dr.. Stephen Davis: Biblical Exegesis and the Construction of Orthodoxy in the Early Christian Fayoum. 28. 11:30 a.m. Mrs. Sofia Schaten, Christian Funerary Stelae from al-Fayoum. 29. 11:50 a.m. Dr. Anthony Alcock: St. Samuel of al- Kalamoun and his Monastery. 12:10 p.m. Discussion 12:30 p.m. Lunch 1:45 p.m. Tour: Excavations of BYU 4:30 p.m. Break (tea and coffee) Session 8: Moderator: Prof. Roger Bagnall 30. 5:00 p.m. Prof. Mark Swanson: Arabic Sources on the Monasteries of al-Fayoum. 31. 5:20 p.m. Dr. Youhanna Nessim Y ussef: Social and economic Activities of the Monastery of Kalamoun in the XV Century. 32. 5:40 p.m. Dr. Magdi Guriguis: Notes on the Coptic Church in the Fayoum Region in Mamluke and Ottoman Times. 33. 6:00 p.m. Prof. Anne Boud’hors: Fayoumic Literature and Manuscripts. 6:20 p.m. Discussion 7:30 p.m. Dinner Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004 7:00 a.m. Breakfast Session 9: Moderator: Dr. Siegfried Richter

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