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and Coptic Music. These inserts were done in German, French and English. The Society appreciate and greatly applauds this effort. It is our sincere hope that this effort will expand to cover the production of all the Coptic music hymns recorded by the Institute's Choir. 17. New Site for Coptic Manuscripts on the Internet: We have been informed by our Associate Member, Mr. Ernest Muro, of Orlando Florida, that he intends, in the near future, to publish images of the Coptic manuscript in his possession on the web. For the past few years, Mr. Muro has been collecting and studying these manuscripts from a biblical perspective. The manuscripts are mostly parchment fragments. He recently identified the later text of palimpsest fragment to be verses 4-7 of the first chapter of Sahidic Book of Jeremiah. These verses are not preserved in other known Sahidic Coptic manuscript. The fragment is apparently from a lectionary that was written in two Coptic columns. For further information you can contact Mr. Muro, e-mail: emuro@aol.com. 18. American Coptic Studies Association: The second issue of the newsletter of the Association has come out. Its president is Professor Sami

Hanna of Portland Oregon. Annual membership dues are $25. For more information contact Prof. Hanna at e-mail address sami11@juno.com. The Association's mailing address is: 2625 SE Market Street, Oregon 97214. They are currently in the planning stages of establish a Coptic University in the United States. 19. The Scriptorium: The Scriptorium is continuing to provide quality educational programs and scholarly seminars in the field of Biblical Studies. For more information on these classes as well as other educational programs of the Scriptorium, please contact them at (800) 333- 8373. Excavation work at the Wadi 'N Natrun site of the Monastery of St. John Kolobos is expected to resume next year, God's willing. We wish them the best on such a task so dear to the hearts of all Copts interested in the preservation of our Christian Heritage. Dr. Scott Carroll is now heading a team that is working on producing a new English translation of the Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament. Such work is greatly welcomed by Christians, especially those belonging to Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches.

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