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May God bless all the efforts that His children are making for the glory of His holy Name. 11. Coptic Book Library: The Library is still growing with the addition of several more volumes. The most notable of the new acquisitions are: R.S. Bagnall, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 7. The Kellis Agricultural Account (1997); R.S. Bagnall & D.D. Obbink, Columbia Papyri X (1996); P. Borgen & S. Giversen (ed.), The New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism (1997); Byzantine Institute, Studies in Honor of W.E. Crum (1950); E.M. Chassinat, Fouilles a Baouit . Tome 1 (1911); R. Cribiore, Writing, Teacher, and Student in Graeco-Roman Egypt (1996); J.H. Ellens, Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Culture: The impact of Political and Military Achievements upon the Life of the Mind and the Spirit (1997) [A gift from the Claremont Inst. for Antiq. & Chr.]; M. Erikson, Textiles in Egypt 200-1500 AD - In the Swedish Museum Collection (1997) [A gift from the Author]; W.H.C. Frend (ed.), The Archaeology of Early Christianity: a History (1998); A. Gayet, L'Art Copte (1902); I. Gardinar, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 4. The Kellis Literary Texts. V.1 (1996); A. Grohmann, Arabic Papyri in the Egyptian Library (1934); P. Grossmann, Elephan- tine II, Kirche und Spätantike Hauanlagen im Chnumtempelhof (1980); N.S.H. Janesma, Orne- ments des Manuscrits Copte du Monastere Blanc (1973) ; R.R. Jones, An Ethnohistory of Coptic Monasticism (Egypt Chrsitianity) (UMI 1997); A.C. Johnson & L.C. West, Byzantine Egypt: Economic Studies (1949) ; W. Kammerer, A Coptic Bibliography (Reprint 1969); A. Marsot, Women and Men in Late Eighteenth Century Egypt (1995); M. Meyer, The Magical Book of Mary & the Angels in English Translation (1997) [A gift from the Claremont Inst. for Antiq. & Chr.]; T. Mina, Le Martyre d'Apa Epima (1937); T. Muraoka, Classical Syriac - A Basic Grammar with Chrestomathy (1997); Patristic Centre Cairo, Patrological and Theological Studies (1998 - Arabic); W. Pleyte & P.A.A. Boeser, Manuscrits Coptes du Musee d'Antiquites des Pays-Bas a Leide (1897) ; G. Steindorff, Lehrbuch der

Koptischen Grammatik (Am. Ed. 1951); Fr. M. Wahba, Honorable Marriage according to St. Athanasius (1996); C.C. Walters, An Elemen- tary Coptic Grammar (Reprint 1976); J.G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (1933); K.A. Worp & A. Rijiksbaron, Dakhleh Oasis Project Mono- graph 5. The Kellis Isocrates Codex (1997); D.W. Young (ed.), Studies Presented to Hans Jakob Polotsky (1981); M. Zibawi, Eastern Christian Worlds (1995). We also received vol 30, 33-36 (1991, 1994-7) of the Bulletin de la Societe d'Archaeologie Copte , Vol 18 No. 1 of the Coptic Church Review (a special volume on St. Cyril of Alexandria), and the April 1998 edition of Kemet . and lastly we kindly received an offprint from Prof. D.W. Young, titled " Pages from a Copy of Shenute's Eighth Canon", Orientalia , 67, 1998, 64-84. 12. Coptic Classes: A new session of Introductory Bohairic Coptic began at the Center on May 8, 1998. This session is conducted on Friday evenings. An advanced translation seminar is also conducted at the Center on Thursdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m. It deals with a Bohairic text, attributed to St. Cyril of Alexandria, concerning the Three Saintly Youth. There are plans in the work to conduct a series of 2-hour seminars to train students on how to conduct research using primary sources like manuscripts. Mr. Hany N. Takla, the Society's president, is the instructor for the above courses and seminars. 13. Research Projects: Mr. Ashraf Hanna, a member of our center's staff, is continuing his work on the collation of the different manuscripts of the Coptic (Arabic) Synaxarium. Similarly, Mr. Sherief Sorial is working on the Coptic Psalmodia. All of these projects are designed to trace the developmental history of these important books in the Coptic Church. Mr. Maged Mikhail is working with Dr. Tim Vivian on an enlarged volume of the life of St. John the Short. He will be translating the Arabic text from a manuscript preserved in the Göttingen University Library. The text has been transcribed from the manuscript and electronically

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