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St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

members of the Society. Separate Publication Subscription will also be available at the same subscription rates offered in past years. These prices are as follows: North America: Students $10 Regular $15 Others: 1. Open House at the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies: As announced, the Society held an open house at its Los Angeles Center for Coptic Studies. On display was a preview of the Old Testament electronic edition, scheduled for distribution in July 2000, God's willing. Also displayed were the numerous important library acquisitions that the Society made in the past year. The most notable of those is the 1826 edition of the Psalms in Coptic (Bohairic) and Arabic, published in London. Mr. David Hirsch, Senior Middle East Bibliographer at UCLA was kind enough to join us and survey the content of the library. 2. Coptic Computer CD: The first Coptic Language CD, Coptic CD Vol. 1 is still available. A brief description as well as a demo is accessible through the Society's website. This CD includes four different modules: a Bohairic Coptic Introductory course with recorded pronunciations, a Bohairic-English Dictionary, a Coptic New Testament in Bohairic and Sahidic with English (KJV) and Greek in a parallel edition of at least six different combinations, and the Bohairic-English Annual Lectionary. Approximately 6,000 full-size pages are included. All these files are in Adobe Acrobat or PDF format. The Acrobat Reader is provided on the same CD. All files have search and printing capabilities. The sound provided with the Bohairic Introductory course can be accessed by clicking on the written Coptic words. System requirements includes an IBM 486 with Win 3.1 or higher and CD Drive with a Sound Card. Pricing shall be as follows:

Students Regular

$15

$20 For the first year, the application form will be included with the Annual Society membership letter, mailed in October. For renewals, the notice will accompany the last issue of the subscription year (July).

News (by Hany N. Takla)

Single copy (Non-Member) Single copy (Member & Churches) 2-9 copies (Non-Member) 10-19 copies (Non-Member)

$50 $40 $45 $40 $35

20-49 copies 50 and above

$30 All orders should be sent directly to the Society by e-mail through our website or by mail to the regular Society's Address. First time individual orders are required to submit payment before shipment. 3. Writings of H.H. Pope Shenouda III and the English Bible Computer CD: Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing - Australia (COEPA), has published a computer CD for which they designated the Society to handle the distribution of it in the United States except within the Southern States Diocese which is handling its own distribution. This CD mainly has three distinct parts. The first has over 40 books of the writings of Pope Shenouda III, that were translated in English, and published in PDF format. The second part is a licensed copy of the Bible Companion Software with the NKJV Bible, NRSV Deutrocanonical Books, and a Topical Index. The third includes an album of photos of the Papal visit to Australia, along with various video clips of that visit. The Society has distribution rights for this item, as indicated in #4 below. 4. The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil on Audio CDs: COEPA has produced a remastered 4-CD edition of the 1967 recording of the Coptic Liturgy

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