SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Prof. David Johnson (Washington DC) Mr. Maged S. Mikhail (California) Dr. Mark R. Moussa (Washington, DC) Ms. Nardine Saad (California) Dr. Saad Mikhail Saad (California) Mr. Hany N. Takla (California) Ms. Nefertiti Takla (California) Dr. Bastiaan Van Elderen (Michigan) Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian (California) Mr. Ramses Wassif (California) Dr. Youhanna Nessim Youssef (Australia) Other possible participants (non-confirmed): Ms. Febe Armanios (Ohio) Dr. Monica Bontty (California) Dr. Gawdat Gabra (Egypt) Dr. Mark Swanson (Minnesota) Format: Presentations are classified into three types. The first is plenary papers which are customarily surveys of research done over a specific period of time in a specific area in the field. Each plenary paper will be scheduled as a 30-minute presentation with no follow-up discussion. The second type is the regular presentations where the researcher briefly presents the work that he/she has or is doing in the field. These presentations will be structured in a 20- minute format with a 10-minute follow-up discussion. The maximum time allotted to these presentations, including the discussion, will be 30

minutes. The third type is the papers that involve substantial slides or similar graphic presentations. Prior approval by the organizing committee is required for such presentation. The presenter will be given 45-50 minutes for the presentations with a maximum of 10-minute follow-up discussion. The maximum type for such presentation will be one- hour. Registration: All interested persons can pre- register through our website. The address is 'http://www.stshenouda.com/society/3ccnfreg.htm' A nominal registration fee for the 2-day conference will be charged as follows: Members: $20.00 Non-Members: $25.00 UCLA Students & Faculty N/C Other Students $15.00 Notification and Abstracts: Those interested in participating need to notify the Society in writing by March 1, 2001. Written abstracts will be due by May 15, 2001. Publications of the Proceedings: Selected papers presented at the Conference will be published as part of the of Coptologia for the year 2002. A final draft of each paper shall be submitted by the presenter no later than November 30, 2001.

Early Codices of the Bible - 3. Codex Alexandrinus (by Hany N. Takla)

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter have brought the codex with him. He later sent it as a present to King James I of England; who died before it arrived and Charles I, in 1627, accepted it instead. It is now the chief glory of the British Library and it is exhibited in the Library Manuscript exhibit in the British Museum which I was fortunate to see in 1994. Introduction: This codex is the third of the major codices of the Bible which represents for the most part the Alexandrian text which the Coptic Versions are primarily based on, though not necessarily on thie particular manuscript. It is given the designation A, being the the first of the great uncials to become known to the learned world. Origin: When Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Alexandria, was transferred in 1621 to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, he is believed to Codex Description: Originally this codex existed as a one large volume. However it is currently bound in four separate volumes, bearing on their covers the coat of arms of Charles I of England.

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