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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

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October, 2001

Volume 8(N.S. 5), No. 1

In This Issue: The Third St. Shenouda Coptic Conference (4) ......................................................... 1 Text Selections from the Boh. OT with New Translation (2) –Genesis (2) .............. 7 In Memoriam H.G. Bishop Gregorius ......................................................................... 10 In Memoriam Ragheb Moftah ..................................................................................... 11 News ................................................................................................................................ 13

The Third St. Shenouda Coptic Conference of Coptic Studies (July 27-28, 2001 - Los Angeles California) (4) (by Hany N. Takla)

Introduction: The Society’s tradition of bringing the flavor of Coptic scholarship to Los Angeles continued for another year. This past year marked our third 2-day conference and fifth consecutive meeting that members of the Coptic community and the Scholarly community in North America collaborated to further the main goal of our Society. Such goal, reviving and promoting the Coptic Heritage, was well served and greatly advanced by such gathering through the presenters as well as the attendees. It is hoped that such tradition continues and grows in the proper direction for which it was originally conceived. Attendance and Participants: About 90-100 persons attended part or all of this two-day conference, faculty members and students as well as Coptic laymen and clerics. The majority was from the greater Los Angeles area, but several came from all over the country, Canada, and Egypt. Bishop Serapion , the Coptic Bishop of Los Angeles was again in attendance as a participant on Saturday, though he just arrived from Egypt about 12 hours prior. Notably present was Prf. Dennis

MacDonald, Director of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity (IAC) at Claremont Grad. Univ. Several of the presenters came from different parts of the United States, Canada, and Egypt: Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad , Boulder Co; Dr. Gawdat Gabra , Cairo, Egypt; Prof. David Johnson , Washington, D.C.; Mr. Mark Moussa , Washington D.C.; Prof. Rachad Shoucri , Kingston, Canada; Dr. Mark Swanson , St. Paul, MN; Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian , Bakersfield CA. The rest of the presenters were from the Greater Los Angeles Area. Most significantly among them was a second-year History Student at UCLA, Miss. Nefertiti M. Takla , and a 14-year-old student at our Coptic Center, Miss. Veronia Hanna . These two represent the bright future of Copts in Coptic Studies. Schedule: The following was the final schedule for the conference: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:30-10:00 a.m. Registration 10:00-10:05 a.m. Opening Remarks by Hany N. Takla

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