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& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

SUBSCRIBER'S EDITION Quarterly Newsletter Published by the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies

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April, 2002

Volume 8(N.S. 5), No. 3

In This Issue: The Fourth St. Shenouda Coptic Conference (1) ....................................................... 1 Wadi al- Natrun Symposium ........................................................................................ 2 Text Selections from the Boh. OT with New Translation (4) –Genesis (4) .............. 12 News ................................................................................................................................ 15

The Fourth St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies (July 26-27, 2002 - Los Angeles California) (1) (by Hany N. Takla)

Nardine Saad (CCC-UCLA) Dr. Saad Michael Saad (SSACS) Hany N. Takla (SSACS) Monee A. Takla (CCC-UCLA) Nefertiti M. Takla (CCC-UCLA)

Introduction: This year the Society is planning the continuation of its annual two-day general conference on Coptic Studies. The conference is designed to further promote and encourage Coptic Studies among Copts and others in the United States. Time and Location: This year the event is scheduled for Friday and Saturday July 26-27. The specific time schedule will be announced later. The place is tentatively set at UCLA Royce Hall Room 314. Organizing Committee: This conference is a cooperative effort of the Collegiate Coptic Orthodox Christian Club of University of California, Los Angeles (CCC-UCLA), Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures of UCLA (DMELC-UCLA), and other members of the Society (SSACS). The following individuals have been designated as members of the Organizing Committee: Dr. Nabil Elgabalawi (SSACS) Joseph Fahim (SSACS) Deacon Severus (Maged) S. Mikhail (SSACS)

Participants: The list of participants will be announced on our website as it becomes available. 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 30-35 minutes for the presentations with a

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