SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

theologian Known to Medieval Arabophone Copts Prof. Adel Sidarus: The Copto-Arabic Renaissance in the Middle Ages: Characteristics and Socio- Political Context. Miss Nefertiti Takla: Healing and Salvation in Early Egyptian Christianity Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef: The Encomium of St. Philotheus Ascribed to Severus of Antioch Copies have been sent to all dues-paying members of the Society and those of St. Mark Foundation as well as Coptica subscribers. For non-members (or Newsletter subscribers) this volume will be available for $10 plus shipping and handling. The second issue will publish the papers presented at the Wadi al- Natrun's Symposium, Feb. 2002. E-mail contact is: coptica@stshenouda.com. 10. The Society on The Internet: We are still at the same address, "http://www.stshenouda.com". Our traffic was approximately 45,000 hits per month on the average. Information about the new MiniConferences and the annual conference will be posted on the site. The Coptic Lessons Section will be revised soon to add limited pronunciation sounds. 11. Digitizing of Coptic Microfilms Project: The Society is in the process of placing a short list of the description of all these digitized manuscripts on our website. 12. St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History: Dr. Fawzy Estafanous of Cleveland, Ohio is continuing the colossal effort of organizing this new foundation for the detailed study of Coptic History (Church and people). In the past period, both of our organizations as well as the Patriarchate in Cairo have made a gift to the New Alexandria Library in the form of 16 CDs of digitized manuscripts from the electronic collection of the Society. The formal presentation is scheduled for February 2003 Dr. Estafanous is also preparing a comprehensive proposal for funding the purchase, cataloging, and digitizing of more of the manuscripts related to the Coptic Heritage in European Libraries. The Society will be responsible for the actual procurement, cataloging, and digitizing of such material. Digitized copies will be given as a gift to the Library of Alexandria in the name of the above organizations as well as others contributing to the funding of this project. The Foundation has obtained a preliminary approval from the Patriarchate as well as the Fayoum Diocese

price for a single copy is $5.00. Discounts will be available to distributors for quantity purchases of 25, 50, and 100 copies. Members of the Society will be given a 20% discount. Also available, D. N. Bell's The Life of Shenoute by Besa , this is the only published English translation of the Coptic Life of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite. The price for members is $9 and for non-members $11.50. 8. Bulletin of the Society (Back Issues): The sixth and final volume of the Annual Bulletin of the Society is in print. It included seven selected papers from the proceedings of the Second Coptic Conference and the Second Coptic Symposium on Monasticism, held at UCLA in 1999, and 2000, respectively. The volume was dedicated to the memory of Prof. Paul van Moorsel of Leiden. Copies of this volume are available to non-members for $5.00 each. Copies of earlier volumes are also available for volumes 2, 3, 4, and 5 at $4 for members and $5 for non-members. Deacon Severus (Maged) S. A. Mikhail was the editor of this volume. 9. Coptica: The first issue of Coptica was released and excellent response was received from the members. It was a volume of 220 pages, including ten selected articles from the 3 rd St. Shenouda Conference of 2001 plus four other contributions by scholars from four different countries. The final list of the article included in this volume is as follows: Dr. Mark Sheridan, O.S.B.: The Spiritual and Intellectual World of Early Egyptian Monasticism Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian: A Figure in the Carpet: The Spirituality of Saint Macarius the Great Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian: The Virtues of Saint Macarius, The Manuscript, and Amelineau’s Text. Prof. David Johnson, S.J.: Pope Timothy II Aelurus: His Life and His Importance for the Development of Christianity in Egypt Mr. Mark Moussa , Abba Shenoute and the Meletians: Polemics and Conflict with Formation, Ideology, and Practice of a Separatist Monastic Community. Mr. Hany N. Takla: Sahidicism in the Current Edition of the Coptic Pascha Book Dr. Mark N. Swanson: “ Our Brother, the Monk Eustathius”: A Ninth-Century Syrian Orthodox

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