The Copts and the West, 1439-1822: The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church by Alastair Hamilton

The Copts and the West, 1439-1822: The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church

Alastair Hamilton

360 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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In seventeenth-century Europe the Copts, or the Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, were widely believed to hold the key to an ancient wisdom and an ancient theology. Their language was thought to lead to the deciphering of the hieroglyp...

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