Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity 9780520388802, 0520388801

Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity 9780520388802, 0520388801

In Those for Whom the Lamp Shines, Vince L. Bantu uses the rich body of anti-Chalcedonian literature to explore how the

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Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity 9780520388826

In Those for Whom the Lamp Shines, Vince L. Bantu uses the rich body of anti-Chalcedonian literature to explore how the

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The making of late antiquity 9780674543218, 9780674543201

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Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery: Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity 9780198029618, 0198029616

This book depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. During t

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Making Martyrs in Late Antiquity 9780715632857, 071563285X

Making Martyrs focuses on both artistic and textual representations to investigate the making of martyrs in the fourth-

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The Rise of Coptic: Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity 9780691201733

Coptic emerged as the written form of the Egyptian language in the third century, when Greek was still the official lang

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Ethnic Identity in Greek antiquity 9780521580175, 9780511090455, 9780521789998

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The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (The Popes of Egypt) [Illustrated] 9789774168345, 9774168348

The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East

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The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity 9780198738862, 0198738862

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the history of religions in late an

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Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia: Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity 9780520964204

It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, divid

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