Introduction to Sahidic CopticThe first carefully graded introductory textbook of Sahidic Coptic to appear in English: no other grammar is designed specifically as a textbook, with lessons and drill exercises. Included are a series of graded lessons with exercises covering grammar and vocabulary, a selection of annotated texts, and a comprehensive glossary of Sahidic Coptic. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Introductory Remarks | 146 |
Luke IV | 149 |
Apophthegmata Patrum | 171 |
Wisdom of Solomon | 185 |
The Life of Joseph the Carpenter | 196 |
Glossary | 209 |
Glossary of Greek Words | 359 |
| 364 | |
Grammatical Index | 366 |
Table of Principal Verbal Conjugations | 371 |
| 373 | |
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Page vii - The conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC and the subsequent Greek-speaking administration of the country under the Ptolemies led to the thorough Hellenization of Lower (ie Northern) Egypt.
Page xiii - Double Vowels The double writing of any of the simple vowels is generally understood to be an indication of the presence of a glottal stop, ie the complete but very brief stoppage of airflow in the glottis, conventionally indicated by 3 in transcription.
Page ix - Thebes, was used extensively in the fourth and fifth centuries for the translation of Manichaean and Gnostic literature. Its association with this heretical material probably had much to do with its early demise as a literary dialect.
Page xv - ... (1) Stress is always on one of the last two syllables of a word.