List of Illustrations
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Language and Literature
1 Synopsis of the Arabic Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony
Elizabeth Agaiby
2 The Arrow Prayer as a Weapon of Warfare
Fr. Anthony
3 Athanasius in Alexandria
David Brakke
4 The Patriarchs of Alexandria and the Monastery of St. Macarius: An Overview
Bishop Epiphanius
5 Alexandrian Theological Exegesis: Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria
Lois M. Farag
6 Coptic Dialects in Egypt's Western Desert
Frank Feder
7 Facing West to Facing East: Extracting a Christian History of Alexandria, 1810-Present
Mary Ghattas
8 The Relationship between the Cyrenaican and Egyptian Monks during the Fourth and Fifth Centuries
Intisar Hazawi
9 The Armenians in Alexandria
Mary Kupelian
10 The Monastic Relations between the Region of the Red Sea and the Region of Wadi al-Natrun
Bishop Martyros
11 The Memory of St. Mark in the Coptic Church
Samuel Moawad
12 Christianity in the Western Desert in Modern Times
Adel F. Sadek
13 The Holy Family in the Egyptian Deserts: Building the Christian Desert Spirituality
Ashraf Alexander Sadek
14 The Arabic Corpus of Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria
Ibrahim Saweros
15 The Scriptures in the Works of Great Figures of the Theological School of Alexandria
Mark Sheridan
16 Important Manuscripts of Dayr al-Suryan for the History of Alexandrian Patriarchs
Fr. Bigoul al-Suriany
17 The Manuscripts of the Monastery of St. Antony Preserved Abroad
Hany N. Takla
18 Places of Passage: The Christian Epigraphy of the Western Oases, with a Focus on the Kharga Oasis
Jacques van der Vliet
19 Alexandria and the Martyrs
Youhanna Nessim Youssef
20 The Alexandria Polyphony: The Voices in the Bohairic Acts of the Martyrs
Ewa D. Zakrzewska
Art, Archaeology, and Material Culture
21 Laura Wadi Naqqat in the Eastern Desert
Jan Ciglene¿ki
22 An Archaeological Site with Manichaeans: Ancient Kellis, Fourth Century
Jean-Daniel Dubois
23 Woodwork from the Coptic Museum Displayed in the Antiquities Museum of the Library of Alexandria
Sherin Sadek El Gendi
24 The Carl Maria Kaufmann Collection of Objects from Abu Mina in the Museum of Byzantine Art, Berlin
Cäcilia Fluck
25 Architecture at al-Bagawat Cemetery
Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou
26 The Lord's Table, Refrigerium, Eucharist, Agapè, and Tables for Ritual Meals in al-Bagawat and in Monasteries
Karel Innemée
27 Wall Painting in Mareotis: The Church at Karm al-Ahbariya, Paying Special Attention to Scenes of a Vita
Constantini
Gertrud J.M. van Loon
28 'University' in Late Antique Alexandria
Grzegorz Majcherek
29 The Iconography of St. Mark in Coptic Art during the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods
Nader Alfy Zekry
Preservation
30 A New Phenomenon in the Restoration of Coptic Architecture
Ashraf Nageh