Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence

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Main Author: Glanville Downey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2001-07-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/12581
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spelling doaj-d65453efa52448d2819ecce161e2261e2021-09-02T13:18:01ZengDuke UniversityGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies0017-39162159-31592001-07-011211913512681Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious IndependenceGlanville Downey<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">The emergence of a distinctive Christian culture in late antique Egypt, increasingly turned in on itself, was facilitated by the development of the written Coptic language, the triumph of Monophysism, and perhaps most the limited access of Egyptians to Greek education.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/12581
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Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
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title Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence
title_short Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence
title_full Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence
title_fullStr Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence
title_full_unstemmed Coptic Culture in the Byzantine World: Nationalism and Religious Independence
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publisher Duke University
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publishDate 2001-07-01
description <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">The emergence of a distinctive Christian culture in late antique Egypt, increasingly turned in on itself, was facilitated by the development of the written Coptic language, the triumph of Monophysism, and perhaps most the limited access of Egyptians to Greek education.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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