Sahidic Coptic New Testament
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Rating | : | 4.44 (581 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1466386185 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 330 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-05-16 |
Language | : | English |
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"I appreciate having a Coptic edition!" according to Chloe B.. I'd like to write a review to counteract the one by a purchaser who didn't understand what language he or she had received. I am a beginning student of Coptic, so I have not had much experience and I cannot work my way through this text with ease yet, but I deeply appreciate having a digital Coptic version to work from. As I improve in my Coptic studies, this can be a useful way to practice and improve my grasp of the language. However, I wish that the text included an introduction or some commentary/footnotes t. Learning Sahidic Coptic James Ronald Gough This review is that of a student of several languages, two of which (Greek and Hebrew) I taught. I am attracted to ancient languages. Sahidic and Bohairic (among other dialects of Coptic) are the heirs of Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demotic,and Hieratic stages of Egyptian. The Coptic New Testament represents a significant text tradition of the New Testament. This "reader" therefore may be helpful to one such as myself. The Coptic alphabet itself is (roughly speaking) the alphabet of Greek plus six addition letters r. "One Star" according to Amazon Customer. Terrible, terrible choice of font.
The complete New Testament in the Sahidic dialect of ancient Coptic. Typset by Bibles. London