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Barber, Karin ; Jeyifo, Biodun ; Julien, Eileen ; Buzi, Paola ; Bausi, Alessandro ; Alami, Ahmed Idrissi ; Holmberg, Bo LU ; Koulali, Salima El and de Moraes-Farias, Paulo F. (2022) 2. p.542-588
Abstract

Cultural elaboration and differentiation flourished-witness the extraordinary wealth and variety of social and cultural forms across Africa today. Political experiments included the construction of polyethnic polities, the emergence of cities and empires, the elaboration of priestly and royal power. In the context of a Church in construction, it is not surprising that the first phase of Christian Egyptian literature consisted of systematic translation of biblical works from Greek into Coptic (third through fourth century). Between the fourth and fifth centuries, monasticism, one of the most significant cultural phenomena of Christian Egypt, played a critical role in the development of Coptic literature. The last phase of Christian... (More)

Cultural elaboration and differentiation flourished-witness the extraordinary wealth and variety of social and cultural forms across Africa today. Political experiments included the construction of polyethnic polities, the emergence of cities and empires, the elaboration of priestly and royal power. In the context of a Church in construction, it is not surprising that the first phase of Christian Egyptian literature consisted of systematic translation of biblical works from Greek into Coptic (third through fourth century). Between the fourth and fifth centuries, monasticism, one of the most significant cultural phenomena of Christian Egypt, played a critical role in the development of Coptic literature. The last phase of Christian Egyptian literature written in Coptic was characterized by the selection and rearrangement (sometimes by means of new titles) of those texts that appeared still useful for liturgical purposes and for the valorization of local religious identity.

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Africa, Christian Egypt, Christian Egyptian literature, Coptic literature, Local religious identity, Monasticism, Political experiments
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Literature : A World History - A World History
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2
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47 pages
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Wiley
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  • scopus:85148121892
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9781119775737
9780470671900
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10.1002/9781119775737.ch18
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English
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  author       = {{Barber, Karin and Jeyifo, Biodun and Julien, Eileen and Buzi, Paola and Bausi, Alessandro and Alami, Ahmed Idrissi and Holmberg, Bo and Koulali, Salima El and de Moraes-Farias, Paulo F.}},
  booktitle    = {{Literature : A World History}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{542--588}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley}},
  title        = {{Africa}},
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  doi          = {{10.1002/9781119775737.ch18}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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