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- Jitse Dijkstra's research centres round the question how religion became transformed in Late Antiquity. In order to a... moreJitse Dijkstra's research centres round the question how religion became transformed in Late Antiquity. In order to answer this question, he focuses on the particular regional and local context of religious transformation rather than on the ideological and general story. Trained as a papyrologist but multidisciplinary in approach, his main interest is Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. He is the author of a monograph on the religious transformation in the First Cataract region, southern Egypt, in particular at the island of Philae, and a study of the graffiti in the temple of Isis at Aswan. He has conducted field work in the region from 2001 onwards and is currently directing two more graffiti projects (at Elephantine and Philae). He is also the co-author of a critical edition of the Coptic Life of Aaron, a sixth-century hagiographical work from the Cataract region. In addition, he has edited four volumes on such diverse topics as Egyptian hagiography, ancient religions and early Christianity, ethnicity and religious violence.edit
Much like our world today, Late Antiquity (fourth-seventh centuries CE) is often seen as a period rife with religious violence, not least because the literary sources are full of stories of Christians attacking temples, statues and... more
Much like our world today, Late Antiquity (fourth-seventh centuries CE) is often seen as a period rife with religious violence, not least because the literary sources are full of stories of Christians attacking temples, statues and 'pagans'. However, using insights from Religious Studies, recent studies have demonstrated that the Late Antique sources disguise a much more intricate reality. The present volume builds on this recent cutting-edge scholarship on religious violence in Late Antiquity in order to come to more nuanced judgments about the nature of the violence. At the same time, the focus on Late Antiquity has taken away from the fact that the phenomenon was no less prevalent in the earlier Graeco-Roman world. This book is therefore the first to bring together scholars with expertise ranging from classical Athens to Late Antiquity to examine the phenomenon in all its complexity and diversity throughout Antiquity.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Violence, Early Christianity, and 14 morePolitical Violence and Terrorism, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Second Temple Judaism, Ancient Religion, Late Antiquity, Religious History, Judaism, Religion and Violence, Late Antique Religion, Religious Studies, Ancient Judaism, Patristics and Late Antiquity, Religious Violence, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
The Life of Aaron is one of the most interesting and sophisticated hagiographical works surviving in Coptic. The work contains descriptions of the lives of ascetic monks, in particular Apa Aaron, on the southern Egyptian frontier in the... more
The Life of Aaron is one of the most interesting and sophisticated hagiographical works surviving in Coptic. The work contains descriptions of the lives of ascetic monks, in particular Apa Aaron, on the southern Egyptian frontier in the fourth and early fifth centuries, and was probably written in the sixth century. Even though the first edition of this work was already published by E.A. Wallis Budge in 1915, a critical edition remained outstanding. In this book Jitse H.F. Dijkstra and Jacques van der Vliet present not only a critical text, for the most part based on the only completely preserved, tenth-century manuscript, but also a new translation and an exhaustive commentary addressing philological, literary and historical aspects of the text.
Research Interests: Hagiography, Early Christianity, Coptic Studies, Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), Sahidic Coptic, and 10 moreLate Antique Hagiography, Byzantine Hagiography, Coptic Monasteries, Early Christian Literature, Coptic, Egyptian Christianity, Early Egyptian Christianity, Ancient Christian Literature, Coptic Literature, and Coptic Hagiography
In recent years, exciting new discoveries of inscriptions and archaeological remains on the Arabian Peninsula have led to a re-evaluation of the peoples on the Arabian frontier, which through their extensive contacts with Rome and Persia... more
In recent years, exciting new discoveries of inscriptions and archaeological remains on the Arabian Peninsula have led to a re-evaluation of the peoples on the Arabian frontier, which through their extensive contacts with Rome and Persia are now seen as dynamic participants in the Late Antique world. The present volume contributes to this recent trend by focusing on the contrast between the 'outside' sources on the peoples of the frontier - the Roman view - and the 'inside' sources, that is, the precious material produced by the Arabs themselves, and by approaching these sources within an anthropological framework of how peripheral peoples face larger powers. For the first time, the situation on the Arabian frontier is also compared with that on the southern Egyptian frontier, where similar sources have been found of peoples such as the Blemmyes and Noubades. Thus, the volume offers a richly-documented examination of the frontier interactions in these two vibrant and critically-important areas of the Late Antique East.
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In Ancient Egypt, especially in the Graeco-Roman period, the practice was widespread for worshippers to leave graffiti on the walls of temples, often with religious intentions. Graffiti from temples are therefore a treasure trove for the... more
In Ancient Egypt, especially in the Graeco-Roman period, the practice was widespread for worshippers to leave graffiti on the walls of temples, often with religious intentions. Graffiti from temples are therefore a treasure trove for the study of personal piety in Ancient Egypt, as well as in later periods when temples remained attractive to Christians. The present study, the first final report of the excavations at ancient Syene (Aswan) conducted since the year 2000 by the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt and the Supreme Council of Antiquities, is among the first to study together all graffiti (352 in total, both figures and texts) from a single temple, the temple of Isis at Aswan, ranging in date from the 3rd century BCE until the 19th century CE, and to place them within their architectural context. The graffiti provide us with many fascinating snapshots of religious life, and other activities, in the long period in which the building was used and reused.
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This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an... more
This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an internationally renowned scholar of religion both past and present, including first and foremost Greek and Roman religion, but also early Christianity and post-classical developments in religion and spirituality. In line with these three main areas of Bremmer’s research, the volume is divided into three parts, bringing together contributions from distinguished scholars in many fields. The result is a diverse book which provides a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions, thus reflecting the nature of the scholarship of Bremmer himself.
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The famous island of Philae, on Egypt's southern frontier, can be considered the last major temple site where Ancient Egyptian religion was practiced. According to the Byzantine historian Procopius, in 535-537 CE the Emperor Justinian... more
The famous island of Philae, on Egypt's southern frontier, can be considered the last major temple site where Ancient Egyptian religion was practiced. According to the Byzantine historian Procopius, in 535-537 CE the Emperor Justinian ordered one of his generals to end this situation by destroying the island's temples. This account has usually been accepted as a sufficient explanation for the end of the Ancient Egyptian cults at Philae. Yet it is by no means unproblematic. This book shows that the event of 535-537 has to be seen in a larger context of religious transformation at Philae, which was more complex and gradual than Procopius describes it. Not only are the various Late Antique sources from and on Philae taken into account, for the first time the religious developments at Philae are also placed in a regional context by analyzing the sources from the other major towns in the region, Syene (Aswan) and Elephantine.
This volume presents a series of case studies concerning the use and reuse of Egyptian hagiography in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The first three contributions analyze the use of Egyptian hagiography in the context of late antique... more
This volume presents a series of case studies concerning the use and reuse of Egyptian hagiography in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The first three contributions analyze the use of Egyptian hagiography in the context of late antique Egypt and, in particular, examine to what extent these texts can be used as historical sources for the reconstruction of traditional (“pagan”) religion. The other contributions illustrate the different contexts in which Egyptian hagiography was reused in the medieval West. The book is an important contribution to the current debate about the usefulness of Egyptian hagiography as a historical source for late antique Egypt and to the study of the reception of the desert fathers in the medieval West.
Eighth installment of an annual overview of published inscriptions in Greek and Coptic from Christian Egypt and Nubia.
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Edition of a fragmentary Coptic tombstone that derives from recent excavations of the Institute of Fine Arts/New York University and Princeton in the North Necropolis of Abydos. It belongs to a group of four other stelae of the so-called... more
Edition of a fragmentary Coptic tombstone that derives from recent excavations of the Institute of Fine Arts/New York University and Princeton in the North Necropolis of Abydos. It belongs to a group of four other stelae of the so-called 'litany type' with a certain provenance from the site, which assures a date for our stela in ca. the sixth-eighth centuries and aids in the reconstruction of some of its missing parts.
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In this article, I propose the concept of "appropriation," widely used in cross-cultural contexts, as a new approach to the process of religious transformation in Late Antiquity. This approach has the advantage that it encompasses the... more
In this article, I propose the concept of "appropriation," widely used in cross-cultural contexts, as a new approach to the process of religious transformation in Late Antiquity. This approach has the advantage that it encompasses the entire spectrum of individual responses to the impact of Christianity that characterizes the period. It is thus a particularly dynamic concept, as it accurately takes into account the interactive nature of the process and views it "from the bottom-up," highlighting human agency. The variety of responses is illustrated by three case studies from Egypt-literature, monumental architecture (temples and churches), and magic-which can be regarded as exemplary for studying similar aspects of the religious transformation process in other areas of the (Eastern) Roman Empire. In each of these cases, the topic has until quite recently been viewed in terms of a "pagan" vs. Christianity framework, which has now been replaced by a more complex picture that exposes to the fullest extent the different forms of appropriation.
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‘in M.D. Adams, ‘Abydos in Late Antiquity: A View from the Shunet el-Zebib’, in E.R. O’Connell (ed.), Abydos in the First Millennium AD (Leuven, 2020) 79-149 at 137-48
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Seventh installment of an annual overview of published inscriptions in Greek and Coptic from Christian Egypt and Nubia.
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Research Interests: Social Psychology, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Patristics, Late Antique Archaeology, and 8 moreLate Antiquity, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Antique Hagiography, Late Antique Religion, Crowd Behaviour and Psychology, Religious Violence, Alexandria, and Late Antique Egypt
Research Interests: Violence, Early Christianity, Roman Religion, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Ancient Religion, and 10 moreLate Antiquity, Ancient Greek Religion, Ancient myth and religion, Religion and Violence, Religious Studies, Ancient Judaism, Religious Violence, Graeco-Roman Religion, Religious and Political Violence, and History of Judaism In Antiquity
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Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, Coptic Studies, Late Antiquity, and 10 moreLate Antique Literature, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Late Antique Hagiography, Late Antique Religion, Religious Studies, Patristics and Late Antiquity, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Religious Violence, Late Antique Egypt, and Religious and Political Violence
Sixth installment of an annual overview of published inscriptions in Greek and Coptic from Christian Egypt and Nubia.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Late Antique Archaeology, Early Christianity, and 14 moreGreek Epigraphy, Late Antiquity, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Digital epigraphy, Epigraphy, Egyptian Christianity, Late Antique-Early Medieval Archaeology, Classic and Medieval Epigraphy, Topography, Christian Nubia, Early Egyptian Christianity, Nubian Christianity, Late Antique Egypt, and Early Christian Epigraphy
Fifth installment of an annual overview of published inscriptions in Greek and Coptic from Christian Egypt and Nubia.
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Fourth installment of an annual overview of published inscriptions in Greek and Coptic from Christian Egypt and Nubia.
Research Interests: Egyptology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Languages and Linguistics, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Egyptian Archaeology, and 11 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Early Christianity, Greek Epigraphy, Late Antiquity, Egypt, Ancient Nubia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, Christian Nubia, and Nubian Christianity
The period of Late Antiquity has long been perceived, and is still often perceived, through the lens of (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of violence against temples, statues and even ‘pagans’, and may give... more
The period of Late Antiquity has long been perceived, and is still often perceived, through the lens of (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of violence against temples, statues and even ‘pagans’, and may give theimpression that this was a period of widespread religious violence. Egypt, where such stories abound, has often been seen as a particularly good illustration of the pervasive nature of religious violence in the Late Antique world. This article takes a different view. By adopting a theoretical framework on religious violence from Religious Studies and including all the other sources available from
Egypt – papyri, inscriptions and archaeological remains – it argues that events were often dramatised for ideological reasons and that, when seen against a general background of religious transformation, religious violence occurred only occasionally in specific local or regional circumstances. This point will be demonstrated by discussing three iconic events that have often been adduced as symptomatic of widespread violence in Late Antique Egypt: the destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria in 391/392, the anti-‘pagan’ crusade of Abbot
Shenoute in the region of Panopolis around 400, and the closure of the Isis temple at Philae in 535–537.
Egypt – papyri, inscriptions and archaeological remains – it argues that events were often dramatised for ideological reasons and that, when seen against a general background of religious transformation, religious violence occurred only occasionally in specific local or regional circumstances. This point will be demonstrated by discussing three iconic events that have often been adduced as symptomatic of widespread violence in Late Antique Egypt: the destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria in 391/392, the anti-‘pagan’ crusade of Abbot
Shenoute in the region of Panopolis around 400, and the closure of the Isis temple at Philae in 535–537.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Religious Studies (Theory And Methodology), and 12 moreLate Antique Hagiography, Late Antique Religion, Religious Studies, Paleochristian and Late Antique Archaeology, Egyptian Christianity, Byzantine Egypt, Theology and Religious Studies, Early Egyptian Christianity, Violence as Tool for Religious Conversion, Religious Transformation, Late Antique Egypt, and Egyptian Christian Archaeology
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Research Interests: Computer Graphics, Greek Literature, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Early Christianity, and 18 moreLate Antiquity, Egypt, Nonnus, Classical philology, Late Antique Literature, Late Antique Religion, Nonnus of Panopolis, Greek language and literature, Ancient Egypt, Greek Philology, Greek and Latin Literature, Ancient Greek Literature, Ancient Greek Literature, Classical Philology, Egypt, late-antique, Coptic and Islamic architecture, Ancient Greek Philology, Late Antique Egypt, Ancient Greek Language and Literature, and Nonnus Panopolitanus
Research Interests: Christianity, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Egyptology, Early Christianity, Coptic Studies, and 14 moreChurch History, Sahidic Coptic, Religious History, Ancient Egyptian History, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Christianity, Coptology, Early Egyptian Christianity, Philae, écriture ptolémaïque, Egyptian Temples, Philae Temple, and Philae Island
An overview of Dendera in the Graeco-Roman and Late Antique periods. In the Graeco-Roman period the site was dominated by the temple of Hathor, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and the center of her cult. During Late Antiquity... more
An overview of Dendera in the Graeco-Roman and Late Antique periods. In the Graeco-Roman period the site was dominated by the temple of Hathor, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and the center of her cult. During Late Antiquity the city continued to be of regional significance, as is evinced by the episcopal see that was created here, as well as the church that was built close to the Hathor temple.
Research Interests: Ancient Egyptian Religion, Egyptology, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Egyptian History, and 15 moreGraeco-Roman Egypt, Ptolemaic Egyptian History, Ptolemaic (Egyptology), History of Egyptology, Roman Egypt, Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Ancient Egyptian History, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Greco-Roman World, GRAECO-ROMAN RELIGIONS AND CULTS, Greco-Roman Religions, Dendera Temple, and Egyptian Temples
Second installment of an annual overview of published inscriptions in Greek and Coptic from Christian Egypt and Nubia.
Research Interests: Christianity, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Egyptology, Egyptian Archaeology, Early Christianity, and 17 moreGreek Epigraphy, Coptic Studies, Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), Egypt, History of Egyptology, Ancient Egyptian History, Coptic Monasteries, Christian Epigraphy, Coptic, Coptic Papyrology, Greek Inscriptions, Christian Nubia, Nubian Christianity, Coptic epigraphy, Coptic Epigraphy and Codicology, Late Antique Egypt, and Christianity in Egypt
In this article, we offer a first edition of three papyrus fragments in Sahidic Coptic from the British Library (Or. 7558 [89] [93] [150]). They can be dated to the sixth or seventh century on palaeographical grounds and belong to the... more
In this article, we offer a first edition of three papyrus fragments in Sahidic Coptic from the British Library (Or. 7558 [89] [93] [150]). They can be dated to the sixth or seventh century on palaeographical grounds and belong to the earliest known manuscript of the Coptic Life of Aaron. Since a complete manuscript of the text survives in a tenth century
paper codex, also preserved in the British Library (Or. 7029), the fragments enable us to compare the text of a Coptic hagiographical work as it was fairly close to the date of its composition, in this case probably the sixth century, with a much later version of the same text. A detailed analysis allows conclusions about both the reliability of the medieval witness and the nature of the changes that the text underwent in the
course of its transmission.
paper codex, also preserved in the British Library (Or. 7029), the fragments enable us to compare the text of a Coptic hagiographical work as it was fairly close to the date of its composition, in this case probably the sixth century, with a much later version of the same text. A detailed analysis allows conclusions about both the reliability of the medieval witness and the nature of the changes that the text underwent in the
course of its transmission.
Research Interests: Egyptology, Hagiography, Early Christianity, Coptic Studies, Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), and 17 moreSahidic Coptic, Coptic History, Coptic period (Egyptology), Late Antique Hagiography, Coptic dialects, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Coptic language, Coptic Monasteries, Early Christian Literature, Coptic, Coptic Studies, Coptic pottery, Coptic iconography, Coptic liturgy, Coptic Papyrology, Papyrology (Demotic, Coptic, Greek), Christian Literature, Coptic Literature, and Early Christian Literature and History
Although many magical papyri contain figures, scholarly attention has thus far mostly focused on the texts that are frequently found side by side with them. When we approach magical papyri as artefacts, it becomes clear that these figures... more
Although many magical papyri contain figures, scholarly attention has thus far mostly focused on the texts that are frequently found side by side with them. When we approach magical papyri as artefacts, it becomes clear that these figures deserve as much attention as the texts and that they should be studied in conjunction. In this article, I will concentrate on six magical papyri with drawings which occur in a corpus of Greek magical texts with Christian elements from Late Antique Egypt and demonstrate the essential role that the images play in connection with the texts. As such, like the texts found in the same corpus, they reflect the syncretistic environment of Late Antique Egypt.
Research Interests: Magic, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Contextualizing Ancient Magic, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts, and 10 moreMagic and Divination in the Ancient World, Ancient magic, Egyptian Christianity, Greek Magical Papyri, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Myth and Magic, Early Egyptian Christianity, Ancient Egyptian Magical Practices, Ancient Greek Magic, Magical Spells, and Religious and Magical Practices
The present article discusses one of the best-known passages in the Life of Aaron. According to this story, Macedonius, freshly appointed by Archbishop Athanasius of Alexandria as first bishop of the temple island of Philae, travels... more
The present article discusses one of the best-known passages in the Life of Aaron. According to this story, Macedonius,
freshly appointed by Archbishop Athanasius of Alexandria as first bishop of the temple island of Philae,
travels south, enters the temple area incognito, alleges to make a sacrifice to “God” and, instead of offering a
sacrifice to the holy falcon worshipped on the island, kills the bird and throws it in the fire as a sacrifice to his
own, Christian God. We will discuss the discourse of idol destruction that is used in this passage to describe the
murder of the falcon and place it in the larger context of idol destruction in Coptic literature. It will become
clear that our text conforms entirely to the language commonly used in contemporary literature, while at the
same time adding specific local elements.
freshly appointed by Archbishop Athanasius of Alexandria as first bishop of the temple island of Philae,
travels south, enters the temple area incognito, alleges to make a sacrifice to “God” and, instead of offering a
sacrifice to the holy falcon worshipped on the island, kills the bird and throws it in the fire as a sacrifice to his
own, Christian God. We will discuss the discourse of idol destruction that is used in this passage to describe the
murder of the falcon and place it in the larger context of idol destruction in Coptic literature. It will become
clear that our text conforms entirely to the language commonly used in contemporary literature, while at the
same time adding specific local elements.
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As elsewhere the fate of the temples in late antique Egypt has often been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion into churches. When... more
As elsewhere the fate of the temples in late antique Egypt has often
been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which
tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion
into churches. When one looks at the other types of sources available
from Egypt—inscriptions, papyri and archaeological remains—however,
it becomes abundantly clear that the story of what happened to the temples
was usually much less dramatic. This article argues that, in order to
get a more reliable and complex picture of the fate of the temples, it is
best to study them within a local or regional context and from a variety
of sources, especially material remains since they can provide the most
detailed picture of a whole range of methods of reuse, if the building was
reused at all. A case study (of the First Cataract region, Southern Egypt)
confirms that violence against temples and their reuse as churches were
indeed exceptional and but two aspects in the complex process of the
changing sacred landscape of Late Antiquity.
been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which
tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion
into churches. When one looks at the other types of sources available
from Egypt—inscriptions, papyri and archaeological remains—however,
it becomes abundantly clear that the story of what happened to the temples
was usually much less dramatic. This article argues that, in order to
get a more reliable and complex picture of the fate of the temples, it is
best to study them within a local or regional context and from a variety
of sources, especially material remains since they can provide the most
detailed picture of a whole range of methods of reuse, if the building was
reused at all. A case study (of the First Cataract region, Southern Egypt)
confirms that violence against temples and their reuse as churches were
indeed exceptional and but two aspects in the complex process of the
changing sacred landscape of Late Antiquity.
Research Interests: Ancient Egyptian Religion, Egyptology, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Coptic Studies, and 14 moreCoptic (Languages And Linguistics), Egypt, Egyptian religion, Coptic (Archaeology), Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Ancient Egyptian History, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Coptic Monasteries, Egyptian Christianity, Religious Violence, Early Egyptian Christianity, Egyptian Christian Archaeology, and Egyptian Coptic Christians
In this article we present an up-to-date list of Greek (and Latin) amulets and formularies from Egypt that contain Christian elements. We first discuss the criteria whereby an item is identified as an amulet or formulary and as containing... more
In this article we present an up-to-date list of Greek (and Latin) amulets and formularies from Egypt that contain Christian elements. We first discuss the criteria whereby an item is identified as an amulet or formulary and as containing Christian elements; these criteria are used to classify items as having been certainly, probably, or possibly produced or used as an amulet. We then describe some of the main patterns observed in the corpus: the geographical and chronological distribution of the items, the language in which they were written (Greek versus Latin), the materials on which they were written, the purposes for which they were applied, and the dynamics of continuity and change as Christian forms and elements were introduced into the genre. We conclude with an appendix listing all the items included in the corpus and tabulating a basic set of characteristics for each item.
This article explores in detail the downfalls of the patriarchs of Constantinople Euphemius (in 496) and Macedonius (in 511). It argues that the Emperor Anastasius (491-518) was obliged to outmanoeuvre both patriarchs in order to... more
This article explores in detail the downfalls of the patriarchs of Constantinople Euphemius (in 496) and Macedonius (in 511). It argues that the Emperor Anastasius (491-518) was obliged to outmanoeuvre both patriarchs in order to re-establish control in a predominantly pro-Chalcedonian city. In a detailed investigation of the events surrounding Macedonius’ downfall in July 511 it brings to bear hitherto neglected Coptic translations of letters by Severus to bishop Soterichus of Caesarea, offering a new edition of one and a new translation of both. It concludes with some observations about the relationship between the emperor and the patriarch in the imperial capital in late antiquity generally, stressing the steadily rising influence of the latter.
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Research Interests: Ancient Egyptian Religion, Egyptology, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Egypt, and 14 moreGraeco-Roman Egypt, Graffiti, Coptic (Archaeology), Ancient Graffiti (Archaeology), Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Ancient Egyptian Iconography, Ancient Egyptian History, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Ancient Egypt, History of graffiti and wall-writing, Ancient Graffiti, Aswan Coptic Church Monastery Qubbat El-Hawa Elephantine Egypt, Early Egyptian Christianity, and Aswan History
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Research Interests: Christianity, Early Christianity, Eastern Christianity, Greek Epigraphy, Coptic Studies, and 13 moreCoptic (Languages And Linguistics), Sahidic Coptic, Coptic History, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Coptic language, Eastern Christian studies, Christian Epigraphy, Early Christian Literature, Christianity and Literature, Aswan Coptic Church Monastery Qubbat El-Hawa Elephantine Egypt, Coptic Literature, Coptic Hagiography, and Philae Island
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Research Interests: Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Coptic Studies, Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), Nubian-Egyptian Relations, and 18 moreSahidic Coptic, Coptic History, Coptic (Archaeology), Coptic period (Egyptology), Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, Coptic language, Coptic art, Coptic Monasteries, Coptic, Coptic Wall Paintings, Coptic Studies, Coptic pottery, Coptic iconography, Nubian studies, Coptic liturgy, Aswan Coptic Church Monastery Qubbat El-Hawa Elephantine Egypt, Nubian Studies and Egyptology, Nubian Christianity, Nubian Archaeology, and Ancient Nubian History
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Despite the fact that excavations by foreign missions are currently on hold in the Dakhla Oasis, much recent work has been conducted on the rich materials that have been unearthed in the oasis over the last several decades. In this review... more
Despite the fact that excavations by foreign missions are currently on hold in the Dakhla Oasis, much recent work has been conducted on the rich materials that have been unearthed in the oasis over the last several decades. In this review article, three books are discussed that came out in 2018-2019, two conference proceedings and an excavation report.