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...

Table of Contents: Editor's note Stephen J. Davis: Life and Death in Lower and Upper Egypt: A Brief Survey of Recent Monastic Archaeology at Yale Jacques van der Vliet: Pesynthios of Coptos / Qift (ca. 568-632) and the Rise of the Egyptian Miaphysite Church Timothy Pettipiece: Towards a Manichaean Reading of the Nag Hammadi Codices Theodore S. de Bruyn: Greek Amulets from Egypt Invoking Mary as Expressions of "Lived Religion" Sabrina Higgins: Divine Mothers: The Influence of Isis on the Virgin Mary in Egyptian Lactans-Iconography Bishoy Dawood: The Coptic Calendar: A History of Revisions...

The Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is published annually on behalf of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies by Lockwood Press. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies through the organization of meetings and conferences and through the preparation of scholarly works for publication.

The Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is published annually on behalf of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies through the organization of meetings and conferences and through the preparation of scholarly works and publication.

Published annually by Lockwood Press. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies through the organization of meetings and conferences and through the preparation of scholarly works for publication.

Published annually by Lockwood Press. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies.