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Vat. copt. 57: A Codicological, Literary, and Paratextual Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
MS Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. copt. 57, a collection of homi- lies attributed to John Chrysostom in Bohairic Coptic, poses a number of challenges to scholars.
Berno, Francesco   +3 more
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Copts, Islamists and Jews:Gender, minorities, hybridity (and its limits) in two novellas by Bahaa Abdelmegid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Bahaa Abdelmegid's novellas Saint Theresa and Sleeping with Strangers feature a range of intertwined relations: sexual, commercial, as neighbours, and as colleagues between Jews, Christians and Muslims in Egyptian society since 1967.
IRVING, SARAH
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Contact as catalyst: The case for Coptic influence in the development of Arabic negation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article discusses similar developments in the expression of negation in the histories of Egyptian-Coptic and Arabic and explores the evidence for these respective developments being related by language contact. Both Coptic and Arabic have undergone
Abun-Nasr   +47 more
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Religious institutions and authoritarian states : Church-state relations in the Middle East [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The churches in the Middle East are generally perceived to be supportive of the authoritarian states in the region. The motivations for this strategy and its successes and limitations in the context of the authoritarian environment and the religious ...
McCallum, Fiona
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The Egyptians in Sydney [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Although Egyptians are generally known to be a non-migrating people closely tied to their land, the late 1950s and 1960s saw waves of Egyptians leaving their homeland for Europe, North America and Australia.
Ashton, Paul, Ho, Stephanie
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Identity, culture and democratization: the case of Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This article seeks to present an alternative approach to understanding the failure of democratization in the Arab world by locating the problem of democracy-building within the logic of the process of reproducing national identity and culture.
Pratt, Nicola Christine
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Middle Eastern Christian spaces in Europe:Multi-sited and superdiverse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Despite little scholarly attention, Middle Eastern Christian Churches are a well-established element of the European religious landscape. Based on collaborative research, this article examines how three mutual field visits facilitated a deeper ...
Galal, Lise Paulsen   +4 more
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Blumell and Wayment\u27s Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, documents, and sources (Book Review)

open access: yes, 2016
A review of Blumell, L.H., & Wayment, T.A. (Eds.). (2015). Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, documents, and sources. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. 756 pp. $89.95.
Baumstarck, Joseph, Jr.
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Shari\u27ah, Democracy, and the Modern Nation-State: Some Reflections on Islam, Popular Rule, and Pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In this article, the author examines two considerations that are critical to a full and meaningful assessment of the degree to which Islam, and Islamic law in particular, can find authentic expressions of themselves under what may reasonably be ...
Jackson, Sherman A.
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