Coptic Encyclopedia

Coptic Encyclopedia
Edited byAziz Suryal Atiya
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreEncyclopedia
PublisherMacmillan Publishers
Published1991
Media typePrint
No. of booksEight

The Coptic Encyclopedia is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt.[1] The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the field of Coptology, history, art and theology and was edited by Aziz Suryal Atiya. It was funded by Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and others.

  1. ^ Atiya, Aziz Suryal (1991). The Coptic encyclopedia. New York City: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-02-897025-X. OCLC 22808960.