COPTIC LANGUAGE
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
Y = Full-year course
H = Half-year course
F = Half-year course, offered in the fall term
S = Half-year course, offered in the spring term
MTWRF = days of the week
ANT = Department of Anthropology, 100 St. George St., 1st floor
MEI = Middle East and Islamic Studies
NES = Near Eastern Studies
RLG = Department for the Study of Religion, 123 St. George St.
ROM = Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park
NML230H Elementary Coptic I (formerly NMC220H)
This course introduces the student to the last stage of the Egyptian language, written mostly in Greek characters. The course will first concentrate on the grammar of the language and we will go on to read short texts.
Evaluation: TBA
Text: TBA
Exclusion: NMC220H
Not offered 2009-10
NML231H Elementary Coptic II (formerly NMC221H)
This course builds on the knowledge acquired in Elementary Coptic I.
Students will deepen their understanding of the Coptic language through the translation and analysis of selected Coptic religious texts in the Bohairic and Lycopolitan dialects.
Evaluation: TBA
Text: TBA
Prerequisite: NMC220H/NML230H
Exclusion: NMC221H
Not offered 2009-10
NMC202H Introduction to Coptic Studies
Overview of the history of the Copts from political, religious, social and economic perspectives. Literary and documentary sources will illustrate these different aspects of Coptic Civilization. The focus on Coptic Monasticism will underline the role of monasteries as conservers of the Coptic Orthodox Church tradition.
R. Boutros
Not offered 2009-10
NMC342H1F The History of Egyptian Monasticism
Presents an historical overview on the origins of Egyptian monasticism based on written sources. Comparison of written sources with archaeological artifacts reveals the relation between spiritual and material aspects of monastic life. Literary sources produced for different monastic orders -- such as sermons, canons and biographies -- will be studied.
Recommended Preparation: NMC202H, NMC368H
R. Boutros
R10-12
BF 215
NMC367H1S Archaeology & Architecture of Egyptian Monasticism
Underlines the role of some Egyptian monasteries as active institutions carrying out numerous economic activities, and reveals the forces that enabled their survival and changing function. Exploration of these rich sites of cultural exchange, as manifested in their architecture and religious art and written material.
Recommended Preparation: NMC202H, NMC368H
R. Boutros
R10-12
BF 215
NMC 368H Coptic Art & Archaeology
A survey of Coptic art, archaeology and architecture. The course will cover aspects of the religious, civil and daily life of the Copts: their houses, religious architecture, funerary monuments, art and artefacts.
R. Boutros
Not offered 2009-10