

1970, 1972-1975, private study of Coptic and linguistics with H.Dissertation: “The Treatise on Resurrection (from the Coptic Gnostic Library): Edition, Translation, and Commentary.” Director: Helmut Koester.He is past President of the International Association of Coptic Studies and has been a Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is currently writing on the social history of ancient monasteries, and editing works of the ancient monastic leader Apa Shenoute. Among his publications are textual editions of fifteen works found in the ancient Gnostic manuscripts of Nag Hammadi Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the British Library The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations A Coptic Grammar with Chrestomathy and Glossary: Sahidic Dialect Coptic-Gnostic Chrestomathy and technical articles on ancient Christian texts, literature, thought, and history. Before coming to Yale in 1976, he taught in Jerusalem at the École biblique et archéologique française and worked in Cairo for the UNESCO Technical Subcommittee for Publication of the Nag Hammadi Manuscripts. His specializations include gnosticism and heresies, asceticism and monasticism, textual editing and manuscript studies, and Coptic linguistics. Correlated Comparison Chrestomathy: The Gospel of Mark, Chapters One to Three Reference List of Coptic Forms Subject Index.Bentley Layton teaches the literary, intellectual, and social history of ancient Christianity in the Mediterranean regions and the Coptic language. Non-durative Conjugation: Subordinate Clause Conjugation Bases. Non-durative Conjugation: Main Clause Conjugation Bases. Additional Predicate after a Direct Object. Coptic in 20 Lessons is the ideal resource for use in the classroom or for teaching oneself Coptic. The book concludes with three chapters of the Gospel of Mark, in which all new vocabulary is glossed in footnotes.


All words that occur more than fifty times in the Sahidic New Testament are introduced lesson by lesson in vocabulary lists, which are arranged by semantic field and accompanied by both Greek equivalents and English glosses.

Drills, compositions, and translation exercises enable the student to gain fluency. In easy steps and simple explanations, it teaches the patterns and syntax of Sahidic Coptic, along with the most useful vocabulary. Coptic in 20 Lessons: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic With Exercises and VocabulariesĬoptic in 20 Lessons is written by the author of the most authoritative reference grammar of the Coptic language, and is based on decades of pedagogical experience.
