{"product_id":"the-early-coptic-papacy-stephen-j-davis-9789774168345","title":"The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity","description":"The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East, and their presiding bishops have been accorded the title of pope since the third century AD. This study analyzes the development of the Egyptian papacy from its origins to the rise of Islam. How did the papal office in Egypt evolve as a social and religious institution during the first six and a half centuries AD? How do the developments in the Alexandrian patriarchate reflect larger developments in the Egyptian church as a whole--in its structures of authority and lines of communication, as well as in its social and religious practices? In addressing such questions, Stephen J. Davis examines a wide range of evidence--letters, sermons, theological treatises, and church histories, as well as art, artifacts, and archaeological remains--to discover what the patriarchs did as leaders, how their leadership was represented in public discourses, and how those representations definitively shaped Egyptian Christian identity in late antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Early Coptic Papacy\u003c\/i\u003e is Volume 1 of \u003ci\u003eThe Popes of Egypt: A History of the Coptic Church and Its Patriarchs\u003c\/i\u003e. Also available: Volume 2, \u003ci\u003eThe Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641-1517\u003c\/i\u003e (Mark N. Swanson) and Volume 3, \u003ci\u003eThe Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy\u003c\/i\u003e (Magdi Girgis, Nelly van Doorn-Harder).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9774168348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789774168345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Stephen J. Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941377081599,"sku":"9789774168345","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_62522c15-76b0-494c-9538-77d9a60d4709.jpg?v=1681452568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-early-coptic-papacy-stephen-j-davis-9789774168345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}