{"product_id":"the-rise-of-coptic-jean-luc-fournet-9780691198347","title":"The Rise of Coptic: Egyptian Versus Greek in Late Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoptic emerged as the written form of the Egyptian language in the third century, when Greek was still the official language in Egypt. By the time of the Arab conquest of Egypt in 641, Coptic had almost achieved official status, but only after an unusually prolonged period of stagnation. Jean-Luc Fournet traces this complex history, showing how the rise of Coptic took place amid profound cultural, religious, and political changes in late antiquity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor some three hundred years after its introduction into the written culture of Egypt, Coptic was limited to biblical translation and private and monastic correspondence, while Greek retained its monopoly on administrative, legal, and literary writing. This changed during the sixth century, when Coptic began to penetrate domains that were once closed to it, such as literature, liturgy, regulated transactions between individuals, and communications between the state and its subjects. Fournet examines the reasons for Coptic's late development as a competing language--which was unlike what happened with other vernacular languages in Near Eastern Greek-speaking societies--and explains why Coptic eventually succeeded in being recognized with Greek as an official language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncisively written and rich with insights, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Coptic\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a wealth of archival evidence to shed new light on the role of monasticism in the growing use of Coptic before the Arab conquest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Luc Fournet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691198349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691198347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020","brand":"Jean-Luc Fournet","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48441201721599,"sku":"9780691198347","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e3fc679-20dc-484d-9ea2-1a33db316346.jpg?v=1777189381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-of-coptic-jean-luc-fournet-9780691198347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}