This unit builds upon Coptic Liturgical Manuscripts (A) which introduced students to the Coptic liturgical books that comprise the texts used for the performance of the Church's mysteries and services. This proposed unit (DL9510A) now consolidates students’ knowledge of texts contained in Coptic liturgical manuscripts through a detailed study of the services related to the ministering of the sacraments in the Coptic Church, the various offices and consecrations. The process of how hagiographical texts are incorporated into liturgical texts will also be examined.
Unit code: DL9510A
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Elective
Unit discipline: Liturgy
Delivery Mode: Online
Proposing College: St Athanasius College
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Critically analyse the scope, contents and evolution of liturgical manuscripts from the 11th century to present time |
| 2. | Critically evaluate the spirit and structure of liturgical celebration in the Church as reflected in Coptic Liturgical texts |
| 3. | Formulate a codicological framework for interpreting liturgical manuscripts |
| 4. | Critically interpret Coptic liturgical texts in their historical context |
| 5. | Develop a critical framework for reading and interpreting texts contained in the manuscripts |
| 6. | Critically engage in an advanced topic of a Coptic liturgical text in a critically rigorous, sustained, in-depth and self-directed manner. |
Successful completion of Coptic Liturgical Manuscripts (A).
Online (synchronous and asynchronous modes) Flipped classroom (online) Guided reading and analysis.
Bausi, Alessandro et al, eds. Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies: An Introduction. Hamburg: University of Hamburg, 2015.
Burmester, O. H. E. “The Baptismal Rite of the Coptic Church. (a Critical Study),” Bulletin of the Society for Coptic Archaeology 11, 1945, 27-86
Burmerster, O. H. E. “The Canonical Hours of the Coptic Church” in Orientalia Christiana Periodica 2 (1936), pp. 78-100.
Burmester, O. H. E. The Rite of Consecration of the Patriarch of Alexandria. Cairo, 1960
Burmester, O. H. E. The Egyptian or Coptic Church. Cairo 1967, pp. 128-153
Burmester, O. H. E. Ordination Rites of the Coptic Church. Cairo, 1979.
Hanna, M. “Le Livres Liturgiques de l’Église Copte” In Mélanges Eugene Tisserant V.III. Orient Chrétien. Deuxième partie. Vatican City, 1964 (=Studi e Testi 233), pp. 1-35
Mikhail, Maged S.A. From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity and Politics after the Arab Conquest. (London: I.B. Tauris), 2014.
Takla, H. N. "Bohairic Literature of St. Macarius Monastery" In Samuel Moawad, Coptic Literature. (St. Mark Foundation, Cairo) 281-293
Zanetti, Ugo, “Bohairic Liturgical Manuscripts,” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 61 (1995): 65–94.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Answer Responses | 2000 | 25.0 | |
| Document Study | 3000 | 40.0 | |
| Written examination under timed conditions conducted online | 2500 | 35.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 6 May, 2024
Unit record last updated: 2024-05-06 12:49:07 +1000