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"""A History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria"" presents a series of biographies of the Coptic patriarchs from the beginning (St Mark) to 849 AD. Ascribed to Sawirus b. Al-Muqaffa (died 987), Bishop of Hermopolis Magna in Upper Egypt, many are in fact older Coptic works translated into Arabic and edited by Sawirus. The events recorded, which include the Muslim conquest of Egypt, the overthrow of the last Umayad ruler Marwan II, Arab-Christian relations, histories of the various countries, are often based upon eyewitness accounts by contemporary authors. As such they provide an essential source for the religious, economic and social life of Egypt in the early Islamic period. This important text remains unavailable even in many libraries. This edition contains both the Arabic text and the English translation of B. Evetts, together with an Introduction by leading contemporary scholar Hugh Kennedy."

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Author:   Sawirus B. Al-Muqaffa
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 6.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.450kg
ISBN:  

9781780764467

ISBN 10:   1780764464
Pages:   696
Publication Date:   23 February 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Hugh Kennedy Introduction First Preface Second Preface Third Preface by Severus, Bishop of Al-Ushmunain Fourth Preface Priesthood of Christ Part 1 Chapter 1 St Mark Chapter 2 St Mark Chapter 3 Annianus the Second Patriarch AD 62-85; Avilius the Third Patriarch AD 85-98; Cerdo the Fourth Patriarch AD 98-109; Primus the Fifth Patriarch AD 109-122; Justus the Sixth Patriarch AD 122-130; Eumenes the Seventh Patriarch AD 130-142; Mark II the Eight Patriarch AD 143-154; Celadion the Ninth Patriarch AD 157-167; Agrippinus the Tenth Patriarch AD 167-180; Julian the Eleventh Patriarch AD 180-189 Chapter 4 Demetrius the Twelfth Patriarch AD 189-231 Chapter 5 Heraclas the Thirteenth Patriarch AD 231-247 Chapter 6 Dionysius the Wise the Fourteenth Patriarch AD 247-264; Maximus the Fifteenth Patriarch AD 264-282; Theonas the Sixteenth Patriarch AD 282-300 Appendix; Peter I the Martyr the Seventeenth Patriarch AD 300-311; Achillas the Eighteenth Patriarch AD 311-312 Chapter 7 Alexander I the Nineteenth Patriarch AD 312-326 Chapter 8 Athanasius the Apostolic the Twentieth Patriarch AD 326-373 Chapter 9 Peter II the Twenty-First Patriarch AD 373-380 Chapter 10 Timothy I The Twenty-Second Patriarch AD 380-385 Chapter 11 Theophilus the Twenty-Third Patriarch AD 385-412 Chapter 12 Cyril I the Twenty-Fourth Patriarch AD 412-444 Chapter 13 Dioscorus 1 the Twenty-Fifth Patriarch AD 444-458; Timothy II the Twenty-Sixth Patriarch AD 458-480; Peter III the Twenty-Seventh Patriarch AD 480-488; Athanasius II the Twenty-Eighth Patriarch AD 488-494; John I the Monk the Twenty-Ninth Patriarch; John II formerly the Hermit the Thirtieth Patriarch AD 503-515; Dioscorus II the Thirty-First Patriarch AD 515-517; Timothy III the Thirty-Second Patriarch AD 517-535; Theodosius I the Thirty-Third Patriarch AD 535-567 Chapter 14 Peter IV the Thirty-Fourth Patriarch AD 567-569; Damian the Thirty-Fifth Patriarch AD 569-605; Anastasius the Thirty-Sixth Patriarch AD 605-616; Andronicus the Thirty-Seventh Patriarch AD 616-622; Benjamin 1 the Thirty-Eighth Patriarch AD 622-661; Canons for the Monastery of St Macarius Volume II Agatho to Michael I Chapter 15 Agathon the Thirty-Ninth Patriarch AD 661-677; John II Sammanud the Fortieth Patriarch Chapter 16 Isaac the Forty-First Patriarch AD 686-689; Simon 1 the Forty-Second Patriarch AD 689-701 Chapter 17 Alexander II the Forty-Third Patriarch AD 705-730; Cosmas 1 the Forty-Fourth Patriarch AD 730-731; Theodore the Forty-Fifth Patriarch AD 731-743 Chapter 18 Michael I the Forty-Sixth Paytriarch AD 744-768 Volume 3 Mennas I to Joseph Chapter 19 Mennas I the Forty-Seventh Patriarch AD 767-774; John IV the Forty-Eighth Patriarch AD 775-799; Mark III the Forty-Ninth Patriarch AD 799-819; James the Fiftieth Patriarch AD 819-830 Chapter 20 Simon II the Fifty-First Patriarch AD 830; Joseph the Fifty-Second Patriarch AD 830-849 Index

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Hugh Kennedy is Professor of Arabic at SOAS. His books include The Great Arab Conquests (2007).

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