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The Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is published annually on behalf of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies by Lockwood Press. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies aims to bring together individuals interested in Coptic Studies by promoting meetings and conferences as well as preparing scholarly works for publication.
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Life and Death in Lower and Upper Egypt: A Brief Survey of Recent Monastic Archaeology at Yale, Stephen J. Davis
Pesynthios of Coptos / Qift (ca. 568-632) and the Rise of the Egyptian Miaphysite Church, Jacques van der Vliet
Towards a Manichaean Reading of the Nag Hammadi Codices, Timothy Pettipiece
Greek Amulets from Egypt Invoking Mary as Expressions of "Lived Religion", Theodore S. de Bruyn
Divine Mothers: The Influence of Isis on the Virgin Mary in Egyptian Lactans-Iconography, Sabrina Higgins
The Coptic Calendar: A History of Revisions, Bishoy Dawood
Icon of St. Mena, St. Mark's Coptic Museum: Akhmim Style? Helene Moussa
Coptic Monastic Initiation Rituals: To "Die" and Live in Christ, Joseph Youssef
