Explore ancient Coptic sermons from Upper Egypt, edited from a papyrus collection in the British Museum.
This edition presents early Christian homilies in the dialect of Upper Egypt, offering a window into how believers explained faith, birth, death, and salvation in their own words.
The book focuses on spiritual instruction, moral exhortation, and reflections on the Incarnation, judgment, and the life of the soul. It collects practical counsel on repentance, virtue, and enduring faith, framed by vivid scenes of salvation history and the human struggle to live rightly.
- Discover the tone and concerns of early Coptic Christian preachers.
- See how themes like repentance, the soul, and the afterlife are portrayed in ancient rhetoric.
- Encounter passages that address daily virtue, humility, and moral perseverance.
- Gain context for how early believers interpreted events, sacraments, and divine justice.
Ideal for readers of early Christian writings, religious history, and textual edition work seeking a direct glimpse of ancient preaching in its original language.
E. A. Wallis Budge, the author of numerous books, was once the Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiques in the British Museum.