A Coptic Grammar

With Chrestomathy and Glossary. Sahidic Dialect

by Bentley Layton

Book cover: A Coptic Grammar

Extent: 545 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Language & Linguistics

Series: Porta Linguarum Orientalium

Series volume number: 20

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2011)

ISBN: 9783447062008

6.06 x 9.06 inches

Price: $95.00

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This work by Bentley Layton is a newly revised, third edition of the standard reference grammar of Coptic in the classical Sahidic dialect. Compared to the previous edition, “A Coptic Grammar” incorporates new additions and corrections, and retains a full index locorum of examples cited in the grammar. Citations are the backbone of any reference grammar, and this index gives readers immediate access to a grammatical discussion of about three thousand citations of classical Coptic. Especially noteworthy is the extensive use of citations from the celebrated Coptic stylist Shenoute of Atripe.


This work by Bentley Layton is a newly revised, third edition of the standard reference grammar of Coptic in the classical Sahidic dialect. Compared to the previous edition, “A Coptic Grammar” incorporates new additions and corrections, and retains a full index locorum of examples cited in the grammar. Citations are the backbone of any reference grammar, and this index gives readers immediate access to a grammatical discussion of about three thousand citations of classical Coptic. Especially noteworthy is the extensive use of citations from the celebrated Coptic stylist Shenoute of Atripe.

  • By (author) Bentley Layton