Martyrs and Archangels

Coptic Literary Texts from the Pierpont Morgan Library

edited by Matthias Muller and Sami Uljas

Book cover: Martyrs and Archangels

Extent: 481 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Religious Studies

Series: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity

Series volume number: 116

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2019)

ISBN: 9783161569944

6.06 x 9.06 inches

Price: $130.00

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The three hitherto unpublished Coptic literary texts edited and translated here derive from the famous monastery of St Michael at Hamuli and currently belong to the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. The first work, a passio of a soldier named Phoibamon, is a native Coptic composition that provides a prime example of the so-called ‘epic’ type of Egyptian martyrdom literature. The second text, another martyrdom of three saintly soldiers, Theodore, Leontius, and Panigerus, represents anciently translated literature and shows interesting deviations from the more standard mould of Coptic martyrdoms. The third and final work edited here is a sermon on St Michael the Archangel attributed to Archelaos, a bishop of the town of Neapolis.

  • Edited by Matthias Muller
  • Edited by Sami Uljas