The Liturgy of the Word
Scripture, Song, Prayer, and Preaching in the Coptic Liturgy of Medieval Egypt
By (author) Arsenius Mikhail
Paperback (Published)
(March 2026)
ISBN: 9783402217801
6.1 x 9.09 inches
Price: $110.00
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While Christianity was known in the medieval Middle East as a “religion of the book”, throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Christian message was more often disseminated through speaking and preaching rather than reading. Historically, most Christians accessed Christian culture in the public setting of rituals. These rituals usually featured the reading of Scriptures, the lives of saints, and homilies, and other ritual practices, such as prayers, hymns, and preaching. This book tells the story of the Coptic Liturgy of the Word, which precedes the prayer of the Eucharist in Coptic Christianity. Drawing on hundreds of medieval liturgical manuscripts, historical accounts, and visual and material culture, this history of the Coptic Liturgy of the Word tells the story of how Scripture, song, prayer, and preaching came together to transmit Coptic religious culture, shape minds and hearts, and reinforce the identity of Coptic Christians living in Islamic Egypt
Arsenius Mikhail is Professor of Liturgical Studies at St. Athanasius & St. Cyril Coptic Theological School in California (USA). He is founder and principal investigator of the Bohairic Coptic Euchologia Project at the University of Regensburg and the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the author of four monographs and numerous articles on the Coptic Christian worship tradition
- By (author) Arsenius Mikhail
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