Episcopal Networks and Authority in Late Antique Egypt: Bishops of the Theban Region at Work

By R Dekker

In this book the author examines how two bishops in the Theban region contributed to the rise of a new, anti-Chalcedonian church hierarchy, which became the forerunner of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Abraham of Hermonthis (ca. 590-621) and Pesynthius of Koptos (599-632) are exceptional, since a large number of their professional docum

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 904293560X
• ISBN13: 9789042935600
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 10.1"