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Professor Aziz Suryal Atiya ((アラビア語:عزيز سوريال عطية); July 5, 1898 – September 24, 1988)〔(Egypt Radio )〕 was a prominent Coptologist who was a Coptic historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies. Professor Atiya was the founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in 1950s, and was also the founder of the Middle East Center, University of Utah.〔(Coptology Amazon )〕 His library, The Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at University of Utah, is considered the fifth largest such collection in North America and is recognized internationally as a major research library in this field.〔(Aziz Atiya Library )〕 While at the University of Utah, Professor Atiya rediscovered ten lost papyri fragments related to the LDS scripture, Book of Abraham, in the archives of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was married, and father of two children. ==Work== Professor Atiya published a large study ''The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages'' in 1938, and was also the first author of The Coptic Encyclopedia published in 1991. The chapters on the Copts in his book ''The History of Eastern Christianity'' (1968, 1980) have become landmarks, not only for specialists but also for the general public.〔 It was Atiya who, after many lively debates with the publishers and their readers, had the words 'Coptology' and 'Coptologist' introduced into the English language." (John H. Watson, ''Among the Copts'') He could speak English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, and to a lesser extent, Spanish, Greek, Coptic, Turkish, Welsh, and Dutch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aziz Suryal Atiya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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