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The ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt. The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the field of Coptology, history, art and theology and was edited by Aziz Suryal Atiya. It was funded by Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and others. The ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' is the first Encyclopedia to focus on one of the Oriental Churches〔Cornelis Hulsman in ''Coptic Church Review'', Vol. 13, no. 3, Fall 1992〕 and since its publication in 1991 it has been used by many scholars and students in the West. The ''Encyclopedia'' is the fruit of the Coptic emigrant community in the West and the crown of the work of Dr. Aziz Suryal Atiya (1898-1988) who, unfortunately, did not see his work carried into print.〔 Dr. Atiya developed the vision to publish an encyclopedia during the years he taught at the Middle East Center of the University of Utah. He formed an editorial committee and scholars from all over the world were asked to contribute. Suggestions for entries were given. The work started in 1980.〔 Contributors included many non-Orthodox scholars, including such Muslims as Dr. Mustafa el-Fiqi and Dr. Ali el-Hillal Dessouki. The Coptic community in the West played a role in increasing Western interest in Egyptian church life. If the interest in a ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' in English had not existed and if the project of the ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' had not received support in the Coptic migrant community in North America, the idea of producing an English ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' would have never materialized. The production of this ''Encyclopedia'' is therefore strongly linked to the growth of the Coptic migrant community in the West.〔 It is significant that Coptic Orthodox Church leader Pope Shenouda III himself contributed to the entry about emigration. In no period of Coptic history have as many Copts migrated to the west as during the Papacy of Pope Shenouda.〔 In 2009, the Claremont Graduate University (CGU) School of Religion acquired the right to develop an updated and continuously expanding and evolving web-based version of the ''Coptic Encyclopedia''. ==See also== *Coptic history *Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria 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「The Coptic Encyclopedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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