The Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is published annually on behalf of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies by Lockwood Press. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies aims to bring together individuals interested in Coptic Studies by promoting meetings and conferences as well as preparing scholarly works for publication.
Table of Contents: Editor's note Stephen J. Davis: Life and Death in Lower and Upper Egypt: A Brief Survey of Recent Monastic Archaeology at Yale Jacques van der Vliet: Pesynthios of Coptos / Qift (ca. 568-632) and the Rise of the Egyptian Miaphysite Church Timothy Pettipiece: Towards a Manichaean Reading of the Nag Hammadi Codices Theodore S. de Bruyn: Greek Amulets from Egypt Invoking Mary as Expressions of "Lived Religion" Sabrina Higgins: Divine Mothers: The Influence of Isis on the Virgin Mary in Egyptian Lactans-Iconography Bishoy Dawood: The Coptic Calendar: A History of Revisions Helene Moussa: Icon of St. Mena, St. Mark's Coptic Museum: Akhmim Style? Joseph Youssef: Coptic Monastic Initiation Rituals: To "Die" and Live in Christ.
