Coptic Martyrdom of Stephen (P. Duke. inv. 438). Introduction, Translation from Coptic and Commentary by A. A. Voytenko
- Authors: Voytenko A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Center for Egyptological Research, RAS
- Issue: Vol 83, No 1 (2023)
- Pages: 240-247
- Section: Supplement
- URL: https://archivog.com/0321-0391/article/view/648657
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S032103910018388-9
- ID: 648657
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Abstract
In 1995, in the journal "Analecta Bollandiana", P. van Minnen published a text preserved on papyrus from the collection of Duke University (Durham, North Carolina). This text is the earliest hagiographic evidence of the martyrs preserved in the Coptic language, and is of interest by this very fact. But no less interesting is the story of the wanderings of the papyrus R. Duke. inv. 438 in modern times.
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Anton Anatol'evich Voytenko
Center for Egyptological Research, RAS
Author for correspondence.
Email: voyteirko@vandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3895-9909
д.и.н., ведущий научный сотрудник
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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