A Coptic Popular Tale in Ottoman Egypt

The Sīrah of the Coptic Priest Nuṣayr al-Iskandrānī and His Son Murqus
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-54421-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Arabisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moneer, Amr Abdelaziz

Ryad, Umar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden

Über Autor(innen)

Amr Moneer, Ph.D. (2007), is a former Professor of Medieval History at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Umm al-Qura University and a member of the Faculty of Arts, South Valley University (Egypt). He is an author of numerous books and peer-reviewed articles, focusing on Medieval History, Manuscript Studies, and Myth and History. He has been awarded the Ibn Battuta Prize in 2010 and the Al-Kasso Prize in 2014.




Umar Ryad, Ph.D. (2008), is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Head of the Department of East Asian and Arabic Studies at the Faculty of Arts - KU Leuven (Belgium). He earned his Bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies in English from the University of Al-Azhar in Cairo, and both his Master's and PhD degrees in Islamic Studies from the University of Leiden. His research focuses on pan-Islamist movements, Christian-Muslim relations, and Orientalism.



Father Bigol Abdallah Zaki is a priest in the Coptic Orthodox Church and an MA researcher at the Department of History of the Institute of Coptic Studies.