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There have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language. Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in five of the dialects of Coptic: Bohairic (northern), Fayyumic, Sahidic (southern), Akhmimic and Mesokemic (middle).
The Holy Bible. Genesis 1. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
Jan 5, 2022 · Coptic literature is almost exclusively religious. It consists for the most part of translations from Greek and includes versions of the Bible, as well as Apocrypha of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, the legends of the apostles, the lives and martyrdoms of the saints, and so on.
a virtual library of Coptic literature and manuscripts. integrated digital linguistic analysis and lexicography tools. an annotated corpus of the Sahidic Old Testament created from our Basetext is available on the website of our partner project Coptic Scriptorium.
The Coptic translation of the Old Testament is one of the oldest Christian versions of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint (LXX). Manuscripts with Coptic biblical texts can be dated back to the late third and early fourth century.
This edition is primarily meant for use by teachers and students of Sahidic Coptic, and to a lesser degree by Coptologists involved in scholarly research, textual criticism, or New Testament translation.
The Coptic Bible is the version that was read primarily by the native population of Egyptian Christians, especially the monks. It formed the basis for the entire corpus of literary and liturgical heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
