SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

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title: Ägypten und Nubien in spätantiker und christlicher Zeit. Akten des 6. Internationalen Koptologenkongresses, Münster, 20.-26. Juli 1996, edited by Stephen Emmel, Martin Krause, Siegfried G. Richter, and Sofia Schaten (Sprachen und Kulturen des Christlichen Orients, vol. 6; Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 1999). Volume 1, Materielle Kultur, Kunst und religiöses Leben, contains 550 pages, with 51 contributions divided into two parts: 1. Archäologie (Archaeology), Kunst (Art), christliches Nubien (Christian Nubia) und Mönchtum (Monasticism); 2. Liturgie (Liturgy), Theologie (Theology) und Kirchengeschichte (Church History). Volume. 2, Schrifttum, Sprache und Gedankenwelt, contains 583 pages, with 54 contributions divided into four parts: 1. Literatur (Literature), Bibel (Bible), christlich-arabische Literatur (Christian Arabic Literature), Kodikologie (Codicology) und Paläographie (Paleography); 2. Papyrologie und Epigraphik (Papyrology and Epigraphy); 3. Linguistik (Linguistics); 4. Gnosis und Manichäismus (Gnosticism and Manichaeism). It was published at the very end of 1999. Contributors received 20 offprints of their article, as well as one offprint of the list of abbreviations (Abkürzungsverzeichnis), which is common to both volumes (and is printed in both volumes). IACS members were given a substantial discount if they preordered in December. The Society took advantage of that offer and acquired this handsome hardcover 2- volume set. The delay in publishing is understandable,

judging by the number of articles and the global scope of the participants. We congratulate Prof, Dr. Emmel and his staff for accomplishing this monumental task. 21. Symposium Syriacum VIII (June 26-30, 2000) & VI International Conference on Christian Arabic Studies (July 2-5, 2000) in Sydney Australia: We have recently received communication from the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, of the convening of these two important conferences in succession. The conference organizer is the renowned Christian Arabic and Syriac Scholar, Prof. R. Y. Ebied. The two conferences contain a total of seven full days of papers (4 for Syriac and 3 for Christian Arabic), with an afternoon Registration and Reception at the beginning of each conference and a common Sydney harbor excursion on July 1, 2000. The papers for both conferences are scheduled for a maximum time of 45 minutes including at least 10 minutes of discussion. For more details on these important conference, please contact Prof. Ebied as follows: Prof. R. Y. Ebied Conference Organizer Department of Semitic Studies. The University of Sydney SYDNEY NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA

Tel: 61 2 9352 3530, Fax: 61 2 9351 6684 E-mail: Rifaat.Ebied@semitic.usyd.edu.au

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