- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 New Ostraca from Thebes -
2. Coptic Textual Finds from the Macquarie University Excavations at Dra Abu Al-naga (TT233) -
3 Encomium on Pesynthios of Coptos -
4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations -
5 Once More: Nabis, Bishop of ′Aidhab/Berenike1 -
6 The Life and Miracles of Abraham of Farshut Community Disaster and the Making of a Saint -
7 Coptic Texts from Western Thebes -
8. Pachomius as Reflected in the Difnar -
9 Christianity in Dandara and Medamud -
10 Esna Martyrs -
11 Indexing of Manuscripts for the Churches of Naqada and Qus -
12 Coptic Legal Documents, with Special Reference to the Theban Area -
13 Notes On Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts Related to Upper Egypt -
14 Epigraphy and History in the Theban Region -
15 The Arabic Lives of St. Pachomius1 -
16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time -
17 The Hermitages in the Desert of Esna -
18 Some Coptic Reliefs Purportedly from Coptos -
19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis -
20 The Esna Monasteries: Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri -
21 The Coptic Monasteries Multi-media Database Project -
22 Excavating Christian Western Thebes: A History1 -
23 The Monasteries of Naqada -
24 Tell Al-Qubeba: An Unknown Monastic Site? -
25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri - Bibliography
The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis
The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis
- Chapter:
- (p.211) 19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt
- Author(s):
Gawdat Gabra
Hany N. Takla
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
Apa Abraham was the fourteenth bishop of the diocese of Hermonthis. He was first a monk in the Monastery of Apa Phoibammon (Dayr Apa Phoibammon), which is located at a remote site between Armant and Madinat Habu and lay west of Qurna, about five miles from the west bank of the Nile. The new Monastery of Apa Phoibammon, which also served as an episcopal see, was integrated into the upper terrace of the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Western Thebes, close to the Christian settlement Jeme. A portrait of a bishop called Abraham is preserved in the Museum for Byzantine Art in Berlin. It is one of the most prominent and frequently published icons from Christian Egypt, dating to the period before the Arab invasion and before iconoclasm affected the Byzantine world.
Keywords: Apa Abraham, Hermonthis, monastery, Apa Phoibammon, Queen Hatshepsut, Western Thebes, Christian Egypt
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 New Ostraca from Thebes -
2. Coptic Textual Finds from the Macquarie University Excavations at Dra Abu Al-naga (TT233) -
3 Encomium on Pesynthios of Coptos -
4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations -
5 Once More: Nabis, Bishop of ′Aidhab/Berenike1 -
6 The Life and Miracles of Abraham of Farshut Community Disaster and the Making of a Saint -
7 Coptic Texts from Western Thebes -
8. Pachomius as Reflected in the Difnar -
9 Christianity in Dandara and Medamud -
10 Esna Martyrs -
11 Indexing of Manuscripts for the Churches of Naqada and Qus -
12 Coptic Legal Documents, with Special Reference to the Theban Area -
13 Notes On Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts Related to Upper Egypt -
14 Epigraphy and History in the Theban Region -
15 The Arabic Lives of St. Pachomius1 -
16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time -
17 The Hermitages in the Desert of Esna -
18 Some Coptic Reliefs Purportedly from Coptos -
19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis -
20 The Esna Monasteries: Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri -
21 The Coptic Monasteries Multi-media Database Project -
22 Excavating Christian Western Thebes: A History1 -
23 The Monasteries of Naqada -
24 Tell Al-Qubeba: An Unknown Monastic Site? -
25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri - Bibliography