- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu -
2 Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae -
3 Apa Hadra (Hidra) in the Difnar -
4 Christianity on Philae -
5 The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu -
6 The Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia -
7 A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt -
8 Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500 -
9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia -
10 Dayr al-Kubbaniya -
11 The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra -
12 An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
13 The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited -
14 Monastic Life in Makuria -
15 Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral -
16 The Word and the Flesh -
17 The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
18 The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Suryan in Wadi al-Natrun -
19 The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church, Qubbat al-Hawa -
20 Christian Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums -
21 Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu -
22 Christianity in Kom Ombo -
23 Identification of the Monastery of the Nubians in Wadi al-Natrun -
24 Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and Nubia -
25 The Conservation of the Mural Paintings of St. Hatre Monastery - Abbreviations
- Bibliography
Christianity on Philae
Christianity on Philae
- Chapter:
- (p.27) 4 Christianity on Philae
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia
- Author(s):
Samuel Moawad
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
The exact beginning of Christianity on Philae is uncertain. The main source for the origin of the Diocese of Philae is the Life of Aaron, a literary Coptic source transmitted in a paper manuscript from the last quarter of the tenth century. Although the Life of Aaron is a literary and not a historical source, and therefore contains some legendary accounts, the historical events narrated in it seem to be authenticable. Most of the churches on Philae cannot be dated exactly, particularly those that were built before the sixth century.
Keywords: Christianity, Philae, Life of Aaron, Macedonius, Mark, Bishop, Samuel Moawad
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- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu -
2 Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae -
3 Apa Hadra (Hidra) in the Difnar -
4 Christianity on Philae -
5 The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu -
6 The Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia -
7 A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt -
8 Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500 -
9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia -
10 Dayr al-Kubbaniya -
11 The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra -
12 An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
13 The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited -
14 Monastic Life in Makuria -
15 Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral -
16 The Word and the Flesh -
17 The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
18 The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Suryan in Wadi al-Natrun -
19 The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church, Qubbat al-Hawa -
20 Christian Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums -
21 Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu -
22 Christianity in Kom Ombo -
23 Identification of the Monastery of the Nubians in Wadi al-Natrun -
24 Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and Nubia -
25 The Conservation of the Mural Paintings of St. Hatre Monastery - Abbreviations
- Bibliography
