Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Volume 1

Studies in Christianity in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt by some of the world's leading Coptic Studies scholars Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag over the past seventeen hundred years. M